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Ice Cream Social for pets, Natural Pawz for the Cauze

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Ice Cream Social for pets, Natural Pawz for the Cauze benefiting Gulf Coast Cocker Spaniel Rescue and Gleannloch Farms Pet Committee, Interactive Doggie Games, Door Prizes and Much More!

Join Natural Pawz, a one-of-a-kind pet health food store, May 14th from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. as they celebrate the grand opening of their 7th and newest location at 142 Vintage Park Blvd. Ste. D.

The fun begins at 11 a.m. with fido-friendly festivities that include an Ice Cream Social for humans and their pets, adoptable animals from Gulf Coast Cocker Spaniel Rescue and the Gleannloch Farms Pet Committee, interactive doggie games, in-store give-a-ways, free pet treats, product sampling and more! Human treats graciously provided by FreshBerry Frozen Yogurt Cafe in Vintage Park.

Additionally, as part of Natural Pawz for the Cauze, the grand opening event will raise money and awareness to benefit the animals from Gulf Coast Cocker Spaniel Rescue and the Gleannloch Farms Pet Committee.

Natural Pawz – Vintage Park officially opened their doors on May 1, with a steady flow of two and four-legged customers stopping in to discover the benefits of what an all-natural diet can provide for their pet. “We are very excited to become a part of the Vintage Park community,” said Biff Picone, co-owner of Natural Pawz. “We look forward to getting to know area residents and are thrilled to provide healthy and affordable pet food options to our new neighbors.”

Natural Pawz is an avid supporter of animal welfare and non-profit organizations. Each location works closely with groups in their respective communities to host events and generate awareness of animal-related charities. Continuing in this tradition, Natural Pawz is using the grand opening of the new location to help the animals from Gulf Coast Cocker Spaniel Rescue and Gleannloch Farm’s Pet Committee by collecting donations to help each organization continue assisting animals in need, while also highlighting the amazing animals available for adoption through the groups. “We are dedicated to helping animals in need throughout the city,” said Nadine Joli-Coeur, co-owner of Natural Pawz. “Houston-area animal groups are inundated with animals needing good homes and often struggle to raise necessary funds to provide for these animals. We hope to raise money for these groups while also introducing some of the great adoptable animals looking for a forever home.”

Gulf Coast Cocker Spaniel Rescue is a nonprofit rescue organization specializing in the rescue of Cocker Spaniels. They are not a shelter and their rescue process involves finding loving foster homes for all the dogs in their program until their forever home can be found. The group is in constant need of volunteers, foster homes and funding. In addition, they have two special funds set up to help special needs cockers, the Hunter Fund sets aside money to help eliminate and solve behavioral problems and the Peanut Fund is used to treat shelter dogs who may come down with upper respiratory infections, distemper and/or parvo after being brought into the program.

Gleannloch Farms Pet Committee is the ultimate resource for animal-loving residents living within the popular Northwest Houston community. The committee runs and operates the Gleannloch Farms Bark Park, assists residents with pet-related services, promotes responsible pet ownership and, often times provides foster services to animals in need. Volunteers from Gleannloch Farms Pet Committee will be selling PAWfectly decorated dog-themed cupcakes to raise funds to further enhance their services to the community, as well as bringing animals available for adoption through their foster program.

Natural Pawz, owned by husband and wife team Biff Picone and Nadine Joli-Coeur, began in 2005 as a result of one of their own pet’s terrible allergies. Natural Pawz has been recognized nationally and locally as a leading retailer in natural pet care products and has been named Houston’s #1 Pet Supplier in the 2010 Click2Houston’s Best Contest for two years in a row. Whether your pet is a kitten or a puppy, in the prime of life, or enjoying their golden years, Natural Pawz has the perfect selection of products to keep them healthy and happy. Additional locations in the Houston area include: The Woodlands (PineCroft, Sterling Ridge Centers), West University, Tanglewood, Sugar Land and Houston’s Heights. To learn more about Natural Pawz, the Vintage Park grand opening celebration or to learn more about how you can help Gulf Coast Cocker Spaniel Rescue and Gleannloch Farms Pet Committee, visit www.naturalpawz.com or call (281) 362-7299.

