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Colorful, fun gifts to give the pet lovers on your gift list!

Did you know that you can buy a gift star for some-one’s pet?It is true! You can give your friends a star and a corner of fame in the 10-year Million Dollar PetPix Time Capsule in which to show off their special pet. After you sign up and buy a star ($19.95 for a regular star or $79.80 for a large star) you then send the confirmation e-mail to your friend as their gift. All they have to do is to send in their pet’s photo and story according to the e-mail directions.

While pet rental appears to be popular in the US where FlexPetz now operates, (New York, Boston, San Diego and Los Angeles, there is an outcry in Britain led by Robert Brown MSP (Lib Dem, Glasgow Region) and championed by the Kennel Club as FlexPetz tries to expand their operations overseas.

For those people who would really love to have a pet around but for one reason or another cannot provide adequate full time care, this service could prove (and is proving) to be important. Is this wrong? Selfish? One just has to think of the excellent response to “visiting pets’ from the elderly and hospital shut-ins of all ages to understand the value of a part-time pet.

P.S. Need an extra special and fun gift for other pet lovers in your life?
You can purchase PetPix star as a gift that will be sure to bring smiles… pricing for a regular star is only $19.95 which makes this a great deal that doesn’t break the bank!

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While checking out other pet photo contests on the web I came across a doozy. In the “Can You Top This?” corner there is now a collosal pet lover essay contest (that includes a pet photo) that started in early April. The grand prize is a 1.25 million-dollar mansion in Ocala FL, owned by author Clementina Marie Giovannetti who is running this contest. Her goal is to publish a book of pet lover stories complete with photos…

Pet lovers have trained pets for centuries. We have dancing dogs, dancing horses and now sport-playing and dancing goldfish! Amazing as this sounds, a company called R2 Solutions is quickly gaining fame wih their new goldfish training kit.

The training? Soccer, basketball, doing the limbo, slalom swimming and go-fetch. Yes really.