small pets : All posts

Cat wins gift basket; enter your pet to win

Spaz, a 9-year-old cat from South Lyon, won today's drawing for the AnnArbor.com weekly Friday Pet Blogging contest.

Spaz's owner, Christina Beverly, will receive a gift basket loaded with cat goodies from the Humane Society of Huron Valley.

Every week through August, HSHV is giving a gift basket filled with pet supplies to one winner, drawn at random from all the entrants for that week. The items have all been donated by Pet Supplies "Plus" on Plymouth Road.

More after the jump…

Pet Blogging contest: Feline wins package; enter your pet to win this week

A 9-year-old cat from Superior Township won this week's Friday Pet Blogging contest.

Trixie's owner, Brad Poore, will receive a gift basket loaded with cat goodies from the Humane Society of Huron Valley.

Every week through August, HSHV is giving a gift basket filled with pet supplies to one winner, drawn at random from all the entrants for that week. The items have all been donated by Pet Supplies "Plus" on Plymouth Road.

More after the jump…

Slideshow: Friday Pet Blogging: Dogs, cats and one patriotic piggy

Welcome to this week's installment of Friday Pet Blogging! Here is a gallery of photos that readers submitted of their pets this week.

To see names and hometowns, doubleclick on the slideshow and view it on Flickr.

To participate in Friday Pet Blogging and enter the contest, e-mail a new photo of your fuzzy friend anytime during the week to pets@annarbor.com. Please include the animal's name, age, and city or township of residence in the e-mail. Make sure the photo is at least 600 pixels wide and in jpg format.

We compile the week's photos into a slideshow, which we publish and promote on Fridays here in the Pets section. Each submission is assigned a number, and we hold a random drawing after the new gallery is published. Winners are announced on Mondays.

More after the jump…

Frontier Airlines allowing small pets on board

Frontier Airlines is joining Southwest Airlines in allowing customers to bring small pets on board.

The AP reports:

The airline said Wednesday it would let passengers bring along their small dogs, cats, rabbits, guinea pigs, hamsters or small birds for $75 each way.

That matches the price charged by another low-fare carrier, Southwest Airlines, which began allowing customers to bring small pets on board last year.

More after the jump…