Mr. Lips doing a little shopping at The Pet Cabaret

Natural Balance food recall

Though The Pet Cabaret does NOT sell this particular product, we thought you might want to know about this voluntary recall.

June 18, 2010 – Natural Balance Pet Foods, Inc., of Pacoima, CA, announces a voluntary recall of Natural Balance Sweet Potato & Chicken Dry Dog Food with the “Best By” date of June 17, 2011, in 5-lb. and 28-lb. bags because it has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella.
No illnesses have been reported to date. The recall notification is being issued out of an abundance of caution based on an isolated instance in which a product sample with a “Best By” date of June 17, 2011, had a positive result for Salmonella in a random sample test conducted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. This product was originally manufactured on December 17, 2009, and is the only Natural Balance product being recalled.

Some Sale and Some New Stuff

We are having a sale on Puppia Harnesses. We have many of them for 50% off. Again, just making way for some new items. This is a very good deal on these popular harnesses.

Also, we just go in some very nice,very well constructed, leather leashes and collars by local company Woofwerks. They're made with bridle leather and are some of the strongest leashes and collars we've seen.


Come by and take a gander at them.

Flexi Leads on sale

In our endless zeal to clean things up, we are having a sale on some very large Flexi Leads for large dogs. These extremely sturdy leashes are now $10.00 off. Flexis really are the best retractable leashes and this is a good deal on the big boys.

Repost of Coyote Alert

We had some formatting problems with our last post.Hope this works better.

Lisa D.

COYOTE ALERT

A Message from Boston Police District E-5

Dear residents,

 

The District E-5 Police would like to inform citizens of a recent incident involving a coyote.  On Sunday, June 13, 2010 officers from District 5 responded to a radio call to investigate premise on Garnet Rd. in West Roxbury.  Officers spoke to a home owner in the neighborhood who stated he found a dead cat on his front lawn.  Officers from animal control responded to the scene and, due to the manner in which the cat was found, determined that the cat had been killed by a coyote. 

 

Please be advised and inform neighbors of this recent incident.  Please read the following safety tips and be cautious when letting pets outside.  As always, please call 9-1-1 in any case of an emergency.

 

Safety Tips:

·        Fence pet and animal enclosures completely, if possible include a top.

·        Keep cats and small dogs indoors. When walking small dogs, always keep them on a leash.

·        Coyotes are most active dusk to dawn. Avoid walking pets after dark.

·        Feed pets indoors. Eliminate potential food and water sources such as fallen fruit or vegetables and standing water.

·        Store trash in covered, heavy-duty containers.

·        Keep yards free of potential hiding places. Remove thick brush and weeds. Enclose the bottoms of porches and decks.

·        If you encounter a coyote that behaves aggressively, you have probably gotten too close to its prey or its family. Try to scare the coyote by yelling and waving your arms. Throw rocks, sticks or other objects. Do not turn away and run.

·        Do not feed coyotes. Doing so can make them less afraid of humans and potentially more dangerous.

 

Contact Us:

 

Please contact the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries & Wildlife at (617)727-3151 so that they can investigate any coyotes, foxes, or deer wandering or living in a residential area.  

Fun for the kitty in your life

With the arrival of the warmer weather, a young kitty's fancies turn to thoughts of the great outdoors. Kitty sits by the window sill staring at the birdies busily building nests and at the squirrels running by on the fence. Kitty may drool or growl or purr or flip out at these sites. Kitty wants out!!!

Trouble is, we all know it's not a great idea to let kitties wander outside, especially in urban areas, and especially with the ever closer presence of critters like coyotes as well.

What to do, what to do?

Well providing your kitty with some climbing and scratching activity is a great thing to do. It gives your pal mental and physical stimulation and may help your furniture survive longer too.

We have really great, very well made cat furniture at the store by R6 Meows. These products are made by an actual human being in Maine and are handcrafted of solid logs and heavy duty sisal. They're durable and attractive so you won't have to be embarrassed by having them in your home.

To sweeten the deal we're also offering 10% off on any piece R6 Meows cat furniture in the store. So stop by soon and take a look at the selection.

Kitty will thank you. Well, maybe not thank you, but maybe let you scratch him behind the ears.

Panda does PTown

Panda took her first trip to Provincetown for the summer of 2010. The weather turned out to be lovely despite the prediction of rain. She enjoyed her time at the dog park and beach though it did turn out that she had a tremendous belly ache later in the evening from consuming too much sand and sea water. She made little and not so little sand castles from both ends for a while...but she feels much better now, thank you for asking.

To Let You All Know...

As of June 1st, giant corporation Proctor and Gamble has officially purchased pet food manufacturer Natura. Natura, as many of you know, is the maker of such products as California Natural, Innova, Healthwise, and Evo dog and cat foods. These brands have always been of very high quality and have fed very nicely to many pets over the years.
Though Natura insists that product quality will not be compromised as a result of this merger, we at The Pet Cabaret will carefully scrutinize and monitor product quality in the coming months.
As always, we will search for and bring in new foods that we feel are of high quality, are reasonably priced, and made in a verifiable manner. For now, we'll all just wait to see what happens.