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DogToys.com & Cat Toys.com
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S. Matlack Street
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West Chester, PA 19382 |
877-364-8697
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(Phone) 610-344-2918
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FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Jill Gizzio or Dee Merica
877-364-8697 Toll Free
Jill@DogToys.com
Dee@ShopByBreed.com
November
4, 2004
Home Alone
WEST CHESTER,
PA - Humanization of pets is the latest pet care trend – treating
our dogs, cats, birds and pocket pets like beloved family members. As
a result more cats now live indoors rather than outdoors. And while it’s
much safer for these born hunters to live inside the house, some felines
may become bored.
As responsible
pet owners, we need to consider the instinctual needs of our domestic
cats. Granted, they have a life of luxury -- lounging on the lamp stand,
listening for the can opener, and looking embarrassed when caught in the
liter pan – but cats need to feel useful, too. Without a sense of
purpose, kitty may “get into trouble” – there goes the
fichus you’ve been nurturing – and may suffer psychologically
or even physically by demonstrating undesirable behaviors.
“Cats
especially like to play at dawn and dusk, the best times for hunting birds
and rodents.” says Jill Gizzio of CatToys.com. Ms. Gizzio has been
reviewing and scrutinizing safe toys for cats and dogs for over seven
years. “Our pets play with their toys when we’re not at home.
That’s the point -- keep them occupied, but keep them safe, too.”
Here are a few of Gizzio’s suggestions for a cat safe toy box.
“Play
n Treat Balls are great fun. They actually have a purpose, and that’s
to satisfy the instinct to work and hunt for food,” suggests Gizzio.
“As the ball rolls it dispenses yummy kibble for a snacking kitty.”
She assures that even the laziest couch potato will work for this treat.
Aromatherapy – for pets? Try an organic, catnip-filled yarn ball
to relieve stress through its activity and scent. Cats are predators.
Occupy them with a swizzle bird feather wand, an interactive game. “One
of my favorites is the Wooley Bully – not the song, the mouse. When
it gets grungy, just throw it in the washer and dryer, and it’s
ready to be hunted and caught again.” If your cat could type, she
would go to www.cattoys.com
for all these purrrr-fect ideas.
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