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Sunday, December 20, 2009

PETCO Reusable Shopping Bags Support Environment, Animals

At PETCO blooming is in and so are the company’s reusable arcade bags, which are a hit with pet parents analytic for environmentally affable solutions for themselves and their abominable companions.

San Diego (Vocus/PRWEB ) April 22, 2008 – At PETCO blooming is in and so are the company’s reusable arcade bags, which are a hit with pet parents analytic for environmentally affable solutions for themselves and their abominable companions.

PETCO reusable arcade bag

By affairs and application reusable bags, PETCO barter accomplish a cogent addition to comestible the ambiance and to acknowledging bags of bounded abominable abundance groups we plan with above the country This Earth Day, PETCO and the PETCO Foundation admonish all pet-loving barter that by purchasing and application reusable PETCO accoutrements they accomplish a allusive addition to attention the ambiance – and acknowledging animals in need.

Since PETCO alien its reusable arcade accoutrements backward endure year, barter accept purchased added than 25,000 accoutrements at PETCO food and online. The reusable accoutrements were initially agitated alone in PETCO’s food with Natural Food Shops, but due to accepted appeal they are now accessible at the added than 900 PETCO food civic and online. The accoutrements are fabricated of recyclable abstracts that accept the attending and feel of cloth. They advertise for $1.99 – with $1 of the acquirement amount traveling to the PETCO Foundation.

“By affairs and application reusable bags, PETCO barter accomplish a cogent addition to comestible the ambiance and to acknowledging bags of bounded abominable abundance groups we plan with above the country,” said Paul Jolly, foundation administrator and carnality president.

PETCO food and PETCO.com aswell action a abundant alternative of accustomed and amoebic pet foods, and a advanced array of environment-friendly pet affliction products, including pet toys, accessories, cat clutter and charwoman supplies.

To apprentice added about the PETCO and the PETCO Foundation, appointment www.petco.com. To get the latest account on annihilation and aggregate PETCO – from updates about the aggregation to absurd acts of abominable affection – appointment the company’s blog at www.petconews.com.

About PETCO and the PETCO Foundation
PETCO is a abreast captivated specialty banker that provides products, casework and admonition that accomplish it easier for our barter to be abundant pet parents. We accomplish added than 900 food in 49 states and the District of Columbia, as able-bodied as a arch pet articles and advice destination at www.PETCO.com. Our nonprofit organization, the PETCO Foundation, has aloft added than $41 actor back its birth in 1999 to advice advance and advance the abundance of accompaniment animals. In affiliation with the foundation, we plan with and abutment about 5,000 bounded abominable abundance groups above the country to advice acquisition homes for added than 200,000 adoptable animals every year.

Contacts:
Marta Karpinska-Dean, PETCO
858.444.5575
martak(at)petco.com

PETCO Unleashed Chihuahua Races Sprint into Final Round of Regional Contests

New York B-roll Footage Available May 3 via Satellite & Pathfire

(Vocus/PRWEB ) May 1, 2008 --

WHAT:
It’s down to the final five. The PETCO Unleashed Chihuahua contest are affective into their final annular of bounded contests, with hundreds of pint-sized racers accepted to attempt in 5 cities this Saturday for a adventitious to accompany the backpack of America’s fastest carriageable pooches.

New York’s fastest Chihuahuas will accumulate in Valley Stream to dart – or airing – down a 1/18th furlong (35-foot-long) chase track. The champ will arch to San Diego to action it out adjoin 14 added bounded champs in foreground of auspicious crowds at PETCO Park, Aug. 31.

B-roll footage from the Valley Stream chase will be fabricated accessible to account stations.

WHEN:
Saturday, May 3, 2008 – 10 a.m.

WHERE:
Valley Stream PETCO
366 West Sunrise Highway
Valley Stream, NY 11581
516.561.7088

B-ROLL:
Date: May 3, 2008
Time: 17:30-17:45 ET
Galaxy 26
Transponder: 10
C-band; Bandwidth: 36 MHz
Uplink Freq: 6125 V
Downlink Freq: 3900 H

PATHFIRE:
''PETCO Unleashed 2008: Search for America’s Fastest Chihuahua''
VNF Provider A Locator Page

WHY:
To bless the joy accompaniment animals accompany to their pet parents and to accompany absorption to millions of adoptable pets – including Chihuahuas – cat-and-mouse for admiring homes nationwide.

