New pups for the new year

So today we met quite a few new pups to lead us into 2006. We met Cullen, a 10 week old chocolate Brussels Griffon pup who is really an adorable guy.

We also met Iggy, a young English Bulldog who was a cute, sweet boy as well.

Lucy the Golden Doodle paid us her first visit as well and though she was tired, she was just the sweetest, most gentle girl.

These are just a few of the pups and kittens that have visited us lately and we're so very glad to have them in as our new pals.

Thanks to all of our cool customers who helped us have a great 2005.We really appreciate all your continued help and support.

Happy, Healthy, Peaceful New Year to All

Catching up

Hi all,

It's been very busy around here as we near the holiday season. One thing we've noticed is that we are starting to see a lot of Katrina rescues. That is, we are seeing animals adopted in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Most of these little ones have been obviously traumatized but already are loving and kind animals. Many have not been spayed or neutered so there are also many puppies and kittens that are cropping up.
Lately we've become aware of another group of rescue animals coming up to the Boston area that are in desperate need of foster homes as well as permenant homes. If anyone can consider fostering of one of these critters or even better, giving one a forever home, please contact Robyn at robyn@robynochs.com. Thanks for considering this.

Also, just to remind our customers, we will be closed for vacation from January 1st - January 5th, 2006. See you on the 6th!

Comings and goings

Zimmer the Airedale was in over the weekend. She and her humans are new to the area from Canada and they have been visiting us lately, something we very much enjoy.
Zimmer has the best face - classic terrier - wide eyes, inqusitive and mischievious expression. She always seems just on the edge of getting into a bit of trouble, but she somehow manages to avoid it.
She graciously allowed us to subject her to numerous indignities like bootie and blinking collar fittings. She is trying to get a jump on the rough Boston winter weather.

Also, a fond farewell to Buddy the pug, and Hide and Seek the cats and their mom Lisa L. She is off to start a new adventure in Colorado and we wish her all the best.
Much love to her and our pal Melissa and her dog Bud also now in Colorado. Our loss, the Rockies gain.

Ari and Stella do Howl-O-Ween

An Odd Array

So lately we've had a more unusual group of animals coming in for nail clippings. You know, usually we get dogs and cats, most of whom don't really "enjoy" the procedure but endure it pretty well. Last week though we had a couple of bunnies and Pirate the guinea pig in for pedicures. No blood was drawn, thankfully, and Pirate actually seemed to enjoy hanging out in his box in the store.
Lilly the Schipperke was in for a visit and she was fascinated by Pirate. She kept sniffing him and couldn't really figure out exactly what we he was, but she decided not to kill him which was a good decision. All went well for the rest of the evening.

Cash visited us on Sunday for his photo

An article and more on Howl-O-Ween weekend

We were lucky today to be included in an aritcle about women entrepreneurs in the Boston Globe http://www.boston.com/news/globe/living/articles/2005/11/02/the_new_bosses/
Written by Don Aucoin, it was a very lovely article about the large number of women entrepreneurs particularly in the Roslindale Village area.
We want to thank Don for the article and Suzanne Kreiter for taking the pictures (though Mary the poodle chose to shun the camera that day).

One of our customers said to be sure to send copies of the articles to our mothers because it was a good thing to have our picture in the paper without it being a mugshot. Any day out of the most wanted list is indeed a good day.

On another subject our Howl-O-Ween weekend was really alot of fun. Despite the snow on Saturday, a good many doggies and some kitties came out for their photo session.
We got some totally cool costumes including chihuahuas dressed as a man eating shark, a dragon, and as a private eye(we think...). We had Bella the beagle show up as Elvis and Buddy the Bichon sported a purple velvet witch hat. (Buddy is utterly secure in his masculinity.)

We hope to have tall the pictures uploaded to our Web site as soon as possible.

Thanks to everyone who showed up for the festivities and special thanks to Chris and Jaimie for doing a bang up job with the photo duties on Sunday. Also a big thank you to Ritz Camera for donating a digital printer and phot paper for the event. We'll be sending off donations to Underdog Rescue and Poodle Rescue NE this week.

