No Bling In Playgroup Please
When a pet parent checks their dog into Pet Camp, we always ask “can you please remove your leash & collar after we put on one of our name bands and slip leads.” First time pet parents almost always ask, “Why? Doesn’t he/she need his/her collar?” We gently explain that we don’t want anything to…
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Talking to New Pet Parents
Just like with new human parents, new pet parents have a lot to learn about their new young one. As both a human dad and a pet parent, there were, and I guess still are, times when I felt that everyone I met walking around San Francisco was the “expert” on human kid care, dog…
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Regulating Commercial Dog Walkers in San Francisco
For at least the past 10 years San Francisco has been discussing ways to regulate commercial dog walkers who use the City’s parks. In early 2012 San Francisco added Article 39, Commercial Dog Walkers, to its Health Code with the intent that the regulations would become effective on January 1, 2013. Article 39 sets forth…
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How Many Calories in a Bull’s Penis?
Yup, that’s sure an attention getter for a blog post! Pet Camp is not a retail store, we’re a doggie day care and dog and cat overnight care facility – but we do have a small retail area. We stock mostly inexpensive items (toys and treats) including “bully sticks.” On a fairly regular basis a pet parent…
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Mobile Food Trucks go to the Dogs
Here in San Francisco mobile food trucks are a controversial issue. San Francisco is a City full of “foodies,” but the every increasing number of food trucks has resulted in a food fight the scope of which hasn’t been seen since Animal House (a classic!!) with brick and mortar restaurants and the food trucks fighting about permitting issues,…
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Pet Care: What is the Star Camper Contest? – Pet Camp
Pet Camp is really proud of our Star Campers. How do you get to be a star camper? It’s a great opportunity to show off your dog or cat to the thousands, and I mean thousands and thousands of people who look at our website and our Facebook page everyday. So how do you get to…
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