Drum Roll Please....

The winners are in for this year's Halloween goodie bag drawing. Thank you to all of our amazing fans! Congratulations to:

*Brie Poirier
*Malana Monson
*Cassie Cass

We appreciate you participating :) We will be in contact for your mailing information and hope that you enjoy them. If you'd like to take a photo upon receipt we'd love to share.
It's not too late to order your own bag for this season. Just go here

Halloween Candy Bag - Bruno Dog from Zazzle.com

Halloween Candy Bag

It's halloween night. You're all set. The kids are all dressed up in their costume, their faces are painted, they have their flashlights, they're ready to go. But wait! They have nothing to put their candy in. You forgot to get candy bags! Oh no!!

Don't let this happen to you. Fortunately Peticular Fashions has the perfect bags. Made from 100% cotton and strong handles with reinforced stitching, these bags are a great value. And best of all, we're giving away two for free.

Just comment here on this blog or on our Facebook page to be entered for a chance to win. Winners will be announced Friday, October 10th.

Don't miss out on these cute Halloween gift bags and trick-or-treat in style.

Deojee Trick or Treat Candy Bag from Zazzle.com

Rule of thumb: 1 people year equals 7 dog years - not that accurate

You've heard it time and time again; for a dog, each calendar year that goes by is like seven years for the dog. So if your dog just celebrated his 2nd birthday, he is the equivlent of 14 years old in dog years.

It turns out, this rule of thumb is not accurate at all. It doesn't account for several important factors such as the breed of the dog, it's size, and it's weight. For example, the larger the dog the faster it ages.

However, taking all those factors into account you can still come up with a more accurate rule of thumb. Generally speaking a one year old dog is about 15 years old. After two years it has aged about another 8 years and for every year after that it ages about 4 years. The larger the dog, the faster it ages. Of course, diet and excercise are important factors as well as to how long a dog will live.

Speaking of age. Any idea what the record is for the oldest dog to ever live? Give up? According to the Guiness Book of World Records honor belongs to an Australian Cattle Dog name Bluey. He died in 1929 at the ripe old age of 29 and 5 months. That would have made him around 140 years old.

Here's a graph that can may help you visualize the different aging rates:

A-MAZE-ing fun for all the kids

Here is a maze for you to solve. Print it out and help Ginger get a drink of water. Enjoy!

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!

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