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We’re honored to host two celebrated authors this weekend in both stores (Portland and Boston): Sat. 5/11 in Portland, and Sun. 5/12 in Boston. Both signings are from 1-3 pm. All proceeds will go to MSPCA and Lilly’s Fund (Boston) and Buddy Up Animal Society (Portland). And we’ll have special guest Lilly the Hero Pit [...]
If you live in Boston with your best pal & haven’t experienced ‘YH’ (Yappier Hour) at the Liberty Hotel, well we’ve just come up with the best new reason to get down there. Starting this week, we’ll be there every Wednesday as the Liberty’s official YH partner. Which means we get to supply the num-nums [...]
Everyone who lives with a cat knows what it’s like to step on a hairball…gross! It’s not fun for the cat either. But did you know that you can minimize or stop hairballs naturally with a couple of easy changes to your kitty’s diet & grooming? Hairballs are wads of fur that accumulate in your [...]
The Marathon bombings one block away from our store really hit home. Like many of us in Boston, we were stunned by the unthinkable tragedy & by the incredible acts of bravery that followed. We want to help. The Forever Boston t-shirt is for the victims of the bombings, inspired by the courage & action [...]
There’s an inescapable feeling of relief, and pride, in Boston tonight. People are taking to the streets after a rollercoaster week. Terror, grief, suspense…hard to absorb. To the families of the victims, our hearts are still on the ground. We can’t imagine your loss. To the combined law enforcement & investigative agencies, thank you for [...]
We are closed today, Friday April 19th 2013, in cooperation with a citywide lockdown. We are grateful for the Boston Police and the FBI, and all those involved in the manhunt. Please check back for our reopening time and day, or go to our Facebook page for updates. Our hearts go out to the victims [...]
We can’t forget the acts of incredible bravery and compassion at ground zero the day of the Marathon bombings. Now days later, we’re seeing continuing acts of kindness, great and small: donations to families of the victims, who are going to need all of our support; neighbors opening up their homes to those displaced; businesses [...]
In February, Zippy suddenly started walking very, very slowly & with obvious stiffness. I took him right over to our friends at Back Bay Vet for tests, and it turns out he had Erhlichia, a tick-borne bacterial infection that can cause arthritis-like symptoms. I was shocked; it had been a cold winter and there was snow [...]
Extra, extra! People feeding raw meat to their pets! Read all about it! Um, we hate to break it to you, New York Times, but raw feeding is hardly news. Way, way back, before Dog Chow, and before conglomerates found they could make money from the grain fragments leftover from manufacturing corn flakes by putting [...]
Here’s the scoop on our food of the month, Stella & Chewy’s Frozen Raw Dinners, 25% off throughout June at our Newbury Street (Boston) or Portland Me store. Limit one per flavor/size per visit. More interested in a before & after? Read this recent Stella & Chewy’s story in the NY Times Well Pets Blog. Ideal for: [...]
You might say I got into the world of pet supplies through the kitchen door. I grew up in restaurants, and eventually started one of my own with a couple of friends. That cemented a fondness for tasty, healthy food and local independent business. Which naturally led to opening Fetch in 2000, believing in [...]