About Natural Pawz:

With 7 stores in the greater-Houston area, Natural Pawz continues to set the standard in the market for 100%-natural pet food, treats and holistic health solutions supplies, all of which are sourced from the USA and Canada. The Natural Pawz team can help navigate you through choosing the healthiest food for your companion cats and dogs, while showing you how easy and affordable it is to provide the proper nutrition to your beloved animal. Natural Pawz is not like traditional boutiques or national retailers. We are a locally owned natural pet food store that also carries a wide variety of wellness products, collars and leads, bedding and special rewards for your cat and dog. Each location is managed and staffed by a team of customer-friendly knowledgeable associates that are involved in the community and truly get to know you and your animal. Natural Pawz has been voted Best Pet Supply Store in Houston in Click2Houston’s Best of Houston for two consecutive years and was voted as “Best Pet Services, Supplies or Boutique” by the Houston Press, Fort Bend Herald, Woodlands Online and, most recently, named “Best Pet Product Company” in H-Texas Magazine’s Best of the Best list.

About Vintage Park:

Since opening in 2007, Vintage Park, located at the intersection of Louetta Road and Highway 249, has become a popular lifestyle shopping village that offers patrons a wide selection of shopping and dining options and includes commercial and medical offices. Vintage Park consists of approximately 500,000 square feet for merchants and offices and is the retail portion of a 630-acre master-planned community known as The Vintage. The Vintage features high-end residential neighborhoods, apartments, townhomes, and office, medical and retail space. For more information on Vintage Park visit www.vintageparkhouston.com.

Rose- Rich Open House this weekend!

Admin — Thu, 20 May 2010 14:03:57 +0000

Rose-Rich Veterinary Clinic

New Hospital GRAND OPENING!

Saturday, May 22 from 1:00pm-7:00pm

Clinic Tours

Refreshments

Children Activities

Door Prizes

Rose-Rich is excited to show off its new beautiful new building with its spacious, comfortable lobby and new dog park. Adults can tour the state of the art veterinary clinic while the kids operate on teddy bears and guess “what in the world did he eat” with X-rays!

Come join the fun!

2203 Thompson Rd Richmond, TX 77469

The February 2010 issue of Texas Cats & Dogs Magazine

Admin — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:43:18 +0000

In this issue we cover-

Trouble with Tucker (A Valentines Day story about the dangers of chocolate)
Matters of the Heart (Rachel, our beloved food guru talks about the relationship between nutrition what your pets heart)
The Krew of Barkus & Meoux Parade! (One of my personal favs!!! Throw me some beads, Mister!)
Part 3 of 3, Building better Relationships with our much loved Dog Smart!
My Furry Valentine. (The story of Daley from his wonderful foster parents!)

As always we have our Community Events!! (WONDERFUL pictures from the HAPI Family Pet Festival as well as the SNAP grand opening party!!)

This month we also changed up the Covers for Charity!!!

Texas Cats & Dogs has gone Play-Pup!!! Wait until you see the Center-Fold Spread of Recycled Poms very own, Kodiak!!!

S.N.A.P. Grand Opening

admin — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 21:42:44 +0000

Last nights S.N.A.P. Grand opening was a huge success!

The new facility at 1801 Durham Dr opened its doors last night for a behind the scenes showing of the new clinic.

The S.N.A.P. Clinic is open to the general public and offers reduced cost pet sterilizations, reduced cost vaccinations, heart-worm testing and prevention as well as flea prevention.

Guests were also able to check out the mobile clinic. S.N.A.P.’s mobile clinic was the very first spaying and neutering clinic on wheels in the United States!

How cool is that?!

The mobile clinic offers high quality spay and neuter services in low income areas where cost, transportation and the lack of veterinary services make it difficult for pet owners to obtain proper health care for their pets.

Be sure to pick up the February issue of Texas Cats & Dogs Magazine to see more behind the scenes pictures of the SNAP facility!

To view the SNAP mobile clinic schedule, please click here.

A huge thank you to Brett Chisholm Photography for the wonderful pictures!

