PetSmart When getting a pet, there are a lot of supplies that the pet needs while it’s in a person’s care, for instance, the animal needs shelter, food and water, and entertainment. One of the best ways to make sure its needs are met is to visit a pet store where a person can adopt the pet and get the supplies the pet needs at the same time. PetSmart is a pet store that helps local shelters adopt out their pets and helps people get the supplies they need for the new pets. PetSmart tries to show the “adopt, don’t shop” mentality through the layout of the store. PetSmart makes their pet enclosures model what a person would get when they adopt the pet. The bird enclosures look like bird cages. They have colorful dangling toys made of …show more content…
The birds have ladder looking contraptions that they can use to get around the enclosure. Some of the bird cages, such as the one with finches, have little nests that are made of straw. These nests are the shape of a potato, are hollowed out, and have a circular opening in the front side facing the glass. The small pets are what are commonly called rodents. Their enclosures are tiny cages with straw bedding, plastic igloo hideouts in various colors, running wheels, and tunnel tubes. The different enclosures have different items that these reptiles need. The bearded dragons have rocks and heat lamps that are directly attached to their enclosures for them only. There are also thermometers inside the enclosure so that temperature is monitored correctly. The anoles, lizards, chameleons, turtles, and snakes have a forest type setting in their enclosures. There are plastic …show more content…
The store is laid out, specifically for the convenience of potential adopters. The right side has the aisles of pets and the items needed for each different type of pet. The first section coming in is the fish, then birds with various foods, cages, and toys a person could buy for their new bird. The next aisle over is the small pets, they have a variety of enclosures, different types of running wheels, different foods, toys, tunnel tubes, toys that make the animal think, and a variety of different flooring materials. Reptiles have aisles that hold a variety of glass enclosures of different sizes and makes. They have a variety of different heat lamps, enclosure props, and different types of bedding. They have different types of bowls for the water and reptile food. The cat section is in the back and the last couple of aisle on the right side. The cat section if full of food, cat trees, toys, litter box items, and different types of food, food and water bowls, and mats. The left side is full of items that dogs need even though they don’t sell dogs in the
Kool-aid was invented by a man named Edwin Perkins He was born in the state of Iowa but he eventually went to live in Nebraska. At about 1927 he invented Kool-aid He was inspired by the drink Fruit smack, but because he wanted to lower the cost of shipping he removed all fluids from the drink. This dry powder eventually became Kool-aid. However Kool-aid did not always go by the same name It was originally Kool-Ade but because Ade refers to juice he had to change it tho the name it has today. Eventually Kool-aid got their own mascot the cool-aid man (He often broke through walls), They also had a comic with 7 issues, along with the Atari 2600 came the “Adventures of Kool-aid Man”. Kool-aid can still be bought today and has manny flavors
Have you ever had the pleasure of sitting beside an animal on the Skytrain on your commute to work or stood in line beside one at the grocery store? Did you know that there's a difference between service dogs and emotional-support animals? These are one of the many struggles that individuals are faced when in public. The article "Pets Allowed" written by Patricia Marx gives you an inside look on the struggles people are faced with while also explaining the rules and laws regulating emotional-support animals that many aren't aware of. Many business owners are being taken advantage of by pet
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Year after year people buy puppies from big breeders. Have you ever wondered where that puppy grew up? What kind of conditions the puppy lived in? Most puppies that someone would buy from a pet store are raised in puppy mills. Puppy mills are well-known for their “inhumane conditions” and the endless breeding of “unhealthy and genetically defective” dogs only for income. People should adopt rather than buy from a pet store or breeder. By adopting from a shelter, one could give a dog a second chance at a happy life.
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Pet Therapy A bus carrying several clinical students from the local college pulls up in front of the nursing home. The students begin to unload some boxes which contain puppies and kittens ranging in age from three to six months. Once inside, the students begin to pass the puppies and kittens out to the patients that are waiting expectantly in the recreation room. Some patients are alone, some are in groups, but all are delighted to see the animals arrive.
But, they both also target people who are unsure if they want a pet or already to have a pet living in their home. However, both the SPCA and Alley Cat & Angel have a solution for the ones who are unsure about adopting a pet, offering a visit to meet the pet of their choice. Children and other household pets can visit the pet in the faculty to see how they get along. For people that do not know what kind of dog, cat or small critter they want, the SPCA offers a survey for what kind of pet would fit the lifestyle of the person or people adopting. The type of animal you get depends on how long you are willing to spend outside, work hours, and current or past pets they have
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When I married my husband I had no idea he was as big of a sap as I was with animals. It wasn't unusual for us to head to the pet store to check out the latest available adoptions, or make our way to the pound. The trouble was, we could never leave empty handed. Turtles, fish, guinea pigs, parakeets-- but mostly cats. I'd
The lack of awareness programs attributes to animal hoarding greatly. The Robinson Rescue is an organization that “educate[s] pet owners about the importance of spay/neuter as a means of ending pet overpopulation.” ( ). This organization shows children how they should think of animals so that they do not abuse their animals like a case in which the defendants argued “that pets are classified as personal property…” and that they have feelings too (Donaghey 2011) (Gunnarson). Few people realize that 354 animals are eutha...
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We began our way down the long hall lined with informational posters that told you just what type of dog you were adopting. My father has always been more of a dog person, but we’ve been restricted to cats my whole life because of my brothers allergies. Entering that concrete room full of violent fluorescent lights and howling dogs was simply overwhelming. The small beagle on our left lept three feet in the air at the sight of my dad and I bending over to pet him through the bottom portion of the cage. I left my dad to pet the smaller dog as I made my way around the labyrinth of cages. I was met with a taped off area covered in water, and two pitbulls, crying for attention. Ignoring the wet floor caution tape, I stuck my hand in the larger
When referring to housing for domesticated animals the term “animal pounds” are no longer used in society. If a person wants to use or refer to animals being in a pound, some people would look at him or her with this weird look on his for her face. Today, animal shelters are politically accepted term when referring to housing for domestic animals. Since domestic animals cannot provide for themselves, animal shelters are bridge for them to find a home. These facilities house and care for stray, homeless, impounded, surrendered or abandoned animals. In many cases, veterinarians provide pro bono services for these animals. Many municipals bodies do not have the budget for these facilities and they are often the first services to be cut.
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I?ve been in lots of pet shop, and they?fve alwaays seemed to be cute, happy, friendly, clean places. That?fs why, on a recent Sunday afternoon, I stopped in a pet shop for to see pets. I?fd been visiting my friends, whom I talked about cute pets, and saw that we were favorite pets. A pets shop, however, was not the place I had impression-it was different.