A puzzle for kids

The school year has started. In celebration of that here is a puzzle you can print out and solve. Good luck.

Learning to read? Read to your pet

A few weeks ago I was reading an article somewhere that talked about an interesting way to help your child learn to read:

Have him or her read to your pet.

How does this help? There's no pressure. The dog (or cat or whatever) won't correct your child, won't say he or she is reading too slow or mispronouncing words, and won't judge. If anything the pet will appreciate the attention. With the pressure gone your child is free to read at his or her own pace. If encouraged to read for half an hour a day you should see an improvement in their reading ability after a couple weeks.

Give it a try. Set your child down with your pet and an age appropriate book for a few days and let us know if it works.

Who knows, your pet might even begin reading to you!

Postage Stamp & Business Card Zazzle Sale!

Great deals today at zazzle for postage stamps and busniess cards!

Postage code:JULYPOSTDEAL

Business Card code:BIZCARDS5010

Coming Soon - Kids Zone & Bookmarks

We have been busy working on modifying our main website page. One of the exciting changes will be introducing our kid zone area. This area will include coloring pages as well as some fun contests for kids of all ages.

In addtion we will be posting new products on zazzle next week. What are they....the bookmarks we are giving to 77 lucky participants at the ESPY awards. As the new school year is approaching these make great gifts for both students and teachers.

Hope you are enjoying your summer!

Animal Goes Scuba Diving?!?

Who says your animal can't do everything you do? Today I learned there is one less frontier awaiting exploration by our canine (and feline) friends. Which frontier is that? The ocean depths.

Yep, that's right. I'd thought I'd seen it all; dogs that surf, pets that skateboard, squirrels that waterski. Now you can suit your dog or cat up in scuba gear and have them tag along as you dive under the ocean's surface and explore the world below.

That gives a whole new meaning to dogfish and catfish.

http://animal.discovery.com/videos/most-outrageous-scuba-diving-pets.html

Pet Emergency Plan

I often get updates from Dr. Mercola for our own families personal use. Recently I learned he has a "Healthy Pets" info page. His topic shared today was:

Why You Need a Pet Emergency Plan
Here is a wonderful checklist
1. Locate the emergency clinic you will use
2. Pay a visit to the emergency facility
3. Decide how you'll handle payment for emergency services
4. Find out about any special procedures the clinic requires you to follow
5. Create an emergency file for your pet

You can watch the video and get more details by going here
http://healthypets.mercola.com/sites/healthypets/archive/2010/06/23/why-you-need-a-pet-emergency-plan-now.aspx?aid=CD945

How to Follow PeticularFashions

Did you know that we not only have this blog to watch our updates on BUT we also have:

Zazzle Store ~ http://www.zazzle.com/peticularfashions*
Here you can find a variety of products with our fabulous characters. You will find ties, stickers, postage, mugs, postcards and even a skateboard. If you don't find a pet you are looking for you can send us an email and we will put it on the wish list.

Our pet store ~ http://www.peticularfashions.com
This is mainly for your loved one. We currently offer products for dogs. Soon we will have a wider variety for many different pets. Let us know if you have any particular items you wished we carried and we will gladly see if we can make it happen.

Facebook ~ Peticular Fashions
We are getting excited as we are almost to our 300 followers. As soon as we get there one of our loyal fans will win a PeticularFashions gift basket made especially for their loved one.