Pets in Buckeye
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$20 $10
Up to 50% Off Veterinarian — 43rd Ave. Animal Hospital Valid Monday - Friday 8 AM - 5 PM
43rd Ave. Animal Hospital
North Mountain
$50
$25
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Canine or Feline Exam Package with Vaccines and Rabies Vaccine at Anthem Pet Medical Center (53% Off)
Anthem Pet Medical Center
Anthem/North Phoenix
$137
$65
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Three Days of Dog Daycare or Two Nights of Pet Boarding at Doggie District (70% Off)
Doggie District
Paradise Valley
$70
$21
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$70 for a Veterinary Package for Cats or Dogs from Tatum Point Animal Hospital ($170 Value)
Tatum Point Animal Hospital
Phoenix
$170
$70
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Two Days of Pet Boarding at Learning Pawsibilities (53% Off)
Learning Pawsibilities
Phoenix
$80
$38
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Full Grooming Service at Aunt Tina's Pet Spa (Up to 50% Off). Four Dog Sizes Available.
Aunt Tina's Pet Spa
Ahwatukee Foothills
$60
$30
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One Day of Doggy Daycare with Bath & Nail Trim or Two or Four Nights of All-Inclusive Boarding with Bath & Nail Trim at Sherry's Pampered Pets (up to 54% Off)
Sherry's Pampered Pets
Phoenix
$40
$20
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Pet Boarding at Canine Country Club and Feline Inn (Up to 58% Off). Four Options Available.
Canine Country Club and Feline Inn
Phoenix
$75
$35
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Grooming for a Small or Large Dog at Preppy Pet (50% Off)
Preppy Pet
Tempe
$50
$25
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Two Overnight Boarding Passes or Three Daycare Passes at Doggie District Pet Resort (Up to 52% Off)
Doggie District
Tempe
$80
$40
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Veterinary Services, Three Days of Day Camp, or Three Nights of Boarding at Arizona Pet Resort
Arizona Pet Resort
Phoenix
$49
$24
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Four Days of Doggy Daycare at The Barking Dog (53% Off)
The Barking Dog
Scottsdale
$128
$60
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Pet Exam and Optional Vaccine at Cochise Animal Hospital (Up to 55% Off)
Cochise Animal Hospital
Scottsdale
$53
$24
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$25 for $50 Toward Grooming at Gilbert Dogs 24/7 & Chandler Dogs 24/7
Gilbert Dogs 24/7 & Chandler Dogs 24/7
Multiple Locations
$50
$25
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Vaccination Package for a Cat or Dog at Riggs Road Veterinary Clinic (Up to 59% Off)
Riggs Road Veterinary Clinic
Chandler
$134
$55
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Grooming for a Small, Medium, or Large Bird at Arizona Bird Store (50% Off)
Arizona Bird Store
Holiday Village Neigborhood
$10
$5
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$38 for Two Nights of Dog Boarding at Happy Pets Palace & Playground ($76 Value)
Happy Pets Palace & Playground
Mesa
$76
$38
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2 Nights of Dog Boarding or 5 or 10 Days of Dog Daycare at Claws N' Paws Pet Grooming Service (Up to 55% Off)
Claws N' Paws Pet Grooming Service
New River
$61.90
$29
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Dog or Cat Check up and Vaccine of Your Choice at Companion Pet Clinic (Up to 54% Off)
Companion Pet Clinic
Gold Canyon
$85.45
$39
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Arizona Pet Vet is a network of 17 animal hospitals peppered throughout the Valley area. The veterinarians use modern treatments and therapies to care for animal companions, treating each pet like an important member of its owner's family. The company doles out tips for bringing home a new pet on its website and exhibits evidence of the animal kingdom's capacity for cuteness on its Facebook page.
The scene is a familiar one: hotel guests lounge beside the outdoor pool as staff members filter around, offering refreshments or collecting clients for a spa treatment. However, at Pet Paradise, the pool is bone shaped and all the guests are dogs. This luxurious scene is one cat and dog owners can find at this boarding and daycare facility that has been owner Fred Goldsmith's pride and joy for a decade. The animal lover was inspired to start his own pet hotel when he simply couldn’t find a place he was comfortable leaving his bichon frise when he went on vacation.
Fred made Pet Paradise to his exact specifications, and the pet hotel's amenities reflect the loving care he lavishes on his own beloved pup. Dogs and cats can luxuriate in spa-quality grooming treatments or burn off some energy during group playtime. In the evening, pets can settle into plush bedding and feel safe knowing that the dedicated live-in staff resides just a bark away. Nocturnal kitties spend the night exploring their own private six-level cat condos while gentle spa music fills the air to keep them entertained. In case of any emergencies, Pet Paradise keeps veterinarians on-call, and in the event of a snack emergency, each staff member is a certified bacon cook.
Domestication: The Pick of the Litter, Litter After Litter
It?s important to take good care of your pet?after all, it?s the product of millennia of domestication. Read on to learn more about how once-wild animals found a place in our homes.
If you raised a siberian husky pup and a wolf cub side-by-side, giving each one the same food, training, and number of belly scratches, you would still wind up with one tame creature and one wild one. So why the difference? Though both creatures are technically the same species Canis lupus and share virtually the same DNA, only the husky's genes are programmed for domestication. The traits we associate with domestication?such as friendliness, calmness, and even floppy ears?have all been selected by humans and passed down from one generation of huskies to the next. In simpler terms: nature created the wolf; we bred the husky.
An example of the domestication process can be seen in a famous Russian experiment using arctic foxes. Beginning in 1958, scientists took an assortment of wild foxes and selected only the few that showed a specific trait?friendliness towards humans. They allowed those foxes to breed then selected only the friendliest of that litter, and so on and so on. After only a few generations, the foxes began to exhibit behaviors never found in their wild ancestors, such as whining and tail wagging. What's more, the domesticated foxes took on new appearances, sporting more juvenile features and spotted fur. Though the strange new foxes might have been considered a new species, they?like dogs to wolves?were just a domesticated version of the same wild foxes.
Although dogs have been domesticated for roughly 33,000 years and cats for 12,000, no one is quite sure how either species came to be domesticated. One of the most popular theories is that only the least aggressive animals were permitted to hang around early human settlements, and over time, humans began breeding the friendliest of the bunch. The advantages were clear: dogs aided in hunting, while cats kept food stores free of rodents and protected the villages from laser pointers.