Pet Camp Blog

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Regulating Commercial Dog Walkers in San Francisco

May 8, 2013

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?

May 2, 2013

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

April 24, 2013

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

April 22, 2013

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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What is a Puppy Mill?

April 17, 2013

“Puppy Mill” – few terms bring about such a visceral reaction in the dog world. But what exactly is a puppy mill? Well in addition to there being no legal definition of a puppy mill, until recently there was no agreed upon industry definition either. Recently, after two years of work, the American Pet Products…

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Still Winning After All These Years

April 9, 2013

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Thanks to everyone who voted Pet Camp as best overnight pet care facility in the Bay Area! This is the 5th year in a row we’ve taken this honor. We are humbled by the trust our campers’ parents place in us every day and can’t think of a better way to spend…

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