GateHouse News Service
Pet Tip: High-tech pet innovations

Here are three pet-related Internet innovations to keep pet lovers entertained:

- Sniffing out pet news: There are probably as many pet Web sites as there are pets in this country. Love pictures of cats wearing clothes? It's out there. Craving the company of like-minded canine lovers? You can find it online. From sites for lovers of specific breeds to ones on health, behavior and emotional support, as well as blogs on every pet-related topic imaginable, it's possible to spend hours online sniffing out the content you seek. There also is a site -- petcharts.purina.com -- that fetches top pet-related news, video, photos and blog content and brings the best stuff together in one spot.

 

Patti Minglin
GateHouse News Service
Tracy Paulson has just e-mailed her consultants, put the final touches on a new marketing campaign and contacted a nonprofit about an upcoming fundraiser. And it’s just 8 a.m.

Now she’s ready to get her two boys, 7 and 9 years old, off to school.  

 

Jessica Young
GateHouse News Service
Searching for a strip of sidewalk flanked by decent stretches of grass on both sides, Steve Holtsford was determined to teach his oldest daughter how to ride a big-girl bike.

“Those initial sessions are frustrating for both parent and child,” said Holtsford, an emergency room physician. “I just kept thinking ‘Oh my gosh, why is she not getting it?’ In retrospect, maybe she wasn’t ready, and I was trying too hard.