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Welcome to the official start of summer! I have just finished scheduling my own vacation for this year, which will take place 10/11-22. My team of sitters will be available during that time, but you’ll need to schedule early to ensure a spot. Have a wonderful summer!

I hope everyone is enjoying this beautiful weather! I just sent out the spring newsletter this weekend, so if you did not receive it let me know. I also wanted to remind everyone to schedule their summer pet sitting as soon as possible. Summer is traditionally a busy time, and the sooner you make those pet sitting arrangements, the better the availability will be. Thanks!

I’m making my annual pitch to my clients regarding digital photos of their pets. If you have photos you can send me for my database, that would be fantastic! A picture is the best description you can give of what your pet looks like, and we like to keep them on file in case of emergency. Please email them to me at info@calmpets.com at your earliest convenience. Thank you in advance for your assistance!

There is currently legislation being proposed to allow pet care expenses to become tax-deductible. It is called the HAPPY (Humanity and Pets Partnered Through the Years) Act, and is being sponsored by Rep. Thaddeus McCotter of Michigan. If you are interested in encouraging this legislation, you can visit https://secure2.convio.net/aspca/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=2605, which is the ASPCA Advocacy Center, to notify your representative that you are for it.

I hope everyone had a wonderful 4th of July! For any of my clients in the Hamden area, Herman’s Hermits will be playing this Friday at the Hamden summer concert series. Yippee! If you’ve never seen them, they are extremely entertaining and put on a fantastic show. Visit www.hamden.com to get the details, and I hope to see some of you there!

In a couple of weeks a colleague & I will be taping a segment on Pet Talk (a Cablevision show) about Pet First Aid. It will air sometime in July, and as soon as I have a copy I’ll post it on my website. Hope everyone is enjoying the nice weather!

I’ve decided to start sending out a quarterly newsletter to everyone. It will include any notable updates from that quarter, as well as some useful information for pet owners in general. If for some reason you didn’t receive it via email, let me know and I’ll be happy to send another one out to you. I hope you enjoy it!

Yesterday a colleague and I taught our first PetTech First Aid & CPR course. Among the newly trained are two of our own pet sitters - Chris Antonucci & Sue Boll. Congratulations to both of them, as well as all the other attendees!

A colleague and myself will be hosting the PetTech First Aid & CPR course on Saturday, April 4th, in Stratford from 10:30am to approximately 2:30pm. This course includes various first aid techniques, rescue breathing, CPR, muzzling, bleeding & shock management, and snout-to-tail assessment. Pre-registration is offered until 3/27 at $85 per attendee, including the materials. Pre-registration is limited to 8 people and is non-refundable. Cost at the door is $100 per attendee, also including materials. Please let me know as soon as you are ready to confirm so I can send you the address to submit payment, and feel free to contact me with any questions!

Every year around this time I like to ask for digital pet photos to keep on file. If you can send me ones of your pets, that would be fantastic!