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		<title>Your 3 Step Plan to Start Your in Home Pet Care Business</title>
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In these tough economic times, you would think that Fluffy, Fido and Swimey&#8230;you know, your little fish&#8230;would be not so well taken care of, right?  Oh, so wrong.  In fact, trends have it that in spite of tough times, our furry friends are even more pampered than ever.  This goes to the very nature of [...]]]></description>
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<p>In these tough economic times, you would think that Fluffy, Fido and Swimey&#8230;you know, your little fish&#8230;would be not so well taken care of, right?  Oh, so wrong.  In fact, trends have it that in spite of tough times, our furry friends are even more pampered than ever.  This goes to the very nature of an In-Home Pet Care Business.</p>
<p>If most are anything like me when it comes to their pets, the last thing they want is for that pet to be housed in a  cage for whatever the duration of your time away is.  In fact, I have found many vet clinics are becoming more like a day care for your pets where they actually have the pets out of the cage during their time there.  Those are not as plentiful as one might think, hence the In-Home Pet Care Business.</p>
<p>But business being what it is there are some basics that you have to have to enter such a field, save for your love of animals.  Hopefully, that is a given.</p>
<p>First and foremost, you must know the mindset of your potential client.  I put this first because that will assist you in the other elements of setting up your Pet Care business.  Knowing your client will help you to better care for their Pet.  To do this, take a trip to a Dog Park or even a Dog show, and watch how people are around their Pets.  It will amaze you all that you probably didn&#8217;t know.</p>
<p>Second, begin to set up your business.  Set up a basic office setup, more than likely from home at the beginning.  Establish a Marketing Plan to get the word out about who you are and what you will do for the client and their owners.  A rough estimate of fees, which may require some study of other similar businesses.  Always take into account your area and what the market will bear.  As you get more and more clients, the &#8220;Business&#8221; aspect will grow, so be prepared to hire when needed and don&#8217;t fall into a &#8220;I can do it all my self&#8221; trap.</p>
<p>Third, start getting interviews for clients.  Go everywhere and talk to anyone who will listen with an &#8220;Elevator Speech&#8221; about your Business.  An &#8220;Elevator Speech&#8221; is that quick summary of your business that is direct and to the point that you could tell someone while riding in an elevator, even though no one likes to talk and just looks straight ahead.</p>
<p>Those are the basics, and yes, very simplified.  Do your homework about your clients, the pets.  Get your basic office set up with the standard office needs, set a marketing plan and then go out and do it.</p>
<p>Action begets action and your In-Home Pet Care Business is yours to behold.  Most of all, have fun with it.  It is your love of animals that brought you here, so enjoy.</p></div>
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<p>DA Southern is not a Doctor and doesn&#8217;t even play one on TV, but has had a long obsession with pets and their care as a result of many years working with various Animal Rescue Organizations.  Visit him at his blog and get involved with the Pet Care Newsletter.</p>
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		<title>Pet Porte Microchip Cat Flap, a Friend at Your Door Step</title>
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Are you a cat lover? If so how many cats do you have? Is your cat good at home? Well, Of course, it is really very easy answering such questions, when raised by someone or other.