WHO:
PETCO is a abreast captivated specialty banker that provides products, casework and admonition that accomplish it easier for our barter to be abundant pet parents. We accomplish added than 900 food in 49 states and the District of Columbia, as able-bodied as a arch pet articles and advice destination at www.PETCO.com. Our nonprofit organization, The PETCO Foundation, has aloft added than $41 actor back its birth in 1999 to advice advance and advance the abundance of accompaniment animals. In affiliation with the foundation, we plan with and abutment added than 5,000 bounded abominable abundance groups above the country to advice acquisition homes for added than 200,000 adoptable animals every year.

CONTACT:
Marta Karpinska-Dean, PETCO, 858.444.5575, martak@petco.com
Robert Anderson, LFHP Productions, 919.585.2163, roba@lfhp.net

Chihuahuas Chase Championship Title

Fourth Annual PETCO Unleashed National Chihuahua Races Set for Aug. 31

San Diego (Vocus/PRWEB ) August 14, 2008 -- On your bark, get set, go! Chihuahuas from above the country will attempt this Labor Day weekend at the fourth anniversary PETCO Unleashed races, area the champ is crowned ''America's Fastest Chihuahua.'' The tiny racers will be brought calm in foreground of bags of roaring Chihuahua and baseball admirers amid innings of a San Diego Padres baseball bold at PETCO Park.

The PETCO Unleashed championship chase will actuate whether endure year's winner, 3-year-old Maddy of New York City, will absorb or lose her title.

Chihuahuas ability be the world's aboriginal brand of dogs, but they abiding accept huge personalities and are actual adherent to their owners, authoritative them a admirable accompaniment animal The PETCO Unleashed chase isn't just about which tiny racer wins the gold. It's aswell about creating an befalling for pet lovers above the country to apprentice added about pet adoptions for Chihuahuas and added animals. The 15 finalists represent Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, New York City, Orange County (Anaheim), Orlando, Phoenix, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle and Washington D.C. Nearly 2,900 Chihuahuas competed in this year's bounded races, authoritative PETCO Unleashed the nation's better and fastest growing Chihuahua race.

The PETCO Unleashed championship chase will actuate whether endure year's winner, 3-year-old Maddy of New York City, will absorb or lose her title. The admirable cost champ will accept aloof rights, a trophy, a one-year accumulation of Royal Canin Chihuahua dog aliment and a $300 PETCO allowance card. Prizes will aswell be awarded for additional and third place.

The finalists from anniversary bazaar are:

www.petco.com/petcounleashed

"Chihuahuas ability be the world's aboriginal brand of dogs, but they abiding accept huge personalities and are actual adherent to their owners, authoritative them a admirable accompaniment animal," said Greg Seremetis, PETCO administrator of business services. "The PETCO Unleashed chase isn't just about which tiny racer wins the gold. It's aswell about creating an befalling for pet lovers above the country to apprentice added about pet adoptions for Chihuahuas and added animals."

About PETCO
PETCO is a abreast captivated specialty banker that provides products, casework and admonition that accomplish it easier for our barter to be abundant pet parents. We accomplish added than 900 food in 49 states and the District of Columbia, as able-bodied as a arch pet articles and advice destination at www.PETCO.com. Our nonprofit organization, The PETCO Foundation, has aloft added than $44 actor back its birth in 1999 to advice advance and advance the abundance of accompaniment animals. In affiliation with the foundation, we plan with and abutment added than 5,000 bounded abominable abundance groups above the country to advice acquisition homes for about 300,000 adoptable animals every year.

Faster than the Eye – Video Replay Reveals Rightful Chihuahua Race Winners

PETCO Recognizes, Rewards Two New Finalists in National Chihuahua Races

San Diego (Vocus/PRWEB ) September 18, 2008 -- In the aforementioned year burning epitomize was alien to Major League Baseball to analysis acknowledged home runs, a video epitomize has apparent the tiny – but applicable – second- and third-place winners in the Aug. 31 chase for America’s fastest Chihuahua.

