Sentences with phrase «partner than a pet»

«I love my dogs, and I always feel that they're more of a partner than a pet,» he says.

Not exact matches

Respondents to Fairfield's survey ranked partners and pets as important sources of support, but Zuckerberg says she was surprised to see that random acts of kindness from strangers ranked higher in value than interactions with online friends.

Less than 18 months after opening for business, this New York City - based company commands a heady $ 1.5 billion valuation and has raised $ 175 million from a group led by PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel, General Catalyst Partners, Khosla Ventures and Thrive Capital.

Benchmark partner Peter Fenton says he was attracted to a product that seemed easier to use and less expensive than others on the market.

China will this year become the world's largest mobile gaming market by revenue, earning more than $ 6 billion, says Peter Warman, CEO of Dutch mobile analytics company Newzoo, which analyses data from its Chinese partner TalkingData.

With the product category growing at more than four times the rate for pet treats overall, VMG Partners and company management helped build brand awareness and push Waggin» Train products beyond mass retail and club stores into grocery and pet retail outlets.

The BrownMiller Group, of which Peter Brown is a founding partner, led the effort to collect more than 53,000 signatures on petitions to force a city referendum requiring a new investigation into the collapse of the World Trade Center.

The research group of LMU biologist Caroline Gutjahr, in collaboration with research groups led by Peter Dörmann (Bonn University), Wolfgang Eisenreich (Technical University of Munich) and her LMU colleague Martin Parniske, has now shown that the plant contributes more than just sugars to the relationship: It also delivers essential lipids to its fungal partner.

Other top matches are Peter Parker (Spiderman) and Princess Leia (Star Wars) matching on their willingness to help others, Mr Rochester (Jane Eyre) and Bella Swan (Twilight) who were both found to be more introverted than extroverted and have higher anxiety than most, and Neighbours» icon Harold Bishop and Belle (Beauty and the Beast) who both exhibit kindness in their relationship and love spending time with their partner.

For more than 45 years, family - owned Coastal Pet Products has been a key partner and driver of success for pet specialty retailers.

A Purina survey done in New Zealand found that 31 per cent of female dog owners believe their pets have better listening skills than their partners, and 14 per cent of men say their dog gives them more love than their partner.

As was widely reported, the Phoenix - based, big - box pet specialty retailer, which operates more than 1,300 stores in the U.S. and Canada, recently agreed to be acquired by a group fronted by BC Partners Inc., a U.K. - based private equity firm.

As with our laboratory services, we are partnered with IDEXX Laboratories «Telemedicine» services which allow us access to more than 25 board certified cardiologists, radiologists, and internal medicine specialists to consult on your pet's electrocardiogram (ECG) or radiograph.

As word of the devastating flood spread throughout the No More Homeless Pets Network community, partners from more than 50 shelters and rescue organizations across the country contacted the network team at Best Friends and offered to take pets already at Louisiana shelters when the flood hit, which would free up space for pets rescued from neighboring damaged or destroyed shelters.

Across Canada, the U.S. and Puerto Rico, PetSmart teams up with more than 3,000 adoption partners who bring adoptable pets to stores to find their forever homes.

We serve as the biggest rescue partner for the city shelter (BARC) and, since our founding in 2013, have provided more than 23,000 death - row animals a second chance via temporary fosters, rehabilitation, and transport to forever homes in communities throughout the country and Canada where there is a demand for adoptable pets.

Bringing pets to adopters is a key strategy for Furkids, an Atlanta - based rescue group who partners with local shelters to save more than 4,400 dogs and cats every year.

With the help of hundreds of local animal welfare partners who bring adoptable pets to PetSmart stores, PetSmart Charities of Canada has helped more than 220,000 pets find forever homes.

In America, where residents can keep pets more freely, entrepreneurs began partnering with overwhelmed animal shelters, which often have more pets than they can find homes.

June McNicholas from University of Warwick, Coventry, UK, who found out that at three months after the bereavement of their partner, pet owners showed fewer physical symptoms, such as crying, than non-owners.

We transfer in pets from partners in Oklahoma and Texas that have limited resources and more dogs than adopters.

Rescue groups from across North Carolina partnered with the Humane Society of the United States to bring more than 100 homeless pets from Puerto Rico to North Carolina, including 40 dogs that the SPCA of Wake County will take in.

Last V - Day Americans spent more on their pets than their partners!

With the help of our animal welfare partners, PetSmart Charities has been able to assist more than 230,000 pets in the U.S. since 2007.