Change is in the air

The weather's been changing so we have definitely noticed a change in what people are picking up at the store. Lots of doggie coats and sweaters have been snapped up and on Saturday Buddy the poodle came in fully decked out in her sweater and top coat. She's small and it was on the cool side. She pulled it off well.

Buddy's mom selected a set of blue Muttluks to go along with the rest Buddy's ensemble. She looked pretty stunning and was nonchalant about having booties on her paws. I know the boots seem crazy to many people but with all the salt and chemicals that are spread on the road in the winter here in Boston, the poor dogs suffer like crazy unless their paws are protected. Anyone else have any thoughts on this?

Also, Nina the Dachshund/Terrier mix and her mom Lucy, (an excellent singer songwriter http://www.lucymartinez.com/)
picked up a sensible fleece lined red number to help little Nina stay warm on her walks. Nina looked great and wore the outfit out. Not sure if Nina will do booties this year, she's only about 8"-9" tall and on the older side. She doesn't do well in the snow.

Cat people have been laying in supplies of new indoor toys and the catnip has started to fly as well. Everyone says that their kitties go a touch stir crazy when the weather changes even if they are indoor cats. Animals are so much more in touch with what is going on in the natural world than we are.

Howl-o-ween Weekend

So we are getting ready to have our second annual Howl-o-ween Weekend celebration. It'll be held on Saturday, Oct. 29 and Sunday, Oct. 30.

Last year's was great fun because people were really creative in costuming their pets. It's amazing how sweet and cooperative the pets were considering they were dressed in bizarre outfits and being giggled at. They will truly do just about anything for us, won't they?

This year we will have a professional pet photographer on hand to take pet portraits. She'll be printing out instant digital prints and all the money from these portraits will be donated to local animal shelters. We encourage people to come by and take advantage of this opportunity. Many thanks to photographer Chris McLay for being so generous with her time and energy.

Just in case you need a little more incentive to visit us that weekend, we should let you know that any pet showing up in the slightest hint of a costume will be given a coupon for a free small bag of food. Most of our food manufacturers do participate in this offer, so it's a nice opportunity to try out a new food or add to Fido's stash.

Anyhoo...hope to see all of you soon.

Lisa D.

Da rain....

We are pretty sick of the rain right now. It's been raining without let up for a few days. Still, we know we have it easy compared to the people in the South and in New Hampshire that got nailed with flooding...but ya know, we can complain just a little...

The dogs are all stir crazy 'cause their walks are being cut short. But Mary and Marley both hate the rain anyway. They can literally turn themselves off when it is bad out. Remarkable really...

We're back

So we're back from a pet industry trade show in Chicago. Interesting places, these trade shows. We always see lots of fascinating people and things. It truly does take all kinds, and that, mostly is a good thing I think.

Anyway, I also think that being at the trade show and seeing the enormous variety of products out there just deepened our committment to only bring in excellent quality foods and products.

It seems that all the big companies are trying to jump on the "natural" pet foods band wagon, but to us, their efforts seem disingenuous at best. They've made inferior quality pet foods for years caring only for profit margins and not animals. Now, as more and more people are switching to better quality foods, they feel the need to exploit this "niche". Too little, too late we think. Why trust them now?

On a happier note, there are some new fun products out there - toys, treats, and foods, so drop by the store when you can and take a look around at some of the things we brought back.

I think I like this blogging thing.

Lisa D.

The REAL brains of the place

This is who really runs things at The Pet Cabaret.

Welcome to our Blog

Hi all,

Welcome to our new blog "Pet Talk at The Pet Cabaret".

We invite you all to participate. Talk to us about your pets. Tell us some stories!
Ask us something! Give us suggestions! Tell us something cool.

Come by the store, we'll chat...

Here's looking forward to a new adventure at The Pet Cabaret and hoping that you'll join us.

Thanks!

Lisa, Lisa, Marley, and Mary