Small Business Saturday at The Pet Cabaret

Hi all,

Just a reminder that Small Business Saturday is this Saturday, November 24.
Please SHOP SMALL and locally that day. Many stores in Roslindale, JP, Dedham, and the surrounding areas are offering cool deals on cool things.
They all offer you personalized service from real human beings all the time.
Shop smart, shop local.

We are calling our Pet Cabaret specials -
"Small is the New Big Sale"

All Beds and Mats - 10% off
All Crates and Carriers - 10% off
All Bowls and Feeders - 10% off
All Treats and Toys - 30% off
All Car Booster Seats - 40% off

Training Class Discount - 10% off class fee for any class registered for and paid for on Nov. 24, 2012

We'll also have food demos from lovely, small pet food companies making real food.

So please stop by and join us and as always, we thank you for your continued trust and support.

Back to School for Puppy too!

Hi All!

We just want to let you know that we are truly happy with the way that training is going at Side Show. Trainer Trisha Dunphy is wonderful and best of all, is getting real, repeatable results.

We can help start your puppy out the right way with our Puppy Play and Learn A Lot class and keep her pursuing her canine scholarly career with our basic and more advanced classes.

Try out some training at The Pet Cabaret - you'll be glad you did!

To get the right start we recommend that you first do a "20/20 Look" with our trainer, Trisha Dunphy. The "20/20" consults are private 20 minute evaluation sessions for the tiny cost of $20.00. Trisha is also available for private sessions and home-based lessons.

 
"Puppy Play and Learn A Lot" (A Pre-School Level Class) - 4 weeks - $150
New classes beginning - ongoing  - Saturdays, 11:45 AM - 12:45 PM
This introductory class is all about your pup (to 6 months of age) and the information you need as a puppy parent. The sessions will emphasize socialization and new experiences in an appropriate atmosphere. You'll learn about reading your pup's body language along with such basic cues as sit, down, and to come when called. Other behaviors such as chewing and jumping will be addressed as will house training. A great time to bond with your pup and get your family involved! Classes do NOT have to be used consecutively.

"I'm a Big Dog Now" (Basic Obedience) (Level 1 class) - 7 weeks - $200
Thursdays, 6:30 - 7:30 PM, starting Sept.13
Saturdays, 10:30 - 11:30 AM, starting Sept.29
Wednesdays, 6:30 - 7:30 PM, starting Oct.3
Wednesdays, 7:30 - 8:30 PM, starting Oct.24

A secondary puppy class teaching further socialization and correct behavior to puppies. For older dogs too as a brush up course. Especially appropriate for "new to you" rescue dogs. Basic obedience will be emphasized in this course. We'll introduce focus and control. A definite building block class. For pups 6 months and older. This really is a great class for dogs of any age!

"I Used to be a Good Dog" (Revisiting Obedience) (Level 1 class) - 7 weeks - $200
Thursdays, 7:30 - 8:30 PM, starting Sept.13
Saturdays, 1:30 - 2:30 PM, starting Sept.15

Our most popular class, this is for the adolescent or older dog who just isn't  what s/he used to be, or maybe never quite was. Perhaps she's stopped listening to you or perhaps he gets back to you at some point when you call him. Focus, control, distractions, discipline, and fun will be emphasized in this class. Get your dog back on track with this fun and educational class.

"But Wait, There’s More"- Advanced Obedience (Level 2 class) - 6 weeks - $200
Saturdays, 1:30 - 2:30 PM, starting Oct.20

So you and your dog have completed a basic obedience class, now what? This class is a natural progression from your first basic obedience experience. In this class we’ll introduce distractions, mastering existing cues and learning new advanced cues. In other words we’ll make sure your dog will listen to you “in the real world”.This will be a fun and creative learning experience for you and your graduate dog!
Your dog must have completed either a Basic Obedience or a Refresher Obedience course at The Pet Cabaret or receive permission of the trainer to enroll.

