My Poor Mat

Kelly and I recently bought this memory foam mat that felt incredibly plushy. Stepping on it almost felt as if your feet had sunk into the ground. It is the most prized piece of mat in the house, and so we positioned far far away from our two rascals.

However, our efforts were in vain. Their fur were already making their way to the new mat. It's almost like how plants and flower pollinate the Earth. They follow you under your feet, and then lay to rest on our precious carpet. Pet owners know what it's like to remove fur from clothing and mats. To put it bluntly, it's simply a pain in the ass.

It was then that I recalled about an item we bought from the Taiwan Pet Expo this year, solely to fight the spreading of fur that's taking over our fabrics.

Though there's already many similar products in the market in Singapore, what caught my eye were the words "Washable & Reusable". We haven't actually gone through all our loot from the Pet Expo. With a short prayer, we unpacked it and put it on, pinning all our hopes on this untried product.

 It wasn't anything fanciful at first glance. Plain o'l gloves with a fabric feel at the back. However, something was different at the palm area. Its made of this synthetic material that doesn't stick like lint stickers does. So now, its time to get it to work!








A picture says a thousand words. A video, is a whole different level. Lets watch.




The glove did exactly what it was made for, to remove fur. I haven't tried it on clothes yet, but I believe it will work as good as lint removers or stickers. The difference between lint removers and this glove is that you can easily use it to dig deep into edges and corners of your sofas and beds to remove those irritating furs that has been stuck there for centuries, simply because it takes the shape of your hands and fingers.

 Apparently there are already tons of demo videos on Youtube for the SwiPets gloves. It really works!

We are always looking out for better pet products at PawMart. Many more tests and reviews to come!

All videos are recorded via our smartphones, thus the slight grainy video texture.

That's all we have to start off the month of October. Oh my it's almost the end of the year. 

Time flies, doesn't it?

Travis

PawMart

Odor odor odor... Gone!

We recently tried out Odorgone, an air deodorizer by Halo Pet Products. The results were amazing. We are truly impressed!

How it works

Odorgone is made up of bio enzymes and essential oils (the kind humans uses). When sprayed into the air, It then seeks out organic wastes and eliminates any odor causing bacteria.

Its anti bacterial effect also helps to prevent future bacterial growth and the recurrence of bad odor. Best of all, its eco friendly, and safe for your family and pets.

The Test 

We tried it at our doggies' sleeping area, which were situated in our bedroom. Yes, they have managed to steal their way in years ago, taking up a quarter of the space. We have to get past them before reaching our own beds everyday. Naturally, there will always be a kind of odor lingering when you have two dogs and humans in the room. I'm not saying that it smells, but there's certainly room for improvements. Leaving the windows opened didn't help much too. Without any wind, the air in the room is quite poorly circulated. Furthermore, with the recent haze, we're probably better off leaving the windows closed.

We used our first two sprays and what greeted us was a fragrance like no other. Odorgone was not like your everyday commercial air freshener. It has a light and soothing taste to it, somewhat like lemongrass mixed with vanilla. If my mind didn't play tricks on me, it brought a kind of freshness to the surroundings, I felt a tinge of a stress relieving effect at that moment.

You know how commercial air fresheners that you buy at the supermarkets is like. The air will instantly smell like a man with heavy cologne that just exited the lift. Everything goes back to normal in less than 10 minutes Sometimes the freshener's flavor will mix badly with the odor in the room and make everything worse. We wanted to see how effective Odorgone was, and we left the room to carry on with the day's business.

It was only until night when we returned, and we have totally forgotten about our little experiment in the day. While brushing my teeth, I suddenly recalled about the product test. Breathing in hard, I really can't smell anything funky in the room. The doggie odor did come back a little the second morning, so I tried Odorgone again. Same gentle fragrance, same effect.