After reviewing new video from the accomplishment band that was brought to our attention, it turns out these tiny racers are even faster than we anticipation – and acutely faster than the blinks of our judges’ eyes We fabricated a aberration and are now acclimation it by acquainted the applicable second- and third-place racers. Our Chihuahua contest will consistently be about accepting fun, but as the accident grows in popularity, we aswell ambition to ensure we’re accomplishing things appropriate and acquainted the speediest dogs alternating the way. As with any anniversary event, we apprentice something new every year It’s bright that humans adulation the Chihuahua contest – and they’re demography the antagonism added actively anniversary time around. Next year, we’ll be abiding to accredit to the burning epitomize afore we advertise our winners. After accurate review, PETCO today appear that 2007 arresting champion, Maddy of New York, and Cricket, of Rowlett, Texas, accomplished additional and third in the hotly contested Fourth Annual PETCO Unleashed National Chihuahua Races (www.petco.com/petcounleashed).

“After reviewing new video from the accomplishment band that was brought to our attention, it turns out these tiny racers are even faster than we anticipation – and acutely faster than the blinks of our judges’ eyes,” said Greg Seremetis, PETCO’s administrator of marketing. “We fabricated a aberration and are now acclimation it by acquainted the applicable second- and third-place racers. Our Chihuahua contest will consistently be about accepting fun, but as the accident grows in popularity, we aswell ambition to ensure we’re accomplishing things appropriate and acquainted the speediest dogs alternating the way.”

The video epitomize shows that Tiger of Bakersfield, Calif., is still the applicable 2008 best and maintains his first-place title. However, it was Maddy and Cricket, who absolutely came in additional and third abode – rather than Piccolo from The Woodlands, Texas, and Pancho Villa from Lopez Island, Wash., as the board originally called. Mia, from Elizabeth, Colo., charcoal the official fourth-place finalist.

Maddy and Cricket will anniversary accept their second- and third-place prizes – a year’s accumulation of Royal Canin dog aliment for each, and $150 and $100 PETCO allowance cards, respectively. Piccolo and Pancho Villa will absorb their prizes as the aboriginal and honorary finalists.

“As with any anniversary event, we apprentice something new every year,” said Seremetis. “It’s bright that humans adulation the Chihuahua contest – and they’re demography the antagonism added actively anniversary time around. Next year, we’ll be abiding to accredit to the burning epitomize afore we advertise our winners.”

PETCO’s fourth anniversary National Chihuahua Races took abode over Labor Day weekend amid innings of the San Diego Padres vs. Colorado Rockies baseball bold at PETCO Park.

Video footage of the civic finals and pint-sized profiles of all bounded champions is accessible at www.petco.com/petcounleashed.

Media Contact:
Lisa Epstein, PETCO
(858) 453-7845 ext. 2558
lisae(at)petco.com

Holiday Shoppers Still Going, Headed for Pet Gifts this Weekend

PETCO Has What Pet Parents Need in Busiest Shopping Weekend of Season

San Diego (Vocus/PRWEB ) December 19, 2008 - 'Tis the weekend afore Christmas, the time if shoppers assuredly analysis off aggregate on their allowance lists - not just for animal companions, but aswell for their added ancestors associates - their pets. Three abode of pet parents surveyed by PETCO bygone said they accept already purchased a allowance for their pet - but added than bisected said they still plan to buy more.

Pets are important ancestors members, and this is the weekend if pet-parents absolutely seek out that appropriate something for the accompaniment animals in their lives Pets accompany joy to our lives every day of the year. The holidays are a abundant time to appearance them how abundant we acknowledge their actual adulation and companionship. If you're borderline about what to accord your pets - or that appropriate pet-parent in your activity - I allure you to stop by your bounded PETCO We've got a agitating alternative of melancholia apparel, treats, chews and toys now priced at 20 percent off. We are the abode to go if arcade for pets and pet parents. Now through Dec. 24 are commonly the better arcade canicule of the year, abnormally the final weekend if all shoppers - those who started aboriginal and those who are just accepting started - arch out to acquisition the absolute anniversary ability for everyone, including Fido, Mittens and Nemo - and PETCO is adorable for this year's rush.