Specialty Clinics

"Come Back Little Sheba" - Recall Clinic - 3 Sessions - $100
Sundays, 9 - 10 AM - Sept.16, 23, and 30

OK, so you're taking a walk on a lovely day and your dog is off leash. He goes out of sight and you call him to come back to you. You wait. You call him again. And wait. You call louder this time and the veins in your neck begin to bulge. The faint smell of skunk wafts in the air....you get the picture. Sign up for this 3-session clinic.Get poochie back next time and every time thereafter.
 

"Whoa, Big Fella!" - Leash Walking Clinic - 3 Sessions - 7:00 - 8:00 PM - $100
Sundays, 10 - 11 AM - Sept.16, 23, and 30
Does walking your dog cause you more pain than pleasure? Do you avoid walks because of the aggravation and embarrassment they cause? If your dog - small or large - is controlling walk time then sign up for this clinic.
Learn how to enjoy walking your pal again.
  

Puppy classes are 4 weeks in length and cost $150.00
Most classes are 6 weeks in length (except where noted) and cost $200.00
Clinics are 3 sessions and cost $100.00

Call The Pet Cabaret at 617-323-7387 to sign up for or

ask about any of these classes.

Graduate puppy Gatsby displaying his diploma.

The "Best" Food For Your Dog

Pretty much every day at the store we get asked the question, "What is the best food for my dog?"

Most people want a simple answer to this question and have us recommend "XYZ" brand and be done with it. But the truth is that there is no "best" food for dogs. That's because dogs (and all other animals) are individuals just like all of us. A food that one dog might do beautifully on may not work at all for another. We have to be willing to try different foods for our pets to see what suits them and helps them thrive.

Now just because there is no "best" brand of food for all dogs, it doesn't mean that you should feed your dog some cheap kibble filled with chemicals from a big box store. We should instead look at categories of food and decide how best to feed our pets based on what is most biologically appropriate for them.

The following information is from Dr. Karen Becker, a holistic vet from Illinois. We utterly agree with Dr. Becker and can provide you with the supplements you need to create a complete homemade diet or any type of prepared food that will maintain 

your pet's good health.

Food Can Either Heal or Harm

As a proactive veterinarian interested in sustaining the natural good health of my pet patients, I always encourage pet owners to evaluate their animal's diet, because food is the foundation upon which good or ill health is built.
It's important to understand that food has the ability to heal or harm your pet, depending on the type and quality of nutrition you provide.
The first factor you should evaluate is the species-appropriateness of what your dog or cat is eating.
A species-appropriate diet contains lots of good quality protein as well as moisture. The protein is necessary because both dogs and cats are carnivores.
High moisture content is required in order to prevent organ dysfunction, including kidney failure. Dogs and cats are designed to eat food that is about 70 percent moisture, which is what a diet of mice and rabbits would provide if your pet hunted his own food.
If you feed your pet dry food only, he's getting only about 12 percent moisture instead of the 70 percent his body demands. This is especially unhealthy for cats, because they don't supplement their moisture intake by drinking large amounts of water like dogs do.
Pets on dry food diets (kibble or pelleted) live in a state of chronic, mild dehydration that over time can cause significant stress to their organs.
Species-appropriate nutrition does not contain much starch, also known as grains or carbohydrates. Corn, wheat, rice and soy are found in most commercial processed pet foods, but your dog or cat has no biological need for them.
I recommend you follow the laws of nature when it comes to your pet's diet, which is to feed everything his body needs and eliminate ingredients that provide no nourishment.
In addition to the species-appropriateness of your pet's diet, it also needs to be balanced. By balanced I mean food that contains all the vitamins, minerals and other nutrients your dog or cat needs.
This isn't something you can guess at – it should be guaranteed through testing.
Nutritional balance is vitally important because deficiencies will develop much faster in your dog or cat than they will in you. A poorly nourished puppy or kitten can end up with obvious signs of skeletal problems and organ degeneration before she's six months old.
An older animal can develop life-threatening organ degeneration, among many other not-so-obvious symptoms, over a one  to three year period of eating an unbalanced, nutrient-deficient diet.

