One of my favorite pet-related sites online, Petfinder.com, is sponsoring a Halloween photo contest especially for pets!

The Howl-O-Ween Photo Contest is searching for the best costumes in three categories: 1) Do It Yourself, 2) Celebrity Look-a-Likes and 3) Pets & Kids.
Photos can be submitted to petfinder.com/halloween until October 31, and the winner will receive a Bissell SpotBot Pet Compact Deep Cleaner and cleaning formula. (Check out my review of it here!)
You can check out the entries that have already been submitted here, and Petfinder has even provided a few tips to get your creativity flowing~
~ Raining Cats and Dogs: Dress …read more

One of my favorite pet sites, PetFinder.com, has declared this Wednesday, August 12th as “Adopt A Less Adoptable Pet Day.”

PetFinder took an informal survey, asking shelters what factors make it hard to get an animal adopted out. Topping the list at 30% is elderly pets, followed by pets with medical conditions, pets that are victims of breed prejudice (think pit bull or black cats), shy pets and pets that need to be an only pet.
So, you can see why a special day just for these animals would be needed — people usually go into a shelter looking for the cutest …read more

Did you know April 19-25 is National Volunteer Week? Animal shelters across the nation can always use extra helping hands, but the need has been even more critical recently with the economic climate of the last months, and shelters have been hit especially hard.

One of my favorite sites, Petfinder.com, recently ran a survey and discovered that 84% of animal adoption organizations are reporting pet surrenders because of the economic downturn, foreclosures and/or job losses.
Overcrowding is becoming even more of a problem, with 37% of shelters and rescue groups reporting that the number of people willing to foster (or temporarily …read more

Petfinder has released their yearly list of the ten most popular names for both dogs and cats, as well as the ten most unusual pet names!
Top 10 Most Popular Dog Names
1. Buddy
2. Max
3. Daisy
4. Jack
5. Lucy
6. Molly
7. Charlie
8. Sadie
9. Jake
10. Lucky
Top 10 Most Popular Cat Names
1. Lucy
2. Molly
3. Oreo
4. Kittens
5. Smokey
6. Princess
7. Shadow
8. Tigger
9. Angel
10. Missy
Top 10 Most Unusual Names
1. Woe Izmee
2. Gwyneth Poultry (a duck)
3. SoSueMe
4. 54cent Swee’T
5. Iamaredneckwoman
6. Angry Chef Soup
7. Ms. Cornflake Especially
8. Bon Jo Flea
9. McLovin
10. Joe the Plumber
[image: flickr]

I cannot concentrate with that picture in front of me. Is that not one of the cutest puppies you’ve ever seen?
Anyway, that comes from PetFinder.com, who has a lot of really cute pictures of some of their members’ pets posted, as well as a lot of really cute pet dress-up ideas for Halloween — most of them you don’t even need to spend money on. For example:
1. Beauty School Drop Out: Dig under your vanity for your old-school rollers and shower cap, and go to town. If you have an extra calm cat or dog, paint their nails for a …read more

PetFinder.com is going high-tech!
You can now search the enormous database of adoptable pets from your Blackberry, iPhone or any other wireless device while you’re waiting in line, sitting at a stoplight, or just don’t feel like firing up the computer.
You can even use the new features to send profiles to friends and family.
To access the site from your handheld device, go to m.petfinder.com. You can search the over 250,000+ pets using zip code, pet type, age, gender and size.
[image used with permission from petfinder.com]