National Pet Week is coming up next month, May 3-9th! This year’s theme is “Pets—The Spice of Life,” and was inspired by New Orleans, which held last year’s annual convention.

National Pet Week celebrates the bond between people and their pets while raising awareness for responsible pet ownership and care.
PetSmart and Animal Planet, two entities that know all about the love of pets, have teamed up for a line of pet products that are sure to please the four-legged and their owners. The high quality toys feature popular Animal Planet creatures like meerkats and ostriches, and are made with …read more

PetSmart is throwing a party and your pet’s invited!

On April 21st from 6-8pm, PetSmart stores around the country are throwing a birthday party. It doesn’t matter how old your pet is or when their birthday actually falls, either!
Party treats include a free framed digital photo of your pet and a free goodie bag. There will also be a “musical sits” game (similar to musical chairs) to win Purina prizes.
Until April 27th, select items in the store are also 20% off, which makes buying your four-legged friend something a little easier!
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There’s not really a more polite way to put it, but PetsMart is currently running an online sale for 20% all of their pet poop scooping products.

We’ve used the scooping setup on the left of the picture for our dogs’ backyard business for a couple of years and have been pretty pleased with it. Even though we had grass at our last place we decided against the rake option because rakes sometimes have a tendency to fling, and flinging and pet poop are two things I don’t want to deal with.
They’ve also got the always-handy poop bags for when your …read more

PetsMart is offering a free puppy potty training seminar on January 24th at participating locations. Call the store nearest you to find out times since it’ll differ from store to store!
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Just a quick note that Petsmart.com has a coupon available for $10 off orders of $40 or more. Every little bit helps!
Enter OCTSAVE in the promotional code field of your shopping cart at checkout. Expires October 31, 2008.
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Image details: Dog and owner on way to work served by picapp.com
June 20th is Take Your Dog to Work Day! I’m fortunate that my dogs are with me every day while I work, but now those who have to leave the house have an excuse to spend some extra time with the furrier members of the family!
Take Your Dog to Work Day was started in 1999 to celebrate companion dogs and encourage people to check out their local animal shelters and breed rescues. Businesses are also encouraged to welcome pets on this day to help promote adoptions.
Want your business to …read more

~ Petsmart: Use coupon code SAVEFEB to save 15% on orders of $60 or more. Expires 2/29
~ Petsmart: Use coupon code SAVEJAN to save $10 off orders of $70 or more. Expires 1/31
~ Purina: Get a free bag of Purina dog or cat food when you participate in the Purina One challenge.
~ Friskies: Free sample of Friskies cat food.
~ Purina: Free 6oz sample bag of Naturals from Purina cat food. Expires 2/29
~ Birdalong.com: Free shipping on orders of $50 or more.
~ Doctors Foster and Smith: 25th anniversary sale, 25% off sale

~ PetSmart $10 off $70 coupon. Use coupon code SAVEJAN at checkout (expires 1/31/08)
~ Petsmart free shipping on orders over $50 (restrictions apply)
~ Free sample of Friskies cat food from WalMart
~ Free 6 oz sample of Naturals from Purina cat food (expires 2/29/2008)
~ Drs. Foster & Smith 25th anniversary sale: 25% over 25 select products. Also see after-Christmas products sale.
~ 10% off all orders at Only Natural Pet Store. Use coupon code HC21 at checkout.

Stock up on supplies with a $15 off $50 order at PetSmart.com.
Apply coupon code NEXTTEN at checkout and save $15 off orders of $50 or more. Expires 12/31/2007.