Pet First Aid Application for IPhone and IPod Touch

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Hi Everyone - vacation in Australia is over. I’m now in Tanggu China working and have better internet access at the hotel. I will post some pictures here at the blog - unfortunately the Chinese government have Facebook blocked and I can’t get there to put my Australia pictures up!

I just found this new Pet First Aid IPod/Iphone application online and wanted to let you know about it as it is developed by a fellow Pet Tech instructor.  If you have attended a Pet Tech class or have yet to make it to one but have an Ipod or IPhone try out this application and let me know what you think.  Unfortunately my Iphone is still in the hands of my sitter Tina who is taking pet sitting calls so I can’t try it myself.  Here is all the info from the Live Jive website:

Pet First Aid for the iPhone and iTouch!

INTRODUCING THE PET FIRST AID MOBILE APPLICATION, YOUR FIRST STOP FOR CRITICALLY IMPORTANT PET INFORMATION.

Pet First Aid is at your fingertips with detailed articles, video, and illustrations to help you care for your dog or cat. Record your pet’s vital medical information to ensure their veterinarian is never more than a touch away, and your pet will never miss another vaccination. 

 

In addition, Pet First Aid allows you to save vital medical information for all your pets. Easily record their vaccinations, identifications, veterinarian contact info, medications, allergies & conditions, and any other notes for reference when visiting the veterinarian

Your four-legged family members rely on you for their care, so be prepared 24/7 for a medical emergency. From cuts and impalement, to choking and CPR, Pet First Aid is at your fingertips with detailed articles, video, and illustrations to help you care for your dog or cat. Record your pet’s vital medical information to ensure their veterinarian is never more than a touch away, and your pet will never miss another vaccination.

Pet First Aid is loaded with detailed videos and step-by-step illustrations so you’ll know exactly what to do when caring for your pet. Videos include: restraint, muzzling, CPR, bandaging, and many more. All articles, videos, and illustrations are bundled with the application for offline or wilderness access.

Featuring dozens of articles, including:

  • Bleeding
  • Poisoning
  • Drowning
  • Rescue Breathing & CPR
  • Giving Medicine
  • Muzzling
  • Restraining
  • Disaster Preparedness
  • Bites & Stings
  • Burns
  • Fractures & Sprains
  • Heat & Cold Injuries
  • and many more…

All content developed by PetTech of Vacaville, experts in Pet First Aid and Pet Emergency Preparedness training.

You can find the application online and download through Itunes :

http://jive.me/petfirstaid/

 

Leave a comment and let me know what you think!

 

 

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!

Free Pet Business Marketing Reports from Rachel Monroe

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Free Pet Business EbookThis week pet copywriter Rachel Monroe released three new reports to give you some new ideas for marketing your pet business.  The ebooks may be free but they are packed with great content. They have more good information than many guides that I’ve paid a lot of money for!

 

The titles of her ebooks are:

 

41 Creative Ways to Promote Your Pet Business: Practical Methods to Put Your Business on the Fast Track to Success
 
7 Secrets to Successful Advertising: How to Turn Your Advertising Dollars into Cold, Hard Cash
 
How to Promote Your Pet Business with An Attention-Grabbing Press Release”
 
These are all available FREE of charge. So go ahead and get a copy of them by clicking here now to download the reports. And stop in and say thanks to Rachel at her website!

Secrets of Pet Business Success Now Available!

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Secrets of Pet Business SuccessMy new product is finally ready and now available right here. Secrets of Pet Business Success is a collection of 5 interviews with successful pet business owners to discover their secrets to building unique businesses that really stand above their competition.

Here is a taste of what you can learn from these pet business professionals:
4 behaviors that put into action will build you a reputation for excellence, and distinguish you from other pet services

5 qualities that when applied to your pet business will make your clients raving fans and will inspire them to tell everyone they know about your pet service

3 ways to ensure that you get the attention of the media and get free publicity that will expose your business to a larger audience and make sure that everyone in your city recognizes your business name

5 real life examples of how you can create a niche for your business that instantly makes you the obvious choice of pet care provider for your target market

2 methods to guarantee that doing business with you is easy and customers feel no reluctance to leaving their pets in your care

3 case studies of how to publish a book that establishes your expertise, gives you instant credibility, and acts like a giant business card

3 new pet industry trends that when incorporated into your business will give you instant appeal to emerging new markets

How to use blogging and blog radio to build your status as an expert, so that you develop a pre-established trust with pet owenrs and they feel a connection to you and your business

Why volunteering and community involvement should be integral components of your marketing strategy

I’m sure you’re wondering who these 5 generous entrepreneurs are that let me interview them and share their strategies. They are:

1) Diana Guerrero is a world recognized pet behavior expert, who has worked in the movies, been a featured expert on the Animal Planet cable network, and has now used these experiences to build a profitable pet training and pet career consulting business

2) Helmi Flick is the official cat show photographer at national and international cat shows, and her photos were chosen for the cover of Cat Fancy magazine for 9 out of the 12 issues published in 2007

3) Kim Bloomer is a dog natural health care specialist, the host of two weekly radio shows, and has authored her own book on dog health.

4) Joseph Giannini is the Owner of Urban Outsitters in Chicago. He started a pet sitting business which has now grown into a pet empire that consists of 3 dog daycare and boarding locations that also offer grooming services and pet supplies.

5) Jeanie Marie Kraft is a dog accupuncture therapist. She transformed her traditional accupunture business into a full time pet business that provides accupuncture therapy for dogs in the comfort of their own homes.

This is a physical product that is delivered to you as 5 CD’s (over 240 minutes of audio) and a 120 page spiral bound book that contains the full written transcripts of all calls. I’m giving you the transcripts so that you can take notes and put together your own action plan for implementing all the new ideas for improving your buisness that you will have when you finish listening to these calls.

I am also giving the first 50 buyers as a bonus a digital copy of my One Page Pet Business Plan so that they can set out their new business action steps in an official written plan that will inspire them to take action!

If you are ready to differentiate your pet business from the competition and create a reputation for excellence grab your copy now and make sure you don’t miss out on the fast action bonus!

Get your copy here!

Cloning of Pets - Would you Clone Your Cat or Dog?

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Cloning of PetsYesterday I read an article online about a new service offered to pet owners in South Korea. Owners who just can’t let go of their favorite dog now have the option of having them cloned.

This is something we have joked about in our family - my step-son Andrew has suggested the cloning of our cat Bouie as he is such a personality, so affectionate, and so laid back. But I don’t think I would really want my cat cloned. Somehow even if a new cat looked and acted just like him - it still wouldn’t be Bouie. I think it would seem odd and manufactured.

I do feel that cloning a pet would also be a crime when we have such a homeless pet problem and so many pets need a good home. How many  homeless pets could given a loving home if less people bought pets from breeders and pet cloning agencies?  For this reason I would be against this service being offered to mainstream pet owners.

It’s certain that not everyone will be able to afford the service - it currently runs at $50,000 to $100,000. Most customers for this service are looking to clone working dogs and endangered breeds. For example the South Korean customs service has cloned sniffer dogs as the cost of cloning is far less than the training process and screening that goes into finding dogs to train for their programs.

I’m interested in your opinion! What do you think of the pet cloning service? If the price falls to an affordable level would you ever consider cloning one of your pets? Have you ever had a client pet that you would have liked to clone?

Tell me by leaving a comment on this post…

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