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Friends of PetaPotty

It is our pleasure to invite all friends and customers of PetaPotty (our official pet potty sponsor!) to take advantage of a special ticket offer to attend the

NYC Pet Show, which will take place this weekend May 21-22 at the Metropolitan Pavilion (125 West 18^th Street).

Spend a day with your pet at the show and meet various pet celebrities including Victoria Stilwell, Rescue Ink and the cast of “Doggie Moms!”  This lifestyle event will include over 100 products and services geared toward the urban pet owner in addition to various activities and programs. 

To purchase tickets, visit www.NYCPetShow.com  

and use code PETAPOTTY to receive $5 off!   

There is a limited amount of tickets available, don’t delay!

Take 15% off everything in stock while supplies last. We’re blowing out our 2010 inventory to make room for 2011 goodies. Get a new Mini PETaPOTTY to travel with or upgrade to an XL model. We have it in stock and ready to ship.

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Mark your calendars for the 15th Annual Celebrity Extravaganza Golf Classic, to be held Friday and Saturday, November 5th and 6th at Pechanga Resort and Casino. Petapotty will be sponsoring hole 14 this Saturday. Come check us out. Its for a great cause and a lot of fun. You won’t want to miss out on this exciting, one of a kind opportunity!

Players in the 14th Annual Celebrity Extravaganza Golf Classic teed off under perfect Southern California weather on Monday, November 9th at Journey at Pechanga Resort and Casino. On the course, local restaurants provided everything from tasty sub sandwiches to award-winning ribs. Players were pampered from start to finish with additional treatments from massage therapists, tailored specialty cocktails and friendly competitions with the ladies from Pros Fore Charity. Golfers also received VIP Gift Bags that included top notch products from:

• AB Golf Designs
• EA Sports
• Nike
• Northrop and Johnson
• Paradise Chevrolet
• Seven for all Mankind
• Simply Organic
• The Journey at Pechanga
• PETaPOTTY

Sunday night’s Pairings Reception provided participants plenty of entertainment at the beautiful Eagle’s Nest, Pechanga Resort & Casino’s rooftop nightclub. Guests were treated to a VIP experience, mingling with Marshall Faulk and his celebrity guests including legends Marcus Allen, Barry Bonds, Terrell Davis, Eric Dickerson and many more. In addition to an exciting silent and live auction that gave participants the opportunity to bid on items from vacation getaways to priceless sports memorabilia, players had the opportunity to Pay-to-Pick-Your-Pro to determine which celebrity would head their foursome the next morning.

We are super excited to announce our annual Halloween Mutt Mingle…it’s going to be FURLICIOUS! Join us as we celebrate spooky-style with community partners Barker Block and LARABA to support the newly opened Arts District Dog Park. The park is open for puppy play daily, but still needs more community funding for critical assets such as water fountains and lighting, in addition to managing their basic on-going operating expenses. This is Downtown LA’s one-and-only Off-Leash Community Dog Park, so let’s all help make it amazing!

KTLA News 8:24 AM PDT, May 25, 2010 Downtown L.A. In The Dumps Over Dogs, Jaime Chambers reports

8:24 AM PDT, May 25, 2010 Downtown L.A. In The Dumps Over Dogs, Jaime Chambers reports

A dog goes to the bathroom on a downtown Los Angeles street. (KTLA-TV)

LOS ANGELES — People usually complain about excessive barking when it comes to neighborhood dogs. But in downtown Los Angeles, it’s what the animals are leaving behind that’s putting residents down in the dumps.

An influx of dogs has turned the city into a doggie dumping ground of sorts. Residents and business owners say the piles of poop and rivers of urine on city streets are a growing concern.

“The biggest problem is the pee. It drains down the sidewalk. You can’t go to any corner without stepping through it. The dogs step in it and then they track it everywhere,” one resident told KTLA.

“It’s just a distraction from the beautiful city that we live in,” said another resident.

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While the problem lies in waste not being picked up, dog owners say a park would also help.

“There aren’t a lot of open spaces. There’s not a lot of parks. But you have to kind of, I guess, make due,” Junior Purnell said.

Janene Zakreajsek, owner of Pussy & Pooch Pethouse and Pawbar, says dog owners can purchase a “pet a potty,” which features a patch of synthetic grass inside a container.

Dogs simply do their business on the indoor/outdoor potty and owners clean it up for continued use.

According to the Downtown Center Business Improvement District, an estimated 40% of downtown residents own dogs.

The DCBID launched a small marketing campaign, urging residents to practice good downtown dog etiquette.”

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“It’s definitely a market that isn’t saturated yet,” said Cody Osborne of Camp Bow Wow, which opened a franchise on Austell Place a little over a year ago.
Steve Neagus, Bow Wow’s owner, and Luis Martinez, who runs City Dog Lounge on Vernon Boulevard, both said the two facilities that opened in the last four months near the waterfront haven’t drawn customers away.
Most attribute the success of pet-care facilities to the Queens West development, which has brought several skyscrapers to LIC in recent years. As the new waterfront apartments fill up, the dog population is burgeoning, causing some to dub the neighborhood “Dog Island City.”
There are an estimated 1,000 canines in the Queens West complex alone, and developers are going out of their way to welcome more. AvalonBay, the company that runs the Avalon Riverview tower, set aside a prime piece of real estate — a corner unit with sweeping views of the Manhattan skyline — for a pet-care facility and signed a 10-year contract with an entrepreneur named Bruce Barlin.
Barlin, who previously ran a pet-care business in Jackson Heights, opened Pooches Sport & Spa in late 2009 and said the new facility is a big draw for prospective residents.
“[Avalon] realized they had to get dog-friendly in order to be competitive,” he said.
Daycare costs can add up quickly — the going neighborhood rate is $25 or more per day — but that isn’t dissuading people from sending their pups to the sitter.
Those who run the centers say the service is popular because people want their dogs to socialize and exercise.
“Dogs come home exhausted,” Barlin said — which means their humans can come home at night and relax.
The daycare centers in LIC all feature cage-less “playpens,” where dogs can romp about together. Dog Island City, which opened four months ago on 50th Avenue, even has a miniature treadmill for dogs.
“They know the concept: You have to run, and the more you run, the more cookies you get,” said owner Lidia Lozovsky.
Fran Cimino, who has lived in the City Lights building for four years, said she has noticed a change in her dog, Bodhi, since he started going to daycare.
“For the first couple of years, I would just have him walked,” Cimino said. “Now he’s much more sociable. For his 11 years, he acts pretty spry.”
Some pet owners also say their dogs suffer from separation anxiety, which is eased by being around other canines and people.
In case personalized care and all-day stimulation isn’t enough to draw customers, LIC’s dog facilities seem to be one-upping each other when it comes to fancy amenities.
Camp Bow Wow has webcams situated around the doggie playpens, so owners can watch their pals from the office or the Caribbean. And for dogs who spend the night, the lights are turned down low and classical music is played.
Pooches, in contrast, claims fame with its “Pet-a-potty” — a fake fire hydrant atop a patch of artificial turf, which drains directly into the sewer. Read Entire Article

Pussy and Pooch Hooking it up! KTLA Did a live broadcast from the new store in Long Beach and one of the 2 segments had PETaPOTTY all over it Thank you to The Pussy and Pooch Team