Monday, April 11, 2011

* East Bay Explorer * Pet Food Express and Rattie Ratz Rescue

Rattie Ratz Rescue at Pet Food Express

If you are interested, you can have this cute rat home !!

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It's so hard to ignore Pet Food Express if you are a pet person at Bay area. You can see it in most of large scale shopping plaza. A little research and found Pet Food Express is one of the country's leading independent pet food and supply retailer. It has totally 38 locations all around the greater Bay Area.

It's so rare to see an independent pet store can grow so big. In southern California, we always go to Petco and Petsmart, these two national chain store for pet supplies. You can always find coupons from these stores at your mail box. You can always get the best deal from here.

Now we come to Northern California, we are so lucky to find this totally different pet store. It's not just a place selling pet products but more like a care center for people loving pets. They take the best care of pets with personal and knowledgeable service. " We love pets! It is the glue that unites our company. " the slogan of the company.

As part of the commitment to animal welfare, they have helped find homes for over 53,000 homeless animals through pet adoption associations, worked closely with and materially support numerous local SPCAs and pet rescue organizations. This is also one of the reasons it caught our eye. Actually, we were at the Pet Food Express, Dublin, to buy the liter for our Dodo . Here I also like to introduce our lovely kitty DoDo. She is a 10 year old American shorthair. She likes to sleep a lot. :)

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In the store, we saw this awesome facility, Self-service Pet Washes, a unique and useful service for customers. Each wash station features the following (1) Raised tubs so you don’t strain your back, (2)Tie-downs to keep your pet secure, (3) Three all-natural shampoos from California-based Earthbath, (4) Air dryers, (5) Towel, (6) Aprons to keep you dry from a shaking dog. And the best part is, THEY CLEAN UP THE MESS !! The self-service pet wash costs $15 per token, and is also part of Buy Three Get the Fourth Free Program, so $45 for four washes. Once poping the token into the machine, the pet wash station is active for 25 minutes—which is usually long enough to wash two dogs! All critters, great and small, are welcome in the pet wash. They said it’s not unusual to see a water-friendly cat, or even a family of sheep at the San Carlos location. How funny it is !!

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Interestingly, we also found another fair in the store, Rattie Ratz Rescue. A little research and found Rattie Ratz is one of the largest non-profit rescue organizations in the county dedicated exclusively to domestic pet RATS and other small animals. Rattie Ratz operates a limited access rescue and accepts needy rats from local overwhelmed shelters. The fair in the store is to help the homeless rats to find a new home.

She is one of the staff from the association. They are all volunteers, so nice seeing people donate their own time to rescue animals. She is trying to explain how the donation work to people.

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She is another staff. Look at this two fat rats !! They are so cute !!

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Climbing on the cage !!

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Two black twin rats in the cage !!

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You can also play with the rats !!

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OMG where are you going !!

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Wow !! This rat is so smart, love the camera :)

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Mommy~~~ I want this rat !!

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Sorry~ honey~ We already have too many rats at home !!

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Please~~ Please~~ Please take me home~~~

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We asked the staff, how do rats go along with other pets? She is showing a picture the rat is climbing on a cat. Now no family cat can catch the rats. HAHA

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Have a kiss ~~ Little rat~~
oh staff also said, those white rats are still available !! please come to have a look if you are interested !!

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So, here are their schedule for recent fair

Sunnyvale Adoption Fair – April 16, 2011
For Other Living Things
1261 South Mary Avenue
Sunnyvale, CA
10am – 2pm

Berkeley Adoption Fair – April 23, 2011
1101 University Avenue
Berkeley, CA
11am-2pm

future schedule see here

Pet Food Express also have a lot of events, check here

We all love animals, let us try a little and make it big !!

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