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Support San Francisco Schools

January 30, 2017

Most of you know that Mark and Virginia have four kids in high school here in San Francisco (yup, we’re living proof that you can’t believe everything you read in the New York Times)!  Every year Pet Camp does whatever it can to support our local schools. If your camper’s two-legged friend is attending school…

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Hop on the Bus Gus – For FREE!

January 30, 2017

Between now and the end of February 2017, when you purchase a daycare punch card you also get a free ride on the Pet Camp Express! Not only does the daycare punch card save you 10% on daycare, now you also get to experience the Pet Camp Express for free! Think of this as our…

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Divorce and Pets

January 27, 2017

It is commonly said that 50% of all marriages end in divorce. I’m not sure if that number is right, but after 20 years of marriage I can see how it happens. In many marriages there are kids and, perhaps more importantly, pets to consider.  Of course for many years there have been laws in…

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Big Business and Your Pet

January 10, 2017

For almost 20 years, Pet Camp has been proud to be family owned and operated.  There have been several offers to purchase Pet Camp; some from corporate competitors and some from investors.  For reasons both personal (we weren’t ready to sell) and financial (they weren’t offering real money but simply shares in the new-bigger and…

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Dogs, Drugs & Police – A Bad Combination

January 9, 2017

At the end of last year, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals (that’s the one that covers Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee) ruled that it is reasonable for police officers to shoot and kill a dog for merely blocking the path of travel of a police officer searching a basement.  Now to be fair, when…

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Simpler Times

January 4, 2017

We all know that Mark is an old fart, but even the millennials at Pet Camp agree that it’s gotten too complicated to purchase things in San Francisco. Almost every restaurant has a surcharge for “local employee mandates.” We got new tires on the Pet Camp Express and there was a “worker’s compensation” surcharge. These…

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