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April Showers Bring April Flowers

April 7, 2016

Yeah, we know that’s not how it goes, but we didn’t want to wait until May for this. Starting now and running through April 30th, for each 10 new likes of Pet Camp’s Facebook Page we’ll donate a Kong to Northern California Family Dog Rescue! We all know how much dogs love to play with…

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cards of dog paw flowers

Bring Home Flowers from Camp

April 7, 2016

Since we’re on the flower theme… we want to give you flowers! We know that April 15th is one of those bad days on the calendar, but we want to do our best to cheer things up. Every day camper on Friday, April 15th will bring home flowers! These are not the type you put…

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See You at Dog Fest 2016!

April 7, 2016

Join Pet Camp in supporting McKinley Elementary School! If you’re a San Francisco parent, you know the stress associated with getting your kid into a school; you have almost as much chance of winning the San Francisco Public School lottery as winning the California Lottery! But there are some lucky parents and kids who got into…

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Campy Reading

Story Time

April 7, 2016

We all know that reading to kids is important; just ask Mark, who slept through all seven of the Harry Potter books that Virginia read to the kids at their house! On April 27th Pet Camp will be at Bryant Elementary School in the Mission District reading stories about dogs to kindergarteners. We hope Campy…

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Campy with the Pet Camp Express van

Not Enough Dogs?

March 28, 2016

I was reading an article in Pet Business Magazine about the shortage of dogs in the United States. Now there are days when I feel that there is a shortage of dogs at Pet Camp (come on campers, make those reservations!), but a shortage of dogs in the country? I had never even considered that.…

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dogs on the playground

Wearing Our Politics on our Sleeves

March 25, 2016

The other week, a pet parent responded to the Pet Camp San Francisco newsletter with the following comment:  “Please keep in mind, not all of your clients are left leaning liberals. Some of us still think for ourselves. Perhaps leaving politics out of your advertising might be a good business decision.”  As much as I appreciate this…

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