Holiday Competition - Tell Us What You Love to Do With Your Pets During the Holidays

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Talk Back TuesdayThis week I’m hosting my holiday competition to celebrate talk back Tuesday. All you have to do to be entered into the drawing for the great prize packs shown below is to leave a comment!

To be entered into the drawing for the prizes in your comment you must include the answers to the following 3 questions:

1. What is your name and location?

2. What is your favorite holiday activity that you do with your pet (s)?

3. Which prize pack you would like to win - pack 1, pack 2 or pack 3?

It’s as simple as that! Here are the details of the prize packs that you can choose from:

PRIZE 1 - THE Petlane DOG CHEW TOY PACK - for dogs 20lbs and under

Petlane dog chew toyThe Bowmerang - a highly durable boomerang toy that you dog is sure to bring back - again, and again, and again!

Retail Value $10.99

Petlane dog chew toyGRRRAffe - Puppies love to wrestle especially with your hands. Slip on the well padded GrrrAffe over your hand and wrestle away. Squeakers in teh ears and mouth provide added play value!

Retail Value $14.99

Petlane dog toy Peanuts the Elephant - Soft melodic jingle offers auditory stimulation while cotton knotted tail, plush body and bumpy toes provide textural experiences and fun!

Retail Value $9.99

PRIZE 2 - THE Petlane SMALL DOG SAFETY PACK

Petlane Seat Belt

Pet Seat Belt

Keep your dog safe in the car with the Petlane seat belt. The only crash tested pet seatbelt on the market.

Small Size - 14-20 inch girth

Retail Value - $53.99

Petlane Lighted Collar Lighted Collar

You and your pet will both be safer walking and playing in lowlight conditions when he wears the most technologically advanced illuminated collar on the market.

Small Size - 12-16 inch

Retail Value - $15.99

Prize 3 - THE Petlane COMFY CAT PRIZE PACK

Petlane Cat Cozy BedNap of Luxury

This elegant and cozy cat bed helps cats replace the body heat they lose while sleeping.

Retail Value $ $34.99

Cat Play FishCat Fish

A dark place to explore, crinkly sounds, a hanging toy, bright colors and lots of texture - what more could a cat want?

Retail Value $29.99

I will be accepting entries until midnight on the 20th of December. Prizes will be mailed via US postal service on the 22nd of December. Winners will be randomly selected from the pool of entrants for each price pack.

Enter now to win by leaving your comment!

Wishbones for Pets - Pet Sitter Annual Community Event

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Quick Tip ThursdayThanksgiving is a time for counting our blesings and enjoying time with family. It is also the time of year when we give to the less fortunate so they may enjoy a good meal. 

At this time of year pet sitters also come together for pets in need and collect pet supplies and funds for local pet shelters and pet agencies.  The campaign is called Wishbones for Pets and is an annual event that runs each year during the six weeks prior to Thanksgiving. The event was established in 2004 by Janet Depathy of Under My Wings Pet Sitting in Plymouth, MA.

Pet sitters work with local businesses to organize and place donation drop-off stations at their locations and select a local pet shelter or agency to which all items collected will be donated. It is a great marketing opportunity for the pet sitter who can get publicity from the event, and brings additional traffic into the local businesses.  It’s a win-win for the shelter, pet sitter, and businesses that host the drop off stations.

Consider donating items for the pets at your local donation station by contacting a Wishbones for Pets pet sitter near you. You can find a list of participating pet sitters at:

http://www.wishbonesforpets.com/petsitter-reps.html

Let your clients know about the event by placing a link on your website, placing a link in your newsletter, or leaving a note for them at your Thanksgiving visits.

Put the event on your calendar for 2009 and get involved by organizing your own local community event.  You can find more information and the registration forms at their website. They also have a forum where you can network with other participating pet sitters to get some tips and advice to ensure your event is a big success.

Going to PSI’s Quest for Excellence 2009?

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I just submitted my early bird registration for PSI’s Quest Pet Sitting Conference that will be held February 18-21st 2009 in Orlando Florida.   Quest is Pet Sitting International’s annual conference and is a great opportunity to network with other pet sitters and increase your knowledge about the pet industry and pet care.

Some of the events at Quest include a welcome networking dinner, and crowning of Pet Sitter of the Year, speakers, worskhops, breakout training sessions and their charity auction. This year they have several extra workshops available including Pet Saver First Aid training by Pet Tech, disaster planning, customer service, and pet sitter safety. You can take a look at the full schedule here.

I have expressed my interest to PSI in teaching a break out session of my own - Creating Systems to Streamline Your Pet Sitting business, but I’m not sure if they still have any openings for speakers.  I would also love to host a get together of all my blog readers and coaching students at the event - I’ll be announcing this in the next couple of months.

A new feature of Quest 2009 will allow attendees to earn accrediation CEU’s for every session they attend that can apply toward their pet sitter accreditation program.  I completed their accreditation program in 2008 and would recommend it to every pet sitter.

The conference venue is the Rosen Plaza Hotel in Orlando Florida. Of course in Orlando there are plenty of other activities and sites to see such as Disneyland, Seaworld, wildlife parks, shopping, nightlife, and many golf courses.

I also plan to attend the Pet Tech Pet Saver Instructor training so that I can expand my business by offering Pet First Aid classes to customers here in Dallas Texas. If you are interested in adding this to your pet sitting business take a look at their course curriculum at Pet Tech Instructor Training.

Announcing the Winner - and Pre-Release Special

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Pet Business QuestionI’m excited to announce that Rhonda Pederson of Paradise Pet Sitting is the winner of my survey competition and will be recieving a free copy of my Secrets of Pet Business Success Package. Congratulations Rhonda!

Thank you to everyone who filled out the survey and let me know what they want to see here on Working with Pets. I’ll do my best to get you the information you requested.

It’s not too late to submit your survey and get your free copy of the Hub Pages guide.

 Click here to visit the survey

I will be releasing Secrets of Pet Business Success later this month. You can get my pre-release special offer (a big discount! ) by visiting now and signing up for the pre-release notification list. 

Get more details on the successful petrepreneurs that I interviewed and sign up to make sure you get your pre-release discount offer right here.

Free Gifts for You - The Wonderful Web Women Giveaway Event

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Wonderful Web Women Giveaway

  Today I have a wonderful gift for you. The community at Wonderful Web Women have banded together with invited friends to create a collection of over 200 gifts for you. This is a really unique event which is only available for 3 weeks. You can sign up here to choose as many of these gifts as you like.

Click here to view the gift directory and get your free gifts!

Many of these gifts have been created especially for this event and are donated by men and women from all walks of life. Here are just a few of the topics covered:

  * tools to help you build an Internet business
 * ebooks and audios on personal development
 *  ideas and help on starting a business
 * Health and lifestyle gifts on yoga, weight loss and skin care
 * fun things like books and videos on music, recipes, jewelery making and gifts for children created by children

There are so many great ideas and the value of the gifts is easily more than $ 10, 000.

Enjoy!
Danielle

P.S. The Giveaway event is only open for 3 weeks. It may take you that long to download all your gifts so sign up as soon as you can. 

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