The List of Best-to-Worst Foods

1. A balanced, raw, homemade diet is the best food you can feed your dog or cat. It will be nutritionally balanced because you're following recipes like those found in the cookbook I co-authored, Real Food for Healthy Dogs and Cats.
Raw means the food is unadulterated and still contains all the enzymes and nutrients that are typically destroyed during cooking or other types of processing.
Homemade is the best option because you are in complete control of the quality of ingredients in your pet's diet.
I recommend pets get plenty of nutritional variety, and another great thing about serving homemade is you can buy seasonal fruits and veggies on sale, as well as protein sources (meats), and use them in rotation.

2. The next best thing you can feed your pet is a commercially available raw diet. This is a raw food diet that someone else has done the heavy lifting to prepare.
It's important that the diet is balanced, and you should be aware that there are raw food pet diets entering the market that are not yet proven to be nutritionally complete. These foods often say "For supplementation or intermittent feeding" on the label.
You'll know if the raw food you've selected is balanced because it will say it right on the packaging: "This food has been proven to be nutritionally complete or adequate for all life stages."
At the present time, these diets are found only in the freezer section of small/privately owned stores (like The Pet Cabaret) or upscale pet boutiques – not in the big box pet stores.

3. Cooked, balanced homemade diet. It's the same diet found in number 1, above, except that it's cooked. This means some of the nutrient composition has been diminished through processing.
4. Human-grade canned food. If the label doesn't say the ingredients are human grade, they're not. Pet food made with human-grade ingredients is also a great deal more expensive, so that's another way to tell what you're getting.
This type of diet is the most expensive you can feed your pet. What I tell my clients is, "If you have more money than time, you can purchase human-grade canned food for your dog or cat. But if you have more time than money, I recommend you make a balanced, homemade diet right in your own kitchen for a fraction of the cost."

5. Human-grade dry food. As I discussed earlier, dry food is not as species-appropriate as a moisture-dense diet. Human grade is very important because the food is approved, in theory, for human consumption, which means it doesn't contain low quality rendered by-products.
6. Super premium canned food which can be found at big box pet supply stores.
7. Super premium dry food.
8. Veterinary-recommended canned food. Vet recommended canned foods are purchased at your vet's office or clinic. Typical brands are Science Diet, the Purina veterinary lines, Royal Canin and Waltham.
9. Veterinary-recommended dry food.
10. Grocery store brand canned food.
11. Grocery store brand dry food.
12. Semi-most pouched food.
The reason this type of pet food is so far down the list is because in order for the food to remain "semi-moist," an ingredient called propylene glycol is added. This is a scary preservative that is a second cousin to ethylene glycol, which is antifreeze. And while propylene glycol is approved for use in pet foods, it is unhealthy for dogs and cats. I do not recommend feeding any food that contains this additive.

13. Dead last on the list and the worst thing you can feed your pet is an unbalanced, homemade diet – raw or cooked. I'm seeing an increasing number of misguided pet owners in my practice who think they're doing the right thing by serving their pet, say, a chicken breast and some veggies and calling it a day.
Yes, the food is homemade, but it's nutritionally unbalanced. Pets being fed this way are showing up at my clinic with endocrine abnormalities, skeletal issues and organ degeneration as a result of deficiencies in calcium, trace minerals and omega fatty acids.