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<p>Are you a cat lover? If so how many cats do you have? Is your cat good at home? Well, Of course, it is really very easy answering such questions, when raised by someone or other.</p>
<p>But what would be the answer if the question falls the other way round, such as, is your cat really secure? Does your cat return home safely at nights, without any rashes or bruises that are indeed created by other cats?</p>
<p>Are you sure, that your loveable cat alone eats the quality cat food that you have bought to her with at most care and affection? Most of the cat lovers would be finding it difficult to answer these questions.</p>
<p>Indeed these are the daily problems faced by cat lovers. These questions make the cat lovers feel worried about their dearest pets, creating a mourning atmosphere in their minds.</p>
<p>Sometimes it&#8217;s really hard to experience situations when the pet leaves the home and stays lost for two to three days. Is there a remedy for all these hard moments? If at all there is a solution, will it guarantee on the safety and security of the pet? Or are there any permanent solutions for all these problems to come to an end.</p>
<p>Can your cat be safe from being bullied by other stray cats? Can your cat be safe in indoor without escaping, if the weather outside is very terrible and violent? The answer for all these questions is so easy, and it is as simple as looking for sweet in a sugar factory. Of course, the answer for this is a big &#8220;YES!&#8221;.</p>
<p>The antidote for all these physical and environmental threats that are literally experienced by the owner and the pet has now come to light. The product is a nascent technology launched in our markets, which can be readily put to working status. It is what we call as PETPORTE CAT FLAP.</p>
<p>The Microchip Petporte Catflap is a great remedy for cat lovers and to keep other cats out. It exists to provide advanced animal access systems to make both cats and their owners lives better.</p>
<p>This is a Collarless technology, which indeed keeps the pet away from hard and rough collars which leaves a mark on the neck of the pet.</p>
<p>Petporte Catflap was invented and patented by one of the Guernsey&#8217;s leading vets, who wishes to remain nameless, which is just a series of inventions that will be coming onto the market intended to make your life, and your cat&#8217;s life, more enjoyable.</p>
<p>Petporte is the first Catflap in the world to prevent other cats from entering your home and recognizing your cat without the need for cat electronic, magnetic cat collar attachments, heavy collar tags, restrictive collars and infra red.</p>
<p>The owner of the pet need not worry because there are no harmful magnetic fields or infra red light emitted from the device that could make the pet sick, this product is highly reliable and secure and there is no danger involved in it at all.</p>
<p>Pet Porte, indeed will be friendly equipment for the safety of the pet. The Pet Porte product is not at all complicated, and it&#8217;s really very simple and ready for use, most probably the user of this Pet Porte product will not require you to constantly refer to the manual, because the whole technology works using just two simple buttons, one in red and the other in green.</p>
<p>Only the cats which have been previously programmed by the microchip gains access through the highly tensile magic door.</p>
<p>In the PetPorte Catflap there are two distinct modes worth mentioning.</p>
<p>The modes of operation that are likely to be used here are the VET MODE and the NIGHT MODE:</p>
<p>The vet mode is most commonly used in order to keep the pet indoor due to some specific reasons. And night mode uses a little more advanced technology, in which the magic door gets automated according to the light intensity of the outside atmosphere, thus it remains locked at nights, and of course the pet will always have access through the Catflap when it is outside the house. Thus these multimodal operations make Petporte Catfap unique from all the other Catflaps.</p>
<p>Now, while discussing about the initial steps of installation procedures, makes one feel that Petporte Catflap, is designed with at most simplicity and a product that shows a great deal of flexibility.</p>
<p>Programming the Petporte is again a very short and simple process, as there are no complex steps involved, indeed the whole installation is only a single step process.</p>
<p>The owner has to just press and hold the green button (beep sound is heard) and then the pet is made to pass through the magic door under the range of the sensor porch (beep sound is heard again).That is all the owner has to do, in order to finish with the programming process, in this same method an average of 32 different cats (approx) can be programmed.</p>
<p>There may be a question arising among the users that what actually happens when the pet is made to pass through the Petporte. This is nothing but, when the pet is passed through the Petporte the intelligent sensors present in the body of the Catflap recognizes the existing microchip ID implants, so this method is highly secure and reliable and its clearly evident from this fact that stray cats will never find an entry into the house .</p>
