Copy Cat, Dog Tired — Where do These Animal Expressions Come From?
Where in the world do these animal expressions come from? Really “copy cat”? Who came up with that and why tie it to a cat? I spent some time looking up where the expression came from and how it developed and (with all respect to the world wide web) found nothing that left me convinced…
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Thanksgiving Dinner: Not So Pet Friendly
Thanksgiving is just around the corner and while many of San Francisco’s dogs and cats will be spending Thanksgiving with us at Pet Camp (and hopefully enjoying our pet friendly dinners over the holidays), we know that many pets will be spending the day at home with the Thanksgiving meal just above their heads (or at snout level…
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Service Dog Abuse
You’re in a restaurant or walking through a store, you see someone walking about with a dog and you think to yourself – “hey, I didn’t know dogs were allowed in here.” Well, turns out you’re right. Dogs aren’t allowed, but service animals are! The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) dictates that service animals can accompany people…
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Whole Foods Markets: Not So Conscious Capitalism
Here in San Francisco, Whole Foods Markets are popping everywhere. Whole Foods prides itself on selling healthy food and practicing Conscious Capitalism, ideals that San Franciscans love. Well while Whole Foods might have convinced San Francisco’s consumers about their stellar practices, they haven’t convinced the folks at the California Department of Pesticide Regulation who recently sued…
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FDA Proposes Rules to Regulate Pet Food
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proposed rules to regulate the manufacture of pet food and animal feed. This is the first time that the FDA has proposed regulating these industries. The proposed regulations for pet food are designed to help prevent food-borne illness in animals as well as people since, according to the FDA,…
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Running Laps Past Obesity at San Francisco’s Pet Camp
Garfield and his enormous orange belly have been making us chuckle for years, but what was once just comic page fodder has become an epidemic in San Francisco and across the country. According to the Association for Pet Obesity Prevention, more than half of the pets in this country are overweight — a growing trend…
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