PETsMART.com and acmepet.com Host the Ultimate Virtual Halloween Party for Pet Lovers and Their Frighteningly Furry Friends; Leading Internet Pet Site Offers Tips And Treats.PASADENA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 25, 1999-- PETsMART PetSmart, Inc. (NASDAQ: PETM) is the leading chain of retail stores doing business in the United States and Canada engaged in the sale of specialty pet supplies and services such as grooming and dog training, PetSmart PetsHotel dog and cat boarding facilities and Doggie Day .com (www.petsmart.com) the Internet's premier site for pet supplies and pet care needs, teams up with acmepet.com, (www.acmepet.com) the largest online pet community site, for a spooktacular Halloween Halloween (hăl'əwēn`, häl'–), Oct. 31, the eve of All Saints' Day, observed with traditional games and customs. The word comes from medieval England's All Hallows' eve (Old Eng. hallow="saint"). . Site visitors can party with their pets, shower them with treats at the Bootique, and learn valuable tips on how to enjoy a pet-safe Halloween, yet still have a ghost of a time. Take part in fun activities: -0-
-- Virtual Halloween Party -- This Halloween, the best party in town
is only a click away. Join other pet lovers in the acmepet.com
chat room where users come in costume and other partygoers try to
figure out their true identity with provided clues. During the
party, join in the conga line, the virtual YMCA dance and food
fight (watch out for the flying candy apple!)
-- Halloween Pet Photo Costume Contest -- Sponsored by PETsMART.com,
pet owners can enter their favorite ghostdogs and goblincats in
the Halloween pet costume contest by logging on to acmepet.com
and sending in pictures of pets dressed up for the big night.
Winners will be chosen in several categories such as scariest,
goofiest, and most original costume. The grand prize winner will
receive an Olympus Cort D340R Digital Camera.
Follow these smart tips for a safe Halloween: Involving pets in Halloween activities can be a lot of fun, as long as precautions precautions Infectious disease The constellation of activities intended to minimize exposure to an infectious agent; precautions imply that the isolation of an infected Pt is optional, but not mandatory. are taken to insure Insure can mean:
-- Cancel the candy! -- For pets, chocolate is a tasty toxin when
eaten in large quantities. Make sure meal time comes before
trick-or-treat time -- Is Rex waiting for the candy to be thrown
into his mouth rather than the kids' candy bag? To avoid having a
pet be tempted by the abundance of candy on Halloween, feed all
pets before the trick-or-treating
-- ID Pets before taking them trick-or treating -- One of the most
important things to consider if taking a pet trick-or-treating is
to make sure they are identified! Whether or not a dog needs a
license, the animal needs an ID tag with its owner's name and
phone number on it.
-- Keep Lady Leashed -- If a dog or cat is going trick-or-treating
around the neighborhood, a leash is very important! Pets must be
kept under control. Nothing's more frightening than losing a pet
in a strange place, or having her dart into traffic.
-- Candy wrappers can be choking hazards -- With all the extra candy
in the house, it is probable that pets will get a hold of a
wrapper. When a pet gets into something that's supposed to be
off-limits, they are likely to swallow it whole. If possible,
pull the object out of the pet's mouth. (Be careful to avoid
being bitten.) If the object can't be removed, call the
veterinarian immediately; this is an emergency.
-- Establish pet-only areas in your home -- If expecting
trick-or-treaters, protect children or pets from unwanted contact
with each other. Establish a "dogs only" area where dogs are kept
away from sharp pokes and too-hearty thumps without resorting to
nips and growls of their own.
-- Boos and barking -- Pooches inclined to bark at the sound of the
doorbell will make Halloween a nightmare for their owners. Dogs
that are spooked by the doorbell regularly will be extra scared
by masked trick-or-treaters, so keep them beyond a gate or
downstairs during the evening.
Visit PETsMART.com's Halloween Boutique Boutique A small investment firm specializing in offering specific, but limited services to a select number of individuals. Notes: These investment firms are the alternatives to large financial supermarkets. They provide a highly personalized environment for investing. :
-- Reflective Halloween Bandanna -- Help ensure your pet's safety at
night with PETsMART.com's special Halloween Reflective Bandanna
offer. With every purchase of $20, PETsMART.com will include a
special black ghost and "BOO" printed bandanna in non-reflective
ink. The background reflects and a ghost appears. (while supplies
last)
-- Halloween Plush Toys -- Themed in the spirit of Halloween, dogs
will love plush characters available in ghost and pumpkin shapes.
-- Halloween Dog Cape and Costumes -- These costumes, along with
PETsMART's highly reflective cape, are the perfect Halloween
costume for pets that want to join in the fun of trick or
treating. Costumes stay on, yet are easy to remove when trick or
treating is over.
-- Halloween Teaser Toys -- Great fun for any feline friend. These
springy little toys provide hours of fun.
About PETsMART.com PETsMART.com is the Internet's premier site for pet supplies and pet care needs. PETsMART.com offers the largest product selection, excellent customer value, superior service, and compelling content. PETsMART.com, Inc. was founded in May 1999, and is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. based in Pasadena, Calif. PETsMART.com, Inc. is the successful collaboration Working together on a project. See collaborative software. between two industry powerhouses, PETsMART, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :PETM PETM Paleocene Eocene Thermal Maximum ), a leading retailer of pet food, supplies and services, and idealab Idealab (formerly known as idealab!) is a technology incubator — possibly the most famous business incubator of the dot-com era. It is based in Pasadena, California. History Idealab was founded by Bill Gross in March 1996. !, the nation's leading Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the incubator incubator, apparatus for the maintenance of controlled conditions in which eggs can be hatched artificially. Incubator houses with double walls of mud, a fireroom, and several compartments each holding about 6,000 hens' eggs were developed in ancient times; the of such companies as eToys EToy or EToys may refer to:
About Acmepet.com Acmepet.com is the largest community for pets online. Founded in 1995 it is also one of the oldest. It serves 8 million pages per month and has 37 message boards and 10 chat rooms. It has a very active newsletter audience as well as free-email, pet joke of the day, pet trivia, pet health Q&A and daily help for taking care of your pet. |
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