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The Price of Loyalty

January 4, 2018

Last month one of the counselors went to put fuel in one of the Pet Camp Express Vehicles.  Unfortunately, she put regular gasoline into our diesel vehicle and then proceeded to drive it to do all her morning pick-ups and drop offs.  The damage was extensive – $8,000 extensive!  The question then became what to…

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5 tips on how to keep your pet safe this holiday!

Have A Pet Safe Holiday Season!

December 19, 2017

The winter holidays are a wonderful time of year, filled with family, friends, festive decorations, and amazing food.  Sadly, not everything that makes the holidays so wonderful for us is good for our pets.  We know that Pet Camp is all set up to be pet-safe for the holidays, but just in case your camper…

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5 Toxic Holiday Plants!

December 15, 2017

It’s the time of year when we decorate our homes with all sorts of wonderful plants.  These plants bring color and fragrance to our homes making a joyous time of year even more wonderful.  That said, some of the most common holiday plants are not so wonderful for your pet. There are 5 common holiday plants…

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Tufts Says Leave Your Dog at Home – We Say Have Fun!

December 5, 2017

Your Dog, the monthly newsletter from the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University, recently had an article suggesting that we (meaning pet parents) are taking our dogs to too many places and that our dogs would be better off if we just left them at home.  The crux of the article was that…

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The Ethics of Enrichment

November 27, 2017

I was reading this month’s DVM360 magazine’s front page article entitled “The Ethics of Enrichment” wondering the entire time, “yeah, so this is news?”  The premise of the article was that companion animals (which you and I might even call our pets) deserve more than merely the absence of pain, more than merely access to…

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Happy Thanksgiving from Pet Camp

November 21, 2017

Two short days till we get to stuff our faces with all our favorite holiday foods.  If your camper is spending the holiday at Pet Camp, no doubt they’ll be enjoying our pet friendly holiday meals (turkey, mashed potatoes and green beans for dogs and salmon pate for cats).  But if your camper is spending…

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