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Thepetwarehouse : Adopt a pet in Ikea, yep that's ... Yup — You Can Now Adopt a Dog at IKEA. The next time you’re at IKEA, picking up a Lack side table or a Malm dresser, you can also pick a cute critter to sprawl out on your Stockholm rug.

Yup — You Can Now Adopt a Dog at IKEA

That’s right, you can now adopt pets at the Scandinavian home store. Only available in one store in the U.S. (Tempe, AZ), you’ll find life-sized cardboard cutouts of dogs from the Arizona Humane Society who are looking for a home. And not just any home, but the home of someone who appreciates minimalist aesthetics. The campaign started in Singapore as a partnership with a group called Home for Hope, and IKEA plans to expand to stores across the U.S. slowly, eventually reaching all of them. How do you take the dog from cardboard cutout to the cuddly kind?

So far, all the dogs featured have been adopted. Woman eating only pet food for a month to prove it’s nutritious. Thepetwarehouse : #Pet #Obesity the silent killer, ... Obesity: The Silent Pet Killer. “I am not a pig that barks!”

Obesity: The Silent Pet Killer

Some people might find such jokes hilarious and funny. If there was a stand-up comedy for animals, a cat or a dog that thinks and looks like a big cow would easily sell a lot of tickets in no time. Underneath the show though lies the real truth about obesity problems. There are several ways by which people try to shower their pets with love. Some choose to buy plush toys. There are several factors why pets are tipping off the scale. 10 Shocking Health Problems. Thepetwarehouse : Builders woo #pet #lovers with ... Builders woo pet lovers with pet spas, rooftop walks. Taking it to the next level Benjamin Hodson lives and works in downtown Seattle.

Builders woo pet lovers with pet spas, rooftop walks

When Bastion, his 2-year-old Weimaraner, needs to go to the bathroom, he can use the "pet deck" on the side of his apartment building. "It's really convenient to have something that's not out on the street," Hodson said. "There are dog bags and a trash can right there, so everything is in one spot. " Read More10 high-tech gadgets to pamper your pet The deck has artificial turf with a sprinkler system that cleans, sanitizes and deodorizes. Hodson estimates that about 30 percent of the 118 units have dogs. "When you're building people's homes it's important that you include all of the people in the family—and dogs are now part of the family," Hodson said. Gerding Edlen, a real estate investment and development firm based in Portland, Oregon, built the Barclay Broadway.

Read More10 companies going to the dogs Saito told CNBC the capital cost of these facilities really isn't that much. The Pet Warehouse Sale. Purina sues Blue Buffalo, alleging false advertising. Nestle Purina is suing competing pet food brand Blue Buffalo, and it wants the world to know about it.

Purina sues Blue Buffalo, alleging false advertising

Not only did the company issue a press release Tuesday announcing its suit, in which it asserts that Blue Buffalo is falsely advertising that its pet food is free of poultry byproducts, but it has also started a website called “Pet Food Honesty” to trumpet its allegations. Purina’s suit partially hinges on a decision by the Council of Better Business Bureaus’ National Advertising Division, which found Blue Buffalo’s ads to be misleading. It also points to “independent testing” that found poultry byproducts in Blue Buffalo’s food, as well as rice hulls in food promoted as “grain-free.” Tuesday afternoon, Blue Buffalo replied with a letter written by founder and Chairman Bill Bishop and posted on its website. Bishop stated that “unlike Nestle Purina,” Blue Buffalo does not use poultry byproducts, ground corn, or artificial preservatives in its food.

He continued: (Image via) Pet Accessories Store - The Pet Warehouse. Thepetwarehouse : What you need to know about... Traveling with pets abroad - What you need to know before traveling. The law concerning rabies in the UK changed from April 2000.

Traveling with pets abroad - What you need to know before traveling

From then it became possible for animals to enter the UK without having to undergo 6 months in quarantine, providing they met certain criteria, details are given in the next section. If you are traveling with your pet to a foreign country, a health certificate may be needed. For some countries these can be issued 30 days before entry, others require it to be issued within the preceding 7 days before entry and others may not need a certificate of health at all. The best course of action would be to contact MAFF (the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food) or the embassy for the country concerned. Certain other requirements may have to be met for other countries, for example Australia requires dogs to be blood sampled for Leptospirosis and Brucellosis, These blood samples will be taken by your vet, but you must allow time for them to be processed by the laboratory.

The conditions of this scheme are: The pilot scheme Routes. Special Offer Pet Supplies At The Petwarehouse. Here at The Pet Warehouse we stock a huge variety of pet supplies to cater for all pets, needs and situations.

Special Offer Pet Supplies At The Petwarehouse

As a leading provider of pet supplies in the North West, we are renowned for our fantastic selection and excellent prices which rival that of national companies. While we consistently offer fantastic value pet supplies we regularly offer even more discount on a variety of pet supplies and products. 'The WOOF that told me we'd saved Susie-Belle': She was a miniature Schnauzer traumatised after six years at a barbaric breeding farm, the deeply moving story of how she got her life (and her bark) back.