From Worst to Best in a Heartbeat

For those of you who now know you're feeding your pet an unbalanced, homemade diet, there's an extremely quick and easy way to soar to the top of the list.
All you need to do is add ingredients to balance out the nutrition in the diet you're already serving your dog or cat. This is a fast, simple fix you can apply to turn an unbalanced homemade diet into a balanced one.
So there you have it – the entire list of my recommendations for best-to-worst pet diets.
If you've discovered your pet's food is on the lower half of the list, set a goal to work your way up the list.
If you're already at the top end of the list, congratulations! You're doing the best thing possible by providing species-appropriate nutrition for the animals in your care

Our New TV Spot

Sale Stuff at the store

I guess we can put this under the law of unintended consequences, or maybe just late spring cleaning. Yesterday I mentioned on Facebook that we have some lovely new bamboo collars by Up Country. Fitting them in the store has displaced a few other collars which we now have on MARVELOUS SALE.

We have a cross section of patterns, sizes, and types for $5 and $6. Got some leashes as well also cool and at a great price. This is a dandy time to pick up a new or second collar.

Of course, one thing always leads to another in here, (you know how we are) and so lots of other stuff is ending up on the sale shelf as well.

Come by and check it out. Next to our cool new freezer.

Our training classes are filling up as well so please call the store to sign up for one of the classes starting this week or next week.

Our Recall Clinic (Come Back Little Sheba) and Leash Walking Clinic (Whoa! Big Fella) have some space left in them too.

Open House at The Pet Cabaret Saturday, June 2nd!

New Training Starting Soon

We've got lots of new training classes starting next week and the week after. We've got 
a "Wee Pup" Play class and "I Used to be a Good Dog" class starting on May 8th and 
"I Used to be a Good Dog" and "I'm a Big Dog Now" starting on May 10th. 

More training and play begins on Saturday, May 19th and we're also booking into June as well.

 
Some spaces are still available so please call the shop to sigh up for these marvelous classes.

Star of the Day returns to Side Show!

 STAR OF THE DAY - featuring Fenway and Big Papi

These lovely boys will be available to meet in person at Side Show at The Pet Cabaret 
on Saturday, April 28th, 2012 at 1:30 PM. This is a great opportunity to see if these wonderful dogs click with current pets and family members.

Fenway and Big Papi

 

Anyone interested in a pair of lovely hounds? We would LOVE to keep them together if possible (they sleep on top of each other, Fenway follows Big Papi around).

The pups are currently in foster care and were surrendered because their owner is having severe medical problems.

Fenway

Fenway is 7 months old, a Beagle Foxhound mix – 49 pounds – White with black/brown.All shots are current.Fenway loves to cuddle and likes to sleep with his head on your lap or shoulder.He is very calm for a puppy but loves to run and play with his rope toy or chew on bones when he is not napping.He is crate and house trained and knows commands like sit, down, and drop.He is very friendly with all people, and would do great around kids or other animals, and would thrive with someone who has a fenced in backyard since he loves to run.He does well on a leash but because he is a hound puppy he likes to check out everything on the ground.He doesn't love riding in the car, but is starting to get use to it/ tolerate it.

Big Papi is also 7 months old Beagle Foxhound mix – 44 pounds – Brown/black.All shots are current. Papi is very lovable and popular at the dog park - everyone seems to flock to him. He loves to run around and play with dogs of all sizes. He can chew on bones for hours and other times he just wants to take a nap next to you on the couch.Papi is very friendly and likes to be around people and other dogs.He is crate and house trained and knows commands like sit, down and drop. He would be a great family pet, especially with someone who has a fenced-in back yard, but does great on a leash for being a hound puppy.He also doesn't love riding in the car, but is starting to get use to it/tolerate it.

Big Papi

Interested parties can contact Biscuit Eater Rescue at cgsherm@yahoo.com 

or call 617 - 922 -7731.

Pet Poo Problems

This is  probably one of  the most common things we hear about in our store. We very much like the advice given by holistic vet, Dr. Karen Becker of Mercola Healthy Pets so wanted to share the whole article with you all.

Causes of Pet Diarrhea

The reasons your dog or cat gets diarrhea are numerous and varied.

