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Volume 3, Issue 3
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August 15, 2007
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 Greetings!
Purrs and headbutts to all of our pack mates! Welcome to your PetsWeekly email! I'm going to bypass a lot of the traditional happiness, because we had a tragic weekend. Baby took the journey to the Rainbow Bridge without us on Saturday morning, and we are mourning his loss. Baby was a wonderful little gray Manx mix who came to us nearly 6 years ago. He was only a few weeks old when we brought him home, and was in need of lots of special care and bottles of milk replacement, as well as lots of hugs. Ghost, our Tonkinese, took a special interest in Baby just as he does with all of our new kittens, and he taught him to hunt, helped wean him, and acted as "foster dad." He is feeling the loss most strongly.
We're not sure how Baby died, but we feel that he had some type of heart condition, particularly HCM (Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy). We found him at 5:00 am Saturday morning, and he was lying in back of our truck in the driveway. He looked very peaceful, as though he died calmly, and we feel he did not suffer. We took him to a crematory called All Pets, where they treated us wonderfully and treated Baby with care and respect, despite my hysterical sobbing. They do offer pick up, but we wanted to be a part of the process and to see their headquarters. We will be writing more on this experience soon, as we know that many of our readers are interested in how to handle the loss of their pets.
As you probably can guess, we are reeling from this loss. But, I know that Baby would have wanted me to tell you all. He spent many a day sleeping on my desk, lulled to sleep by the tap-tap-tapping of the keyboard. He loved the monitor, and enjoyed trying to catch the "mouse" as I pushed it around while working. We will miss him. I haven't been able to write a story about Baby yet. It's just too soon. But, I will. Meanwhile, I thank you all for your support.
And now, back to our newsletter. If you haven't done so already, please take our short survey. This will be the last week we offer the chance. If you take it, we'll enter your name into a drawing for a FREE Drinkwell's Pet Fountain! Remember, we NEVER sell your information - it's only for me and the pets to create an even better site for you.
We're anxiously awaiting our new website and I've been lax on posting new material as we have such a huge job with transferring PetsWeekly's hundreds of pages as it is. But, we had a couple of reviews that we know you'll want to read!
First is a new dog toy that you and your pet will love from Chase-it pet toys. This is a fantastic item designed for those of us who are too lazy (or tired) to get out of our chair and play with our dogs, or those who are wheel-chair bound. It's also a great tool for teaching your dog to fetch and to help younger children play with rambunctious dogs, and it's great for those who need to give their smaller dogs a workout, without letting them off-leash! In order to fully explain it, we need a little more room, so check out our review here. Even our cats love it!
Next we have something especially for the cats and their caretakers. This is a unique item that I love and they don't love, called SprayAlert.This handy little item is wonderful for those of us with more than one cat. If you always wonder which of your cats is to blame for ruined doors or walls, or that "stench" that you just can't get rid of, you'll love this product! Check it out here.
We want to offer Pauline Dewsberry our great wishes for a continued speedy recovery! She has felt well enough this week to take her website, The Daily Mews, back from me after nearly a year, and while I am grateful that it is off my list of things to do for now, I shall miss all of her readers! Hopefully they will stay in contact.
As usual, we have a special bonus for PetsWeekly readers. sScroll to the bottom of this week's newsletter (and every one afer this) where you will find a special coupon designed JUST for our readers! Use the savings to purchase something special for your pet, or even for someone else! You'll find wonderful savings each week - just for our subscribers! And please take a moment to forward this email on to others.
Purrs and gentle headbutts,
Stacy
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* Coupon for great savings at the end of each newsletter! * Easy links for simple navigation * Quotes and facts in each newsletter
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Spray Alert
 If you have more than one cat and a problem with spraying, you need this product. Now you can quit blaming the innocent ones! Detect who is doing the spraying and fix the problem before it destroys your home.
Click here to be redirected.
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Chase-It Toys
 If you are wheel-chair bound, or otherwise unable to play with your dog for long periods of time, try this fun toy - something your dog will get exercise chasing and you won't even break a sweat!
Click here to be redirected.
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| Quote of the Week |
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""There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats."
- - Albert Schweitzer
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Reader Survey - Take & Win
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Losing A Pet
We have all lost pets. It's never a good thing. The grief can be overwhelming and most of our family and friends think we're a little nuts for feeling so sad. But there are many resources for us, we just have to hunt them down. Here are few for the rest of our pack:
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Free Downloads
Interested in a free health record? How about a petsitting checklist and free petsitting instructions? Check out our section of free downloads. We have lost dog and cat poster templates and lots of other interesting things. If you have any suggestions on forms that you would like to add, please let us know by emailing petsweekly@gmail.com.
Sniff Around our Free Download Section
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Folks, I know for those of you who live in the desert, the word "coyote" inspires fear in you. Particularly those with cats or small dogs. I want to let you know that we need to set an example of tolerance for all of our neighborhoods. The coyotes were here long before we were, and we need to respect their area. Awhile back, a spokesperson for the AZ Game/Fish Dept publicly stated that we must be cruel to coyotes. This is not true. We need to respect them and plan for them, but killing them will not help. Please remember to set a good example for others to follow. A hatred of coyotes is no more reasonable than a hatred of specific breeeds. It is up to us educate the public...
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Police Dog Left In Car Dies
We had another tragic loss of a Chandler, AZ police dog when his handler left him in a hot vehicle for TWELVE HOURS. There is NO excuse for this, particularly not when the handler is the Director of K9 Department. Now, unless we all get involved, this idiot may get off scot-free, with no charges even filed against him. We have to let the police know that this is completely unaceptable.
To read the article, click here. Then get involved by writing a letter or email to the Chandler Police Department. This is the third police dog to die this year, the second of which is heat-related for leaving a dog in a car.
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Do Animals Have Souls?
 I was talking with a
co-worker the other day and he informed me that animals do not have
emotions. This is just after he told me (the day that I put my dog
of 17yrs down) that animals do not have souls and therefore will
never enjoy the concept of heaven...
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In The News
We have
lots of new video links and plenty of pet news to report on. Since we're trying to slow down our use
of the old PetsWeekly site as we begin the tedious task of data
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For our Business Owners
We now have a media kit available! For those of you with pet-related businesses, we are taking advanced order on banner, newsletter (coupon), banner/tower and link ads, starting as low as $35.00 for a FOUR MONTH run. Interested? Shoot us an email at petsweekly@gmail.com and we'll send you a sneak preview of our new site, a media kit and a rate card. We''ll be sending out updates to our business owners in a separate email this week.
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In closing, I would like to thank you for your continued support and for making PetsWeekly a part of your life! We are anxiously awaiting our new site, and I hope that you are as well! Please remember to click on our links to do all of your shopping. Each of our links will take you to one of either the product you are reading about, or our sponsors pages where you will find coupons, free items and other bonuses that are only available to readers of PetsWeekly. We want to keep this site free to everyone and we can only do that if our readers support those who support us!
As an incentive, we are going to begin attaching one coupon per newsletter for the hottest products on the market! See below for this week's coupon from PetPlanetOutfitters, and don't forget to check all of our newsletters for coupons from now on!
Purrs,
Stacy Mantle
PetsWeekly
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