Monday, February 6, 2012

How to Build a Pet Gate or Baby Gate Using Supplies from your Local Hardware Store

How to Build a Pet Gate or Baby Gate Using Supplies from your Local Hardware Store Review



Build custom wood gates just like the carpenters at Gates2U.com, who've shipped gates to homes across the USA. Do-it-yourselfers can now make a mission-style pet gate or baby gate using big box store moldings, a saw, drill and hammer or brad gun. No routing; straight cuts only. Get all the instructions you need to build a swing gate in your choice of wood. Fully illustrated. It tells you how to measure, cut, assemble, finish, and hang your gate using hinges. Wall, post, and door mount instructions included. Typical material costs for a gate are (less in pine). View the Gallery of Gates at Gates2U.com for pictures of Mission Style gates, ideal for modern and traditional decors.

This second edition has more than doubled in size, with more pictures, explanations for assembly, latching, and details for how to paint or stain a gate. This book was created by the carpenters at Gates2U, a Maryland manufacturer, shipping gates since 2003. Gates2U gates were featured in the August 2004 "Kid's Room" Washingtonian magazine. This style looks great treated with simple wipe-on polyurethane, painted, or stained.


Saturday, February 4, 2012

How To Open & Operate a Financially Successful Pet Sitting Business: With Companion CD-ROM (How to Open and Operate a Financially Successful...)

How To Open & Operate a Financially Successful Pet Sitting Business: With Companion CD-ROM (How to Open and Operate a Financially Successful...) Review



The pet sitting business is booming. In the United States alone there are more than 63.2 million individuals who own a pet or even two. Reports tell us that, in America, there are roughly 64 million dogs and 76 million cats in households. The pet sitting business has been earmarked by the U.S. Bureau of Labor as a small business industry that will thrive in the coming years, with pet sitting services located throughout the states. According to a recent Iams Survey, 76 percent of pet parents use some type of pet care when traveling. There is big money in this business. This guide provides readers with an understanding of the basic concepts of starting their own service business. This new book is a comprehensive and detailed study of the business side of pet sitting. You will learn everything from the initial startup decisions to working with clients. If you are investigating opportunities in this type of business, you should begin by reading this book. You can build a highly successful business using your talent and understanding of animals while providing a much needed service to their owners. If you enjoy working with people and animals, this may be the perfect business for you. Keep in mind that this business looks easy but, as with any business, looks can be deceiving. This complete manual will arm you with everything you need, including sample business forms; contracts; worksheets and checklists for planning, opening, and running day-to-day operations; setting up your office; and dozens of other valuable, timesaving tools of the trade that no business should be without. While providing detailed instruction and examples, the author leads you through every detail that will bring success. You will learn how to draw up a winning business plan (the companion CD-ROM has the actual business plan you can use in Microsoft Word) and about choosing a name; getting started; the who, what, when, why, and how of pet sitting; equipment; selling your other services to your present customers, such as pet walking, training, nutritional items, photography and portraiture; pet accessories; how to attract and bid on new jobs; contracts and billing procedures; advertising; insurance; legal matters; basic cost control systems; market research; getting new clients; tax laws; zoning laws; pricing; leads; sales and marketing techniques; and pricing formulas. You will learn how to set up computer systems to save time and money, how to hire and keep a qualified professional staff if necessary, how to meet IRS requirements, how to manage and train employees, how to generate high profile public relations and publicity, and how to implement low cost internal marketing ideas. You will learn how to build your business by using low and no cost ways to satisfy customers, as well as ways to increase sales and have customers refer others to you. You will learn the basics of accounting and bookkeeping procedures, auditing, successful budgeting, and profit planning development, as well as thousands of great tips and useful guidelines. This manual delivers innovative ways demonstrated to streamline your business. Learn new ways to make your operation run smoother and increase performance. Successful entrepreneurs will appreciate this valuable resource and reference it in their daily activities as a source of ready-to-use forms, Web sites, operating and cost cutting ideas, and mathematical formulas that can easily be applied to their operations. The companion CD-ROM contains all the forms found in the book, as well as a sample business plan you can adapt for your own use.


Friday, February 3, 2012

Black & Decker 24 Weekend Projects for Pets: Dog Houses, Cat Trees, Rabbit Hutches & More

Black & Decker 24 Weekend Projects for Pets: Dog Houses, Cat Trees, Rabbit Hutches & More Review



Critter condos & pleasure palaces for pets

Most pet owners keep at least two different types of animals-dogs and cats are the most common pairings-and a surprisingly large number keep even more animals. Domestic birds; pet rabbits, mice and other rodents; ferrets, snakes, turtles-some people may even raise a goat or potbellied pig or two. On top of this, most lovers of domestic pets are also are enthusiastic supporters of wildlife. feeding birds and squirrels all winter long, or creating shelters for butterflies, toads, and even bats.

This book provides nearly two dozen ingenious and fun do-it-yourself projects for anyone who loves animals of all types-from lowly bugs to aristocratic purebred show pets. This is a perfect book for parents or grandparents introducing children to the wonders of raising pets and observing wildlife.


Thursday, February 2, 2012

Pet Loss: 10 Soothing Grief and Heartbreak Tips

Pet Loss: 10 Soothing Grief and Heartbreak Tips Review



Get this booklet if you or someone you love has experienced pet loss and wants to understand about soothing grief and coping with heartbreak. Many people do not understand the depth of the human animal bond and how profoundly someone can be affected by loosing an animal family member who crosses the rainbow bridge.

Loosing a pet can be just as difficult, traumatic and heartbreaking as losing a human family member, because they ARE family! This can be a delicate, tender, emotional and deeply personal time.

One of the greatest opportunities for people grieving is through creative self-expression and having tangible ways to cope. We all need tools to help us through the grieving process. Pet Loss affects millions of people, yet we often lack the skills to help ourselves cope with our grief.

Bereavement is a very real experience for anyone dealing with the death of a loved one, even if that someone was in a fur, scaled, feathered or finned body.

There is a profound connection that can occur between humans and animals. Often people do not have words that easily describe these encounters and relationships. Dealing with loss can be expressed in many forms. There are many ways to find direction and purpose when coping with grief and loss. Though sometimes we need some assistance, support and direction.

Help jump-start your grieving process with this booklet.


Wednesday, February 1, 2012

All Pets Go To Heaven: The Spiritual Lives of the Animals We Love

All Pets Go To Heaven: The Spiritual Lives of the Animals We Love Review



Pets have a special place in our hearts and homes -- but do they share our destiny after death?

World famous psychic, spiritual teacher, and New York Times bestselling author Sylvia Browne exercises her astonishing insight to illustrate the very special purpose our pets have on Earth -- and what animals experience after death.

Cats, dogs, horses, and other creatures not only inhabit our homes but also our hearts. With their never-ending loyalty, heroic deeds, comic behavior, and vibrant personalities, pets are companions but can also be our closest friends and dearest confidants. The death of a pet is always heart wrenching and tragic. Legendary psychic Sylvia Browne provides comfort for those grieving over the loss of a beloved animal by showing how pets continue to be with us even after their deaths.

Sylvia uses forty years of research and decades' worth of true stories culled from readings and her own experiences to show how our pets have unique personalities, quirks, and habits that make up their spirit and soul. Sharing heartwarming stories from pets on both sides of life, Sylvia Browne examines how our animals live in the afterlife, whether we will see them on the Other Side, how their presence affects us daily, and where animals fit into the whole of Creation.

In All Pets Go to Heaven, Sylvia Browne explains how pets, like humans, have a spirit that travels to the Other Side.