<p>This adorable product uses an adapter that is fixed directly to the power supply, rather than using batteries which may run out frequently or unexpectedly .The power supply that enters this Catflap is very safe, and its not at all harmful for the pet in any means, here there are no chances of short circuits or earth line problems, even if the pet chews or pounces on the lead insulated cables, as the voltage is very less and it&#8217;s only around twelve volts. Thus the information in Petporte&#8217;s memory is left as it is even if there happens to be a sudden power failure.</p>
<p>The major characteristics of the magic door that is used in the Petporte is that its highly tensile and strong as it has the capacity to withstand the pouncing/attacks ,even if it is created by the toughest cat around on the streets.</p>
<p>As the door is connected to the mains power, the magic door opens/closes at the blink of an eye, i.e. in just few microseconds, so that you&#8217;re lovable cat can enjoy its play with the Petporte, even if she/he loves to dash in and out frequently.</p>
<p>The Petporte is friendly device to your pet, and it is designed in such a way that, there will not be any possibilities in which the tail or the paws of the pet getting stuck. Eventually there are no possibilities for other stray cats to enter, thus making your cat feel free and relaxed at all times.</p>
<p>The Petporte Catflap has many salient features which makes it unique and reliable when compared to all the other Catflaps. In fact the other Catflaps such as traditional, magnetic and infrared flaps have their own disadvantages at different situations.</p>
<p>Firstly, while discussing about the features of the traditional cat flaps, when used and kept under observation for few days causes many drastic moments. The result is that within one night the owner can see his house ruined i.e. his carpets torn and scrambled, urine all over the wall, the cat food missing from its tray, the pet left with the marks of being bullied-all these are the nonsense created by the non others, but the stray cats. Thus these are the adverse effects caused when traditional type flaps are used.</p>
<p>Secondly, comes the magnetic Catflaps kind of flaps, all the pets which exist with magnetic collars can gain access through the door, this is a major drawback. And the other issue is that, magnetic collars are heavily and tight, that makes the pet feel uncomfortable.</p>
<p>Thirdly comes the infrared Catflaps, these Flaps have sensors both at the transmitting and receiving ends and the door opens only if the sensor in the collar points directly to the sensor on the door. These Infrared Catflaps are expensive too, indeed the amount of complexity involved in these methods are more .Finally all these demerits or disadvantages experienced when using other Catflaps are in turn changed into an advantage, merit or a positive point when Petporte Microchip Catflap is used.</p>
<p>ADVANTAGES INVOLVED IN USING PETPORTE</p>
<p>The Microchip Petporte Catflap was invented with lots of advantages in it like,The irritation caused by the collar on a cat can be averted by the use of the cats existing microchip.With the help of locking mechanism, stray cat can be kept away from dearest cats.To understand a cat need better, this has been purely invented by a vet, therefore the cat needs can be catered much efficiently by use of Microchip Petporte Catflap.</p>
<p>The pains of bringing a cat at nights it&#8217;s not an issue, by the use of Microchip Petporte Catflap the light level will be detected automatically and thereby your cats can sub sequentially brought into house at nights.</p>
<p>With the presence of Microchip Petporte Catflap, you will be able to know, if your cat inside the house or elsewhere, the beeping system of Pet Port will make you aware of the presence of your cat inside the house. You can easily switch the beep off if you want to.</p>
<p>The presence of magnetic latch in the Microchip Petporte Catflap, keeps the flap intact when the wind blows thus protecting the cats from getting hurt.</p>
<p>The simple two button operation mechanism Microchip Petporte Catflap, gives a full control over cats world.</p>
<p>Microchip Petporte Catflap allows you to program up to 32 cats of your choice and only the cats which are programmed can be under the scrutiny.</p>
<p>The programmable microchip within Microchip Petporte Catflap prevents the loss of information about cat during a short circuit or power failure.</p>
<p>All of this comes under low voltage intake with no batteries to replace so your cat can always come back inside.</p>
<p>This product is cat friendly where the doors are specially designed and makes it virtually impossible for your cat to get its paws stuck in the door. Hence the Petporte Microchip Catflap is a divine product that has been launched in the markets in order to quench the thirst of worried cat lovers, and this is a great time for those cat lovers to make full use of this great product.</p>
<p>The product has satisfied the customers whomsoever use the Petporte, thus making the users feel comfortable and relaxed at nights rather than worrying about their pets, since there is a friend there at the door step giving at most security to the loveable pets.</p>
<p>Get yours from http://www.microchipcatflaps.co.uk/ &#8211; a website recommended by Cats Protection and Your Cat magazine.</p></div>
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<p>32 year old cat lover from Nottingham, England. Website: Microchip Cat Flaps Ltd.</p></div>
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