The West L.A. location features a boutique - style pet adoption experience with more than 100 adoptable dogs, cats, puppies and kittens from NKLA Coalition rescue partner organizations.

These signature National Adoption Weekend events at PetSmart are conducted in collaboration with PetSmart Charities ®, PetSmart Charities ™ of Canada and adoption partners — more than 3,000 animal welfare organizations that bring adoptable pets into stores where people save pets and pets save people.

PetSmart achieves this milestone together with nonprofits PetSmart Charities ® and PetSmart Charities ™ of Canada, who facilitate in - store adoptions by creating lasting relationships with the more than 3,000 animal welfare partners that bring adoptable pets to the stores.

We partner with you to take care of your companion animal on a regular, on - going basis, giving extra care and attention for a pet with a medical and / or behavioral condition.There's nothing more difficult than a «career or schedule that keeps you away from your companion animal that requires some special attention, such as an insulin shot at a particular time every day.

We couldn't ask for a better partner than SEVO - Med to help us connect with pet owners in the southeastern United States.»

According to the survey, 84 % of pet owners said they show more affection to their pet than to their partner and 54 % plan to buy their pets Valentine's Day presents.

Show breeders sometimes consider that «just a pet» dogs owned by people more interested in a couch potato or a jogging partner than a competition dog are somehow lesser dogs because they will never have a championship or an obedience title.

In 1999 the center organized an adoption drive in the San Diego area, partnering with 14 local shelters, providing homes for more than 2,500 pets, each going home with a holiday meal of pet food.

«For more than 30 years, the APA has partnered with the senior community to further the relationship between people and pets,» Javier said.

Since 1999, PetSmart Charities of Canada has partnered with more than 250 animal welfare agencies to operate free pet adoption spaces in PetSmart stores, while also offering pet food and supplies for pets while they await adoption.

With the help of its animal welfare partners, since 1999, PetSmart Charities of Canada has helped more than 250,000 pets in need find forever homes.

The volunteer - based nonprofit Heading Home Animal Rescue is SCCAS» leading animal placement partner, taking in and adopting out more pets in need from the Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter than any other partner.

From my writing partner, Kim Campbell Thornton, in this week's Pet Connection: In more than 30 years of pet ownership, I've nursed a lot of animals: a diabetic cat, a greyhound with bone cancer, an old cat with kidney disease, dogs with congestive heart failure, a puppy with a scratched cornea and more.

Currently, Pawmetto Lifeline has over 175 rescue partners in 23 states (and Canada) that have helped to save more than 5,000 pets from Midlands municipal shelters.

The Animal Rescue League of Boston (ARL) is currently partnering with Animal Rescue Front, a group dedicated to alleviating the severe pet overpopulation issue along the Gulf Coast, particularly in Mississippi; less than half of dogs in Mississippi are spayed or neutered.

A partner since 2008, Subaru has donated close to $ 14 million to the ASPCA and helped support nearly 1,000 pet adoption events, resulting in more than 11,500 adoptions to date.

They're in close contact and are coordinating with non-profit partner, GreaterGood.org's Rescue Bank program to send more than 40,000 pounds of their food for pets in the area who are in immediate need of help.

knows parrots» nutritional and behavioral needs better than most, and he or she will be your partner in providing optimal care for your pet.

Some of Petco's more than 1,500 stores offer full on - site adoption centers or stationary cat habitats where partners can house and promote their adoptable pets.

More than 3,000 animal welfare organizations partner with PetSmart Charities to save more pets» lives every day.

They also support their shelter partners by donating some 6 million pounds of pet food, treats and litter to more than 940 animal welfare organizations across the country.

«Partnering with strong organizations like the Spokane Humane Society allows us to promote pet adoptions and reduce pet homelessness in the local community,» said Jan Wilkins, executive director, PetSmart Charities, Inc. «This adoption center model allows us to save, on average, more than 1,000 pets every year.»

Interestingly, twelve (12 %) of pet owners say they love their pets more than their partners, and a whopping twenty - four (24 %) love them more than their best friend!

More than 3,000 animal welfare organizations partner with PetSmart Charities to save even more pets.

Throughout the month of February, SynergyLabs, the maker of more than 70 pet care products, will provide discounts on Dental Fresh to its distribution partners.

«There is no one better than Brad to lead Petco as we continue to be pet parents» trusted partner of choice, and continue to evolve and grow as a leader in the pet specialty business,» said Myers, a 26 - year company veteran who has been CEO since 2004.