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Monthly Archives: November 2009

Local Spotlight — Pure Ayre

By Michelle | November 23rd, 2009
This month’s spot­light is James Mitchell, founder of PureAyre made by Clean Earth Inc. PureAyre is a safe prod­uct that gets rid of annoy­ing odors and lit­er­ally cleans the air so peo­ple and pets can breathe easier. Pure Ayre lit­er­ally breaks down the mol­e­c­u­lar com­pounds that cause odor. It elim­i­nates cat urine odor, gets rid [...]
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Can My Pet Get Swine Flu?

By Michelle | November 23rd, 2009
Dr. Louise Mur­ray, direc­tor of med­i­cine at the A.S.P.C.A. Bergh Memo­r­ial Ani­mal Hos­pi­tal in New York City, responds: On Nov. 2, test results con­firmed that H1N1 influenza, also known as the swine flu, had been trans­mit­ted to a house­hold cat in Iowa by human fam­ily mem­bers ill with the virus. Two mem­bers of the fam­ily [...]
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October Pet of the Month — Meka

By Michelle | November 8th, 2009
Meka is the beloved Chi­huahua of Laura and Gary.  Meka plays a very impor­tant role as mas­cot for Peo­ple United for Pets (PUP), a small dog res­cue in Issaquah.  Almost two years ago, they nearly lost her.  After spend­ing sev­eral days at Alpine Ani­mal Hos­pi­tal, it was deter­mined through diag­nos­tic tests that she has Irri­ta­ble [...]
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