• Most often the cause is dietary indiscretion, which is a fancy term for when your pet eats something she shouldn’t, causing GI upset.
• A sudden change in diet can also cause diarrhea.
• Parasites can cause intermittent GI upset and loose stools.
• Food allergies are another common cause. We typically think of food allergy symptoms as involving excessive itching and scratching. But actually, what most vets call inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) or irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) are food allergies. Both IBD and IBS have intermittent loose stools or diarrhea as a side effect.
• Ingestion of foreign bodies. If your kitty swallows a rubber band, though it may not block his intestinal tract, it can still cause quite a bit of diarrhea. Similarly, if your dog eats sticks or tree bark, diarrhea or intermittent loose stools can be the result.
• Pancreatitis (inflammation of the pancreas) and feline hyperthyroidism have diarrhea as a symptom.
• Stress. Stress-induced diarrhea occurs when peristalsis, which is the wave-like motion of the GI tract that moves food through the intestines, up-regulates due to secondary stress.
• Infection. Viral and bacterial infections in the GI tract can both cause diarrhea. These infections can range from mild to life threatening.

Symptoms of Diarrhea

It’s important to know that diarrhea symptoms can be quite diverse.
Frequency, urgency and loose, watery stools are the classic signs that your pet has diarrhea.
But, so is straining. Many of my Natural Pet clients bring their pets in for what they think is a problem with constipation. The symptoms they describe usually involve a bout of explosive, watery stool, after which their pet stays hunched over as if he still needs to go, but can’t.
What this looks like to some pet owners is constipation, but it’s really just another sign their dog or cat is having a bout of diarrhea. Diarrhea upsets the normal rhythmic contractions and sensations of the GI tract, causing your pet to feel the constant need to eliminate. Thus the longer episodes of hunching and straining.
If your indoor cat is having diarrhea, it’s easy to determine – just check the litter box. Outdoor cats and dogs can be a bit more difficult to diagnose, so if you see your dog or kitty hunched up outside, check around for loose, brown or watery stool. If you find it, your pet is more likely to have diarrhea than constipation.
Other symptoms that can go hand-in-hand with a case of diarrhea include:

• Fever
• Lethargy
• Malaise
• Loss of appetite
• Dehydration

How to Know When It’s Serious

Usually a young, healthy animal will have one episode of loose stool or diarrhea, and it’s done. It’s self-limiting and over quickly. However, your pet has the potential to become debilitated and ill from chronic bouts of diarrhea.
Puppies and kittens, adult pets that are small in size and geriatric animals are at special risk of becoming dehydrated from even a single episode of diarrhea.
If your dog or cat seems fine and healthy after a bout of diarrhea, it’s safe to simply monitor him. If you notice any lethargy developing, or a fever or change in behavior, you should call your veterinarian.
If your pet seems fine but has recurrent episodes of diarrhea that don’t seem to be resolving, it’s also time to call the vet for a non-emergency appointment.
If your pet is passing blood in his stools or if you notice any weakness or other signs of debilitation along with diarrhea, it’s important to get your dog or cat to the vet quickly, if not immediately.

What to Feed a Pet with Diarrhea

If your dog or cat is otherwise healthy and her behavior is normal, my recommendation is to withhold food – not water – for 12 hours.
After 12 hours, begin a bland diet that is fat-free. I recommend cooked, ground turkey, and canned 100 percent pumpkin. If canned pumpkin isn’t available, you can use cooked sweet potato.
Many vets still believe in a bland diet of ground beef and rice. I don’t agree.
Even the leanest ground beef is too high in fat, and while rice is indeed bland and contains fiber, it’s a complex carbohydrate that tends to ferment. This can make your pet gassy, and rice often passes right through the GI tract, exiting with the next bout of loose stool in exactly the same condition it entered.
Pumpkin or sweet potato, on the other hand, is usually digestible even for pets suffering with diarrhea, so there’s some absorption of nutrients from the fiber source.
Mix the turkey and pumpkin 50/50 and feed it to your pet until the diarrhea resolves. If it doesn’t clear up in about three days on a bland diet, it’s time to check in with your veterinarian.
I also recommend you keep some slippery elm on hand. Slippery elm is a neutral fiber source that works really well to ease episodes of diarrhea. It’s like nature’s Pepto-Bismol – it reduces GI inflammation and acts as a non-irritating source of fiber to bulk the stool and slow its transit through the GI tract.
Give your cat or dog about a half a teaspoon for each ten pounds of body weight with every bland meal.
In addition to slippery elm, many pet owners have good luck with herbs such as peppermint or chamomile. These are especially helpful for the cramps and other unpleasant GI symptoms that come with diarrhea.
Homeopathic podophyllum is also a good remedy to keep on hand to help reduce some of the side effects associated with intermittent diarrhea.

