Worlds Tallest Dog

The United States Postal service just introduced their latest commemorative postage stamps called “Animal Rescue: Adopt a Shelter Pet.” These 10 new stamps advocate for the adoption of rescue and shelter animals around the country and feature individual images of five cats and five dogs adopted from a shelter in New Milford, CT. The stamps will be available for purchase for a year at the post office beginning April 30th.

 

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Best Friends is Spotlighted at the NJ Super Pet Expo

At the New Jersey Super Pet Expo Danielle, the manager from our Windsor, NJ location was interviewed for the "How Cute is Your Pet" segment of The Cute Pet Gazette.   Check out her interview about Best Friends Pet Care.

Rodeo week off to a great start!!

Our first Rodeo day of Bull Riding was a great success, everyone had a BLAST!!

Here is our Champion Bull Rider "Aggie"

Facts about Cats

Facts about Cats:

-The nose pad of a cat is unique to each cat, like humans fingerprints.
-There are 33 different domestic cat breeds.
-25% of cat owners blow dry their cats hair after a bath.
-Cats purr at 26 cycles per second, which is the same as an idling diesel engine.
-A cats heart beats twice as fast as a humans.

-Cats knead their paws when they're happy.
-Cats can "read" your moods. If you are sad or stressed, you may notice a difference in your cats behavior.
-During an un-spayed cats life, they can have more than 100 kittens. The record for one cat was 420 though.
-Cats have 290 bones, and 517 muscles.
-The average age for an indoor cat to live is 15years, as an outside cat is only 3
-5. The oldest act on record was 36.
-A cats normal body temperature is 101.5.
-Cats don't like lemon or orange scents, try spraying these on things that your cat scratching.
-Cats have very good night vision, they only need 1/6th of the light humans do to see.

-Kittens begin dreaming at just over a week old.
-A group of cats is called a "clowder", and a group of kittens is called a "kindle".
-Cats don't care for food that is too hot or too cold.
-Cats need 5 times the protein that dogs do, so dog food and vegetarian diets aren't good for them.
-The fumes in moth balls can destroy a cats liver, try cedar instead.

Rodeo Week at Best Friends

Call 281.298.6500 for more information.

All pets must be current on Rabies, Distemper, Bordetella and spayed or neutered.

Cat playing with Catnip

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The AKC teaches children Responsible Dog Ownership

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Airedale Terriers

http://animal.discovery.com/videos/dogs-101-airedale-terrier.html

Most Popular Dog breeds

View this awesome dog blog and find your favorites!

http://dogblog.dogster.com/2010/01/27/labs-most-popular-dogs-in-us-again/?utm_source=dogster%2Bnewsletter&utm_medium=title%2Blink&utm_campaign=100202

Happy 1st Birthday Aggie

Aggie celebrated her 1st birthday at Best Friends Doggy Day Camp today. She and all her guest had a blast playing and eating the doggy cake from the bakery http://www.barkerstreetbakery.com/.

Treo gets an award!

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/Labrador-Treo-Awarded-Dickin-Medal-Animal-VC-For-Sniffing-Out-Roadside-Bombs-In-Afghanistan/Article/201002415558056?lid=ARTICLE_15558056_LabradorTreoAwardedDickinMedalAnimalVCForSniffingOutRoadsideBombsInAfghanistan