Eukanuba

We are seeing Eukanuba come back into stock. Still some shortages, but
fill rates are starting to get better! Iams (selected varieties) are
now on sale for $29.99 for big bags!

Free Xbox Kinect Bundle!

Your Neighborhood Pet Stores

Open 7 Days A Week

Free Xbox Kinect Bundle!

We've giving away a free Xbox Kinect bundle courtesy of Science Diet!

With any Science Diet purchase, you can get a ticket into our Xbox Kinect drawing. We're holding the drawing on 12-20-10. Get your tickets at the counter whenever you make a Science Diet purchase.
The bundle includes the Kinect, 4GB Xbox, and Kinect Adventures.


Multiple items purchased on the same day will count as one purchase.  Multiple items purchased by the same family or group will count as one purchase. 

Visit our website at http://yourneighborhoodpetstore.com

Check out our blog at http://yourneighborhoodpetstores.blogspot.com

Friend us on Facebook by searching Desert Pet (Tucson) or Pets West

(Sierra Vista)

Sign up for our email list at http://groups.google.com/group/Neighborhoodpetstore?hl=en

Free Ask A Trainer Day

Saturday, November 20th we will host a free Ask A Trainer day in Sierra Vista.  Our pet trainer will be available from 3 to 6 PM in Sierra Vista at Pets West.  Free advice, no pet required!

Jan Czaja, BA, CPDT-KA, ABCDT
www.smartpawslonline.com

Visit our website at http://yourneighborhoodpetstore.com
Check out our blog at http://yourneighborhoodpetstores.blogspot.com
Friend us on Facebook by searching Desert Pet (Tucson) or Pets West
(Sierra Vista)
Sign up for our email list at http://groups.google.com/group/Neighborhoodpetstore?hl=en

A "grand" opening?

Just read the paper about PetsMart "grand" opening.  They're giving away a year's worth of free food to one lucky customer and a 15 minute training session.  Wow!  At our annual sale we give away a years worth of free food to three lucky customers.  We also give away a free dog bed, free bird cage, and a free aquarium.  Every year.  We also have smaller giveaways for EVERY person that comes to our sale.  The annual Moonlight Madness sale will be December 4th in Sierra Vista and December 11th in Tucson.

Spay And Neuter

Your Neighborhood Pet Stores

Open 7 Days A Week

Weekly Tip

Spay and Neuter

    One of the most import things you can do for your pet is to spay or neuter. Unless you plan to breed or show your cat or dog, taking steps to make sure that he can’t reproduce is not only responsible, it’s good for his health!  This is not only important for dogs and cats, but may be considered for your other pets too.  The follwing is taking from one of my favorite pet sites http://www.petuniversity.com

What Is Spaying and Neutering?

When pets are spayed or neutered, a veterinarian sterilizes them, which means that they are unable to reproduce. Spaying involves the removal of a female’s ovaries and uterus, making it impossible for her to become pregnant. Neutering involves the removal of a male’s testicles, making it impossible for him to impregnate a female. The words “fixed” and “altered” are sometimes used for these procedures, which are layman’s terms for sterilization. Sterilization is the most common operation that veterinarians perform. Both spaying and neutering are very simple procedures, and new anesthetics are available that make a pet’s recovery speedy and painless.

Why Spay and Neuter?

First and foremost, there are real health benefits to spaying and neutering. Neutering prevents testicular cancer and reduces the risk of prostate cancer, hernias, and bleeding anal tumors in male pets. For female pets, spaying prevents ovarian and uterine cancer and pyometra, and it reduces the risk of breast cancer.

There are also behavioral benefits to sterilization. Neutered dogs experience less problem behaviors like marking, excessive barking, and aggression and tend to do less wandering away from home. Spayed female dogs and cats no longer experience heat cycles, which can be messy and cause upheaval in the household. Both sexes of cats show reduced territorial spraying and roaming when sterilized.

One other great reason to consider spaying or neutering is the enormity of the pet overpopulation problem in the United States. Millions of unwanted pets are euthanized every year in this country. When a pet cat or dog is sterilized, the chance of an unwanted pregnancy is removed, and some of the behavioral issues that cause a pet to be given up for adoption may be prevented.

When Is the Best Time to Spay or Neuter?

To get any health benefits from the procedure, female dogs should be spayed before their first heat cycle (five to six months old). Puppies of either sex can actually be safely spayed or neutered when they are only a few weeks old, and many shelters practice this to curb the pet overpopulation problem. However, many vets prefer to wait a bit longer, until the puppy is slightly more mature.
Cats can be spayed or neutered as early as 6 to 12 weeks. Studies have shown that cats altered at an early age have the same growth and behavior as those altered from 6 to 12 months.

All responsible pet owners need to consider spaying or neutering their pets, not only to help control pet overpopulation but for the health of their animal companion.

The preceding was taken from one of my favorite pet sites http://www.petuniversity.com.

Visit our website at http://yourneighborhoodpetstore.com

Check out our blog at http://yourneighborhoodpetstores.blogspot.com

Friend us on Facebook by searching Desert Pet (Tucson) or Pets West

(Sierra Vista)

Sign up for our email list at http://groups.google.com/group/Neighborhoodpetstore?hl=en