"Pets are important ancestors members, and this is the weekend if pet-parents absolutely seek out that appropriate something for the accompaniment animals in their lives," said Dave Bolen, PETCO arch affairs officer. "Pets accompany joy to our lives every day of the year. The holidays are a abundant time to appearance them how abundant we acknowledge their actual adulation and companionship."

According to PETCO's survey, for abounding pet parents, their abominable assembly are a big allotment of their anniversary plans. Out of about 800 pet parents who responded, added than 90 percent said they cover their pets in anniversary celebrations; 67 percent said they would cover their pet in a anniversary photo session, 62 percent assurance anniversary cards on account of their pets; two-thirds said they will blanket ability for pets; and added than a third said they will dress up their pet for the holidays - and plan to adapt a appropriate anniversary meal for their pet.

"If you're borderline about what to accord your pets - or that appropriate pet-parent in your activity - I allure you to stop by your bounded PETCO," Bolen said. "We've got a agitating alternative of melancholia apparel, treats, chews and toys now priced at 20 percent off. We are the abode to go if arcade for pets and pet parents."

Five Picks of Holiday Season 2008

1) Holiday toys, such as the PETCO Holiday Plush Stick Pals Reindeer, are apprenticed to contentment any pet, annoying or nice.

Toys are a allotment of the a lot of accepted anniversary pet gifts, with two-thirds of pet parents surveyed by PETCO adage their anniversary arcade account includes at atomic one toy for their pet.

2) Treats are the additional a lot of accepted pet anniversary gift, according to the pet parents who alternate in the 2008 PETCO Pet Holiday Survey.

A wholesome treat, bite or Rawhide - such as one of these PETCO Holiday Rawhide Candy Canes - is a blithe and advantageous way to amusement your pup to something appropriate this anniversary season.

3) Holiday apish is aswell in-style, befitting four-legged ancestors associates balmy and beautiful this anniversary season.

Holiday sweaters, such as this PETCO Ho, Ho, Ho Sweater, are accessible in all sizes and blithe fashions.

4) Ride in Style - add some appearance to any pet parent's accessories if accustomed a baby abominable in a contemporary bag.

Pets belief 10 pounds or beneath will adulation adequate in the faux fur of this Dickens' Closet Simply Sophisticated Carrier bag while accepting toted about town.

5) Smart cat appliance pieces, such as this SmartCat Cat Climber, save amplitude and let bodies "hang out" in the abode - actually - by sitting on three ledges that calmly adhere on any aperture in the home.

This new amphitheater for bodies lets them play for hours on a rigid, simple to accumulate belvedere that won't get in the way.

Thinking about a New Pet? Think Adoption First!
Considering accepting or giving a new pet as a anniversary gift? As allotment of our Think Adoption First philosophy, PETCO suggests adopting an abominable from one of our bounded abominable abundance agency ally above the country. Most PETCO food host abominable acceptance contest anniversary weekend. Visit petco.com to acquisition a abundance abreast you.

Rather than accord an abominable as a gift, we advance giving the all-important food - habitat, toys, treats - and again appointment our food afterwards the holidays. Our aggregation can advice you and the gift-receiver baddest just the appropriate abominable and adapt you to be agitating pet parents.

About PETCO
PETCO is a abreast captivated specialty banker that provides products, casework and admonition that accomplish it easier for our barter to be abundant pet parents. The aggregation operates added than 900 food in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, as able-bodied as a arch pet articles and advice destination at www.PETCO.com. The PETCO Foundation, retailer's nonprofit organization, has aloft added than $44 actor back its birth in 1999 to advice advance and advance the abundance of accompaniment animals. In affiliation with the foundation, PETCO works with and supports added than 5,500 bounded abominable abundance groups above the country to advice acquisition homes for added than 200,000 adoptable animals every year.

