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Tips for the First 30 Days of Cat Adoption

By Fetch! Marketing / 5:04 pm

Warmer weather brings kitten season, which is why The American Humane Association has designated June as Adopt-A-Cat-Month. Cat adoption is a wonderful way to enrich your life. Thousands of cats and kittens will be looking for a forever home not only for the month of June, but all year long. Start off on the right…

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Flower Power: how one photographer is helping this breed get adopted

By Fetch! Marketing / 5:00 am

We stumbled upon Sophie Gamand’s work after coming across a stunning photo of a pit bull wearing a flower crown on Instagram. After which, we just had to keep scrolling. It’s common knowledge that Pit Bulls get a bad rap, and it’s mesmerizing to see these gentle dogs softened even more by Sophie’s elaborate, handmade…

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This Superhero will vanquish the Coldest of Hearts

By Fetch! Marketing / 10:48 am

It is no secret that children have a higher amount of compassion to offer the world than most adults. They haven’t been touched by life’s tragedies or scorned by those around them. Children believe everyone and everything to be inherently good and there is one little boy in particular that exhibits such a level of…

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The Truth About Dry Cat Food

By Fetch! Marketing / 1:00 pm

We’re not sure what exactly started the feud between the Hatfields and the McCoys, but it may well have been an argument about cat food. No matter how far veterinary medicine advances or how much we enhance our understanding of our pet’s nutritional needs, the debate over dry versus wet cat food rages on. In…

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California Becomes the First State to Sell Rescue Pets in Pet Stores

By Fetch! Marketing / 4:23 pm

On January 1st, 2018, Assembly Bill 485, also known as The Pet Rescue and Adoption Act, will go into effect in the state of California. This means that pet stores will only be permitted to sell rescue pets, thus putting an end to puppy mill sales state-wide.

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Woman Who Asked for the ‘Oldest, Hardest to Adopt Dog’ is Restoring Our Faith in Humanity

By Fetch! Marketing / 10:23 am

They say a picture is worth a thousand words, and this picture definitely tells it all! Sweet Jake had been at the Front Street Animal Shelter for a long time. He was old with cancer and a skin infection — no one wanted him. But Melani came into the shelter and asked for the oldest, hardest dog to…

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American Humane’s Adopt-a-Cat Month® Reminds Us To Adopt a Cat or Kitten! (And To Spay & Neuter)!

By Fetch! Marketing / 5:33 pm

The American Humane Association has dubbed June as Adopt-a-Cat Month® — a time where the pet community more loudly than ever advocates the adoption of cats and kittens across the United States. Each spring during “Kitten Season,” thousands of newborn kittens join the millions of cats already in shelters. Local shelters are now abundant with…

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Fetch! Pet Care Franchises Collaborate with The Washington Nationals, Budweiser, & Humane Rescue Alliance for a Successful 2017 ‘Pups in the Park’ Fundraising Event

By Fetch! Marketing / 9:22 pm

It wouldn’t be a perfect summer without two things: baseball and man’s best friend. Back by “pup”ular demand, Fetch! Pet Care Alexandria, Rockville-Gaithersburg, Silver Spring, and Fetch! Pet Care servicing Washington DC have collaborated with The Washington Nationals along with Humane Rescue Alliance for the 2017 ‘Pups in the Park’ event which occurs six times…

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Patrick Stewart and his new best friend Ginger, the rescued PitBull

By Fetch! Marketing / 11:51 am

“Oh there she is!” he gently exclaims as he sees her coming up the driveway to his house. Stewart opens the door and sits on in on the floor of his doorway gently petting a wiggly and affectionate Ginger who is adorning him with kisses: “That’s a very nice greeting!” He remarks with a big…

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Help Cowboy Recover and Find His Forever Home

By Fetch! Marketing / 7:46 pm

This is a message from our friends at Orphan Dog, a Northen California-based dog rescue NPO. Cowboy was just brought to the rescue today with serious injuries. We’d love for you to consider donating to help Cowboy recover at and to spread the word so that he may find his forever home once he is…

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