Easter Fun at Best Friends

Each year at Easter time, we do an easter egg hunt with our pet guests.  We hide some snacks in easter eggs around the playtime yard and let our guests find them during their activities. Here are some photos from years past.

Fun Kitty Fact

Just in case you were wondering, male cats tend to be left pawed and female cats tend to be right pawed when it comes to complex behaviors. Researchers at Queen's University Belfast observed 42 cats as they tried to get kitty treats out of a jar. Playtime on the other hand, is a different story. Cats tend to bat their toys around-wether in the air or on the floor-with both their right and left paws.

-article from WebMD pet magazine, Spring/Summer 2010 issue.

Now thats one big bunny!!

With Easter just around the corrner, I thought this might be a cute story to get us in the Easter Bunny spirit! I found it at Pawnation.com

Weighing in at over forty pounds, this English rabbit might just be the biggest bunny the world has ever seen.
Ralph, a Continental Giant rabbit, eats about $15 worth of food a day, says his owner Pauline Grant. The bunny consumes Weetabix cereal, crackers, apples, carrots, cabbages, toast, sweetcorn and huge bowls of rabbit food. Grant told the U.K's Sky News that she's still awaiting official confirmation of his stats, but she's hoping he will make it into the Guinness Book of World Records.
If his size is confirmed at 42 pounds and 4 feet in length, he'll knock his own mother out of the record books. According to the folks at Guinness, Ralph's dam, Amy, was listed in 2008 as the world's longest rabbit" at 2 feet, 8 inches.
Known for being a larger breed than most, Continental Giants typically weigh between 12 and 16 pounds. The minimum length of a show rabbit is 25.5 inches.
As long as Ralph continues with his voracious appetite, Grant says she'll keep feeding him. How long do you think this record will last?

Photo from: Mike Walker, M&Y News Agency

Best Friends Caption Contest Winners!

A big thank you goes out to all that stopped by our table & entered our caption contest at the Super Pet Expo a few weeks ago! Below are the finalists from our contest.

Written by Thomas Logan

Written by Wendy Buettler

Written by Robert Lucas

Best Friends Interview with The Cute Pet Gazette!

During the Edison Super Pet Expo Danielle the manager from our Windsor, NJ location was interviewed for the "How Cute is Your Pet" segment of The Cute Pet Gazette.  This is a great interview loaded with awesome information on Best Friends Pet Care.

Spring Events

Best Friends like to participate in local events to help raise money in the community. Some spring events that we will be attending are:

April 24th-Wag & Walk held by The Animal Orphanage at Newton Lake Park from 8a-12p

May 15th-Paws & Feet Walk held by the Animal Welfare Association at Cooper River Park from 8a-12p

May22nd-With Love Super Adoption Day held by the Citizens for a No Kill Philadelphia at the Piazza at Schmidts in Northern Liberties PA from 10a-49

So stop by to say Hi and help us support a great cause!!  Hope to see you there!!!

Cute lab and chihuahua puppy playing!

Here is a cute video of 2 puppies playing at the Super Pet Expo this past weekend in King of Prussia!