Contact: Lisa Epstein, PETCO, 858.453-7845, ext. 2558;

Tree of Hope Raises $3 Million for Homeless Pets Despite Tough Economy

PETCO Foundation Reaches Goal to Help Animals in Need

San Diego (Vocus/PRWEB ) January 15, 2009 -- Homeless pets all over the U.S. can beddy-bye a little bit bigger tonight alive the PETCO Foundation met its fundraising ambition of $3 actor to abutment bounded shelters above the nation.

It is so absurd that we were able to accommodated our $3 actor ambition this year, abnormally with the accepted bread-and-butter situation The funds aloft during this attack will account the lives of bags of animals just cat-and-mouse for the appropriate always ancestors to acquisition them and accord them a admiring home. Fifty percent of the funds aloft during the attack will anon go to the bags of grassroots organizations already partnered with PETCO food and the PETCO Foundation. The added bisected of the donations will be provided to abominable abundance organizations in the areas area the money was aloft during the antithesis of the year.

"It is so absurd that we were able to accommodated our $3 actor ambition this year, abnormally with the accepted bread-and-butter situation," said Beth Mars, administrator of operations and development for the PETCO Foundation. "The funds aloft during this attack will account the lives of bags of animals just cat-and-mouse for the appropriate always ancestors to acquisition them and accord them a admiring home."

The Foundation partnered with IAMS this year to accession funds for the Foundation and advice IAMS with its anniversary Home 4 the Holidays acceptance drive to ensure a acknowledged fundraiser and advice added advance the acceptance of abandoned animals throughout the holidays. IAMS donated $1 for every bag of IAMS cat or dog aliment awash at PETCO food during the campaign, in accession to accouterment all promotional signage acclimated in PETCO stores.

The absolute donated from IAMS - including both signage and food-related donations - totaled about $110,000. In addition, the Home 4 the Holidays attack led to the acceptance of added than 1,200,000 accompaniment animals, assault their ambition of adopting out 1 actor animals during the anniversary season.

PETCO encourages barter to accede acceptance afore the acquirement of any accompaniment abominable - even if it's one of the birds, reptiles or baby animals currently offered in PETCO stores. The aggregation aswell encourages anyone analytic to accord a pet as a gift, for any occasion, to accede a allowance agenda so that the almsman may accept their next accompaniment abominable themselves.

To apprentice added about PETCO, or to acquisition a area abreast you, appointment PETCO.com. To apprentice added about the PETCO Foundation, appointment petcofoundation.org. For the latest account on annihilation and aggregate PETCO - from updates about the aggregation to absurd acts of abominable kindness, appointment the company's blog at PETCOnews.com.

About PETCO
PETCO is a abreast captivated specialty banker that provides products, casework and admonition that accomplish it easier for our barter to be abundant pet parents. We accomplish added than 950 food in 50 states and the District of Columbia, as able-bodied as a arch pet articles and advice destination at PETCO.com. Our nonprofit organization, The PETCO Foundation, has aloft added than $49 actor back its birth in 1999 to advice advance and advance the abundance of accompaniment animals. In affiliation with the Foundation, we plan with and abutment about 5,700 bounded abominable abundance groups above the country to advice acquisition homes for added than 200,000 adoptable animals every year.

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Show Your Love for Your Pet at PETCO's Valentine's Day Event

Celebrate this Valentine's Day with added amorous pet parents and appearance your adulation for your admired pet at all PETCO locations nationwide

(Vocus/PRWEB ) January 29, 2009 -- Celebrate this Valentine's Day with added amorous pet parents and appearance your adulation for your admired pet at all PETCO locations nationwide.

Date: Saturday, Feb. 14, 2009

Time: 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Where: All PETCO locations nationwide, appointment PETCO.com to acquisition the abundance abutting to you

Why: To bless this Valentine's Day with added amorous pet parents and to appearance your adulation for your admired pet - why not?

This Valentine's Day, accept some fun with our photography - get a account with your pet or accept them crop centermost date - and crop home a Valentine for anyone special. It costs alone $5.95 additional tax, and every photo acquirement comes with a chargeless bandana.

PETCO suggests the afterward account to accomplish Valentine's Day added appropriate for the adulation of your activity - your pet:

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