SuperGravy Wins 2018 Eco Excellence Award
Natural Child World magazine named Clear Conscience Pet SuperGravy as the winner of the 2018 Eco Excellence Awards for Best Pet Products/Food Category! The family-owned independent company was chosen...
View ArticleWild Earth Introduces First Dog Treats From Koji Protein
Wild Earth, Inc., a startup reinventing pet food with biotech, has introduced its first product, a dog treat made with koji (Aspergillus oryzae), an eco-friendly, renewably-sourced member of the fungi...
View ArticleSt. Louis Cardinals: First Pitch with Marine Veteran and His Service Dog
September is Service Dog Awareness Month, and to kick off the month, the St. Louis Cardinals invited U.S. marines veteran, David Fuller, and his rescue service dog, Katie, to throw out the first pitch...
View ArticleVanguard Series Nominations Close Oct. 8
The term “leader” often conjures specific images, many of them associated with prominence. But many leaders work behind the scenes—in product design meetings, among the aisles of an independent retail...
View ArticlePet Costume Popularity Increases
Once again, Americans are looking forward to splurging on their favorite candy, costumes and decorations during the Halloween season. According to the National Retail Federation’s annual survey...
View ArticleWoof Gang Bakery & Grooming Boca Raton Grand Opening
Woof Gang Bakery & Grooming held a grand opening on September 22 of its newest location at the Yamato Village Center in Boca Raton, Florida.
View ArticlePet Industry Woman of the Year Winners Announced
During this week’s Pet Connections Expo, the Women in the Pet Industry Network announced those who an independent panel of judges chose as this year’s Women of the Year winners. The 2018 Advocate...
View ArticleWalkin’ Pets Names its Veterinarian Scholarship Winner
Kelly Hood, a fourth year DVM student at North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine, has been awarded the 2018 Walkin’ Pets Veterinarian Scholarship. Walkin’ Pets by...
View ArticleHow VetriScience Helped Spinner the Dog Get Back to Dock Diving
Spinner was a champion dock diving dog when, one day, his front legs became paralyzed. His owner, Cheryl, brought him to the vet where it was discovered the dog had a cancerous tumor on his spine....
View ArticlePureBites Releases 2 New Cat Treats
Pure Treats Inc. is introducing two new Pure Cat Treats. PureBites Freeze Dried Wild Tuna, which is made with one ingredient—100 percent pure ocean-caught and USA-made raw freeze-dried yellowfin...
View ArticlePet Connections Expo 2018
Pet Connections Expo was held October 2 and 3 in Oaks, Pennsylvania.
View ArticleSilver Star Brands Voluntarily Recalls 2 Animal Drug Products Due to...
The following was posted on the FDA’s site on October 3 and confirmed by Pet Age with a member of the Silver Star Brands customer service team: Note: Parts of this release (those that include more...
View ArticleMACNA 2018 Deemed Second Biggest Show in MACNA History
According to the Marine Aquarium Societies of North America (MASNA), the Marine Aquarium Conference of North America (MACNA) 2018 in Las Vegas was the second highest attended MACNA in history with 6277...
View ArticlePet Food Experts to Distribute Dale Edgar Brand
Dale Edgar Brand, a Kansas-based maker of dog hip and joint and calming supplements has come to a distribution agreement with Pet Food Experts (PFX). PFX will now be distributing Dale Edgar Brand...
View ArticleBradley Caldwell Inc to Distribute CANIDAE
Family-owned CANIDAE Pet Foods, manufacturers of Grain Free Raw Coated Ancestral, Grain Free Pure LID, All Life Stages and Under the Sun Pet Food Formulas, has a new partnership with Bradley Caldwell...
View ArticleFive Questions: Laura “Peach” Reid of Fish Mart, Inc.
Q As one of the original Fish Mart employees, how would you describe the company’s history since 1974? A I’ve seen many changes in the last 44 years. Fish Mart was a start-up when I was hired as a...
View ArticleSimplify Your Pet Grooming Business with These Tips
By Jeff Dickerson Any pet grooming business owner knows that juggling daily operations can be not only extremely challenging, but also rewarding. While there is no single way to eliminate the many...
View ArticleAntioxidants Feature Frequently in Latest Pet Products
By Eric Stenson Free radicals have generated a lot of attention in recent years for the havoc they can wreak on many different bodily systems, and pets are at risk as heavily as their human companions....
View ArticleGroomers’ Tools Essential to the Quality of Their Work
By Jennifer Higgins Much like the high fashion world of human hair styling, the pet grooming industry demands quality and excellence in its artistry. This cross-species similarity doesn’t stop at the...
View ArticleBuilding a Business Takes More than Just Luck
By Amy Reed It all started by walking a dog named Lucky. That was 2004—the year that my good friend Leslie Barron and I decided to leave our well-paying corporate jobs to open a dog walking business...
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