Norman’s State of the Union Rebuttal

by Norman Her Brother on February 7, 2010 · 0 comments

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Reprinted from The Frequent Chewer (BestFriends General Store’s monthly newsletter) with permission.
While I agree with my co-worker Betsy on some points, I think that she just does not go far enough for our dog friends! Of course, all dogs need forever homes…they all so need state sponsored treats and chews. There should be [...]

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Betsy’s View! State of the Union

by Betsy The Farm DogFebruary 7, 2010 Important Thoughts From Betsy

Reprinted from The Frequent Chewer, BestFriends General Store’s newsletter, with permission.
I sure hope that 2010 is not like 2009! The first reason is because Norman bit me and I had to have stitches in 2009 — that should never happen again. The second reason is that several of our dog toy manufactures had [...]

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New Dog Food Puzzle Category

by adminJanuary 30, 2010 New Happenings at BestFriends General Store

We just added a new category — Dog Food Puzzles. Last night we were watching DogTown on NatGeo and the Best Friends animal trainer was using dog food puzzles. We have always called these type of toys treat dispensers; however, we think we like Dog Town’s name better. So now we have a [...]

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Great Dog Bed Source

by momJanuary 15, 2010 Everything Else

I just got off of the phone with a customer…I love talking to our customers…she gave me a great hint that I just had to pass along.  She says that she buys her dog’s beds from LL Bean.  She has Chesapeake Bay Retrievers and the LL Bean dog beds have enough fluff for these 90 pound dogs. [...]

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Top 20 Selling Dog Toys 2009

by momJanuary 9, 2010 New Happenings at BestFriends General Store

Here are our BestFriends General Store’s Top Twenty Selling Dog Toys for 2009!  We have so many fun dog toys; however, these are the most popular dog toys for 2009.
This year’s list would probably look different had there had not been supply problems with several manufacturers.  Because of The Kyjen Company’s manufacturing problems, we were [...]

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How Smart is Your Dog?

by DadDecember 30, 2009 Dog Toy Recommendations

How did that old tag line go for Ken-L Ration dog food? Let’s see… My dog’s faster than your dog, My dog’s bigger than yours. My dog’s better ’cause he gets Ken-L Ration, My dog’s better than yours. Ken-L-Ration is no more, but there persists in the minds of dog owners an impression that their [...]

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Happy New Year Filled With Dog Toys!

by momDecember 28, 2009 Random Thoughts

We are  recovering from a very busy holiday season.  Sorry that we have not written but…sometimes it seemed like we did not have time to sleep.  Somehow we kept up and got all of our dog toy orders out on time.  Unfortunately, the Post Office was not very efficient this year and Priority shipping to [...]

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Dog Toys For Kids

by DadNovember 27, 2009 Dog Toy Recommendations

Why in the world would a kid want a dog toy? Let’s see… I can think of several reasons. Kids love their dogs and want them to be happy and dogs are happiest when they’re busy. Nothing keeps a dog busy like a good dog toy and the ones that a kid can use with [...]

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Dog Toys for Aggressive Chewers

by momNovember 23, 2009 Dog Toy Recommendations

If you have an Aggressive Chewer, which we refer to as a Destroy Loving dog, your dog toy search can be difficult. We recommend that you try lots of shapes, textures, and sounds to see if your dog’s destruction drive is triggered by a dog toy’s shape, texture, or sound. Some dogs, terrier [...]

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Dogs – The First Social Networkers

by DadNovember 21, 2009 Random Thoughts

Today I noticed Betsy, The Farm Dog, outside barking at nothing in particular, and suddenly I realized her barking was really social networking. She was just barking to be barking and other dogs far away were barking back. It dawned on me that dogs have been social networking for a long time. One starts [...]

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