If You Need to Visit the Vet …

If your pet’s diarrhea isn’t resolving or keeps returning, or there are other troubling symptoms along with the loose stools, I recommend you bring a fecal sample with you to your appointment.
It’s not a fun chore to collect a quarter-size bit of poop on, for example, a stiff piece of cardboard and slip it into a plastic baggie, but think how much less fun it will be for your poor pet if the vet has to manually extract a sample.
Your dog’s or cat’s backside is probably a bit tender and sore, so do him a favor and bring along a sample that’s already left his body. He’ll thank you for it.
Your vet will probably do some blood work to determine if there’s any infection present. He or she might give your pet fluids to help with dehydration and check his temperature.
A fecal check will also be done to see if there’s a bacterial or viral agent in the mix.

Preventing Diarrhea in Your Pet

If your pet is a puppy, chances are he’s getting into grass, mulch, sticks, rocks, dirt and who knows what else every time you take him outside. Close supervision of very young dogs is important.
If you have a kitten or even an adult cat that is obsessed with your houseplants, again, supervision is essential.
Young animals are very inquisitive about their environment, and they investigate with their mouths.
Your puppy or kitten is the best incentive ever for keeping a clean house! Pick up those paper clips from the floor, those bits of paper towel, and anything else at eye level with a curious pup or kitty. This includes food dropped on the floor, especially if you have a pet with a sensitive stomach.
It’s also important to keep pets of any age out of the garbage. And don’t let Fluffy lick leftovers from the dinner plates on the counter or the pots and pans on the stove.

A Word on Changes to Your Pet’s Diet

If your dog or cat has a strong, resilient GI tract, which is my hope, he should be able to eat different foods and not have diarrhea.
Just as your body is designed to eat different foods every day and not have diarrhea, so is your pet’s.
I feed my dogs a different food every day in 14 day cycles. Their stools are firm and well-formed because I’ve conditioned them to have strong and resilient GI tracts.
If you feed your dog or cat the same food day after day, month after month, year in and year out, then suddenly switch to a new diet, a case of diarrhea is just about guaranteed.
It’s not the fault of the different food -- it’s because your pet’s gut has been conditioned to be ‘monotone.’
If you want to feed your pet a different food, you have to make the transition very slowly – for example, ten percent new food and ninety percent old food for several weeks. Then move to 80-20, 70-30, 60-40 and so on. The process should be slow enough that no bowel changes occur.

Super Bowl Fun for Dogs

Looking for a way to include your dog in this weekend's SuperBowl festivities? What better way than to throw a "Pizza and Beer" Party for him and a few canine pals. With "pizza" slices from our pals at Preppy Puppy and a big bag of Cohiba's Beer Bones for dogs, he will be every dog's best friend this Sunday. 

PARTY at ZIGGY"S HOUSE!!!!!!!!!!!

"15 Will Get You 20"

One of the new things we're offering at Side Show is called "15 Will Get You 20". 


That means, for $15 you will get a 20 minute private consultation with one of our trainers. 


This "alone time" can help you determine what your particular pooch's issues are and how they can best be remedied. 


Maybe a class is best for your guy? Perhaps a little private training to start and some treadmill time to burn off that excess energy during the week? 


