Monthly Archives: September 2011

Pet Word of the Day: Moulting

Skin, fur, and feathers are routinely discarded in a process called moulting or shedding. Your hair falls out and new hair emerges, just as a bird moults and drops old feathers to allow glorious new feathers to emerge. Stay tuned for info on a very special feather recently moulted by Ruby, the store mascot.

Pet Word of the Day: Newfoundasset Hound

A cross between a Newfoundland and a Basset Hound. Highly desired by financial advisors to sniff out client’s financial resources.

Pet Word of the Day: Guinea Pig

Guinea pigs are not from Guinea and are not pigs but do squeak and eat like little pigs. Feed your guinea pigs lots of hay and fresh grass so they do not get fat like little pigs.

Pet Word of the Week: Friendship

There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face. – Bern Williams

Pet Word of the Week: Friendship

Isn’t it wonderful how dogs can win friends and influence people without ever reading a book. – E.C. McKenzie

Pet Word of the Week: Friendship

Properly trained, a man can be dog’s best friend. – Corey Ford

Pet Word of the Week: Friendship

“A dog has lots of friends because he wags his tail and not his tongue.” – Anonymous

Pet Word of the Week: Friendship

Animals are such agreeable friends – they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms. – George Elliot

Pet Word of the Week: Friendship

If a dog jumps in your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing, it is because your lap is warmer. – Alfred North Whitehead

Pet Word of the Day: Friendship

The cat could very well be man’s best friend but would never stoop to admitting it.  – Doug Larson

Pet Word of the Day: Friendship

Outside of a dog, a book is a man’s best friend. Inside of a dog, it’s too dark to read. – Groucho Marx

Pet Word of the Day: Friendship

If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principle difference between a dog and a man. – Mark Twain