SPAY-NEUTER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM CELEBRATES EXPANSION OF SERVICES

admin — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:47:17 +0000

Combined surgery and wellness services open in larger location to better serve Houston.

The Spay-Neuter Assistance Program (SNAP) is celebrating the grand opening of their newly combined reduced-cost spay-neuter and wellness clinic, located at 1801 Durham in Houston. The new, larger space, greatly increases SNAP’s ability to meet the needs of the community, providing free and low-cost spay/neuter surgeries as well as low-cost wellness services. This expansion was made possible by a foundational grant of $225,000 from PetSmart Charities, Inc., which covered initial lease, renovation, and equipment costs. “SNAP’s spay/neuter program is an excellent example of collaboration,” said Susana Della Maddalena, executive director of PetSmart Charities, Inc. “Partnerships like these are the key to successful, low-cost spay/neuter in local communities.”

SNAP previously operated two individual clinics, less than one mile from each other off of Interstate 10 and Shepherd/Durham. The new facility is an expansion of SNAP’s original wellness clinic that was combined with the adjacent 3,450 sq. ft. property, making the new space a total of 4,575 sq. ft. This expansion triples the previous spay-neuter clinic space and doubles the holding capacity for surgery patients. In addition, the new space allows for more wellness clients and provides a larger waiting area for all clientele. Prior to the expansion, wait times for SNAP’s reduced-cost wellness services had greatly increased, often filling the waiting area to capacity. At the time the expansion was announced, wait times for surgery were between 3-8 weeks, depending on the size of the animal. By combining and expanding the facilities, SNAP is greatly reducing all wait times and is able to serve twice as many clients, striving for an estimated 20,000 surgeries annually.

Build out on the new facility began in July 2009, and was completed in late December. The new facility features a state-of-the-art surgery suite; five wellness exam rooms; a spacious lobby, with separate dog and cat areas; separate cat and dog surgical recovery areas; a feral cat area and a pharmacy and lab, to name a few.

“We are excited to enhance our efforts to reduce animal overpopulation in Houston,” said Dr. Jim Weedon, executive director of SNAP. “This new state-of-the-art facility allows us to expand our reduced-cost services to the general public, while lessening wait times and serving more clients. This would not be possible without the support of the following sponsors: PetSmart Charities, Inc.; Pam & Jim Harris; Robin & Charles Reimer; Friends of BARC; Judy & Jim Weedon; Jenni & Norm Ritchie; Houston PetSet; David Smith; Neil Sackheim; Terry & Gary Sidwell; Julie Strother; Phyllis Anzelone; Bill Folger/Memorial Cat Hospital; Linne’ Girouard; Madeline Woods; Louise Hull; Carrie Gillespie; Mark Gammon; and International Tile.”

Appointments are required for Spay-Neuter surgeries, which are performed Tuesday through Saturday. Wellness services are available 7 days a week, no appointment necessary. Hours vary by day and are as follows:

Monday – Tuesday: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Wednesday – Thursday: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Friday – Saturday: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Sunday: Noon to 4 p.m.

To make an appointment or to learn more about reduced-cost services offered at SNAP, visit www.snapus.org or call 713-862-8001. Additionally, many funding opportunities still exist, and donations of any amount will go toward helping provide this vital service in Houston. To learn more, or to make a donation, please contact Laura Welch, SNAP’s development director, at lwelch@snapus.org.

About SNAP:

SNAP, the recipient of the 2009 Pinnacle Award from the Better Business Bureau, is a 501(c)(3) organization that operates in Houston, and San Antonio, Texas, with a mission to prevent the suffering and death of cats and dogs due to overpopulation, especially in low-income areas. SNAP envisions a world without homeless dogs and cats. Both Houston and San Antonio have expressed the desire to become “no kill” cities in the near future. SNAP recognizes that sterilization programs, which by definition reduce the number of animals that could possibly be born, are essential to these communities’ reaching that desired status. SNAP will focus on helping these cities reach their goal by designing, delivering, promoting, and advancing community-based animal sterilization services. For more information about SNAP and its programs, visit www.snapus.org.