Come explore the options starting Saturday, Jan.28, from 10 am -12 pm. 
Please call the store for an appointment.

New Training Classes at Side Show

New Training Classes at Side Show

Thanks kids for being so patient about our new training schedule at Side Show. We will be rolling out a new group of classes starting the week of Tuesday, January 31st, with more classes to follow. As always, we are terrifically interested in what you have to say so please feel free to tell us what you are looking for in the way of training and training seminars. We'll do our best to make you all happy. Here's what to expect from our initial group of classes: Tuesdays, 6:15 - 7:15 PM "Puppy Learn A Lot" Introductory puppy class for pups up to 6 months of age. Emphasizes socialization, new experiences, and new puppy skills. Tuesdays, 7:30 - 8:30 PM, "I'm a Big Dog Now"  A secondary puppy class teaching further socialization and correct behavior to puppies.Also for older dogs. Basic obedience will be emphasized in this course. We'll introduce focus and control. A definite building block class. Pups 6 months and older, older dogs, as we said as well. (Will include one class of "human only" orientation for a total class length of 7 weeks.) Wednesdays, 6:15 - 7:15 PM, "Puppy Learn A Lot - Small Puppy" Introductory puppy class for smaller pups up to 6 months of age. Emphasizing socialization, new experiences, and new puppy skills in a size appropriate atmosphere. Wednesdays, 7:30 - 8:30 PM, "Puppy Learn A Lot - Large Puppy" Introductory puppy class for larger pups up to 6 months in a size appropriate atmosphere. Note that this class is offered twice on Thursday evening. Thursdays, 6:15 - 7:15 PM, "I Used to be a Good Dog" For the adolescent or older dog who just isn't what s/he used to be. Maybe she's stopped listening to you or perhaps he gets back to you at some point when you call him. Focus, control, discipline, and fun will be emphasized in this class. (Will include one class of "human only" orientation for a total class length of 7 weeks.) Thursdays, 7:30 - 8:30 PM, "I Used to be a Good Dog" For the adolescent or older dog who just isn't what s/he used to be. Maybe she's stopped listening to you or perhaps he gets back to you at some point when you call him. Focus, control, discipline, and fun will be emphasized in this class. (Will include one class of "human only" orientation for a total class length of 7 weeks.) All classes will be 6 weeks in length and all will cost $200. Call The Pet Cabaret at 617-323-7387 to sign up for or ask about any of these classes. We'll be expanding our training and exercise options a great deal as we move into 2012. Keep an eye on us to as we begin to expand our offerings.

Wyatt will be in da house!

Please come on by to visit us if you can today and meet Wyatt, our Star of the Day. Wyatt is a one year old German Short Haired Pointer looking for his forever home. 

Maybe it's YOU....

Today at Side Show at The Pet Cabaret, 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM.

Star of the Day Adoption Event

In our continuing effort to find homes for local animals, we will be having another "Star of the Day" Adoption Event at Side Show at The Pet Cabaret. The event, featuring Wyatt the German Short Haired Pointer will take place this Saturday, January 7th 2012 from 1:00 PM to 1:45 PM. 

A bit about Wyatt, our "Star" - Wyatt is a one year old pure breed German Short Haired Pointer. He has a wonderful temperament and is good with other dogs of all sizes, grown people, and children. He was recently altered and is up to date on all his shots.

Wyatt is a VERY high energy dog, as are all German Short Haired Pointers. The family or individual that adopts Wyatt should be well aware of the fact that he will need a great deal of exercise and stimulation over the course of his life. He will make someone a terrific active companion.

Wyatt will also need some basic training but he is extremely smart and willing to learn. He just needs the right situation to blossom and thrive.

The Pet Cabaret is co-sponsoring this event with Biscuit Eater Rescue. An adoption application can obtained from Biscuit Eater by emailing Cindy at cgsherm@yahoo.com. Please indicate that you are interested in Wyatt.