It has been five days since we tried our Odorgone. Its smelling lesser like a dog house and more like ourselves. The only way to eliminate the dog odor totally was to remove the two of them from the room. Every time we tried, Peanut will be whining outside and Sasha would be scratching at the door asking to be let in. The heart wavers, and everything goes back to square one.

Other areas to use Odorgone

We had some ideas on where we could utilise this product to its fullest. Some other areas we thought we could use Odorgone were:

• Toilets
• Grooming Areas
• Cat litter boxes
• Shoe Racks
• Store rooms

We were thinking of using it on shoes and stuff, but that's another trial for another time. Just to add on to what was said above, We were using Odorgone for Cats. The Cat and Dog series are of different formulas, and we found the Cat's series had a more appealing fragrance.

Do remember that this product should not be used directly on your pet's!

Do try out Odorgone by Halo. As a fellow pet owner, we recommend it from our own user experience. Please approach us at PawMart for a sample today if you wished to try it out. It only costs $26.90 for a fresher smelling room. Totally worth it!

PS: Just to add on to what was said above, We were using Odorgone for Cats on our doggie bases. The Cat and Dog series are made of different formulas. We simply found that the Cat's series had a more appealing fragrance. Information from Halo was that both series are interchangeable, and has no adverse effects on either species. 

XX Crossing out Ticks.... XX

Hi Everyone!

It was the season of doggie parasites last month due to the hot and humid weather. Lots of doggies that came for grooming had ticks and fleas on them. We had a few busy months getting rid of these pests for the doggies, thus the lack of posts... ( Excuses...)

With the abundance of ticks, we decided to do an experiment with some de-ticking products we had on hand. The two that we tried were BioX d'Bug Spray and Remove Tick & Flea Biocontrol Powder.

Just a slight introduction on these two products.

BioX d'Bug

Safe and Ecofriendly is their tag line. This product is claimed to be safe for mammals and birds. Non staining and non flammable. Targets effectively at ticks, fleas and mites.

I have been using BioX d'Bug for almost a year. I would apply on a tick infested dog before even the deticking process starts. The reason for doing this is because the ticks would immediately fall off the dog once the spray touches them. It is that amazing. The ticks must really hate the solution for them to do that.

It would have normally taken me another thirty to forty five minutes to remove them as they are often found latched on the skin, refusing to budge. Though effective, the remainder of the ticks would still have to be removed one by one. A de-ticking process would normally take two to four hours, depending on the state of infestation.

Alot of customers who had tried to remove the ticks themselves often left the insects' heads still embedded on their pet's skin. This would eventually cause skin irritation to your pets. What's worse? If you have accidentally squeezed the tick before removing it from the skin, bacteria from the parasite would flow back into your pet, causing a possible tick fever. Each tick would have to be removed wholly by a groomer or vet with utmost care.

Remove Tick & Flea Biocontrol Powder

Uses naturally found microbes to target pests like ticks and fleas. It paralyses ticks and fleas and kills them within a week. Safe and non toxic and contains only natural materials. Effective on larval, eggs and adult stage of pests.

It was my first time trying out this naturally made powder. Personally, I was skeptical about it. It was similar to Diatomaceous Earth, a naturally occurring sedimentary rock that can be made easily into powder form. Damn "Chim" (hard to understand) ... The layman way of explaining how it kills pests such as fleas and ticks? Just think of a powder that's so fine it goes into the carapace of the ticks and kills them from the inside out, piercing through their innards...

Ok ...  too descriptive there.

From my observation, the tick in the video looked irritated with the amount of powder around it almost immediately. It was observed to be moving away from the powdered area. Activity weakened after 30 mins, and by day 1, the tick rolled over and died. The same thing happened to the other 15 ticks I put in. Smaller ones dies faster. The largest tick died after 4 days.

End Note

The purpose of this post is not to compare the two products, but to offer other alternatives to flea and ticks removal other than the usual Frontline, Spot On, Flea collars etc.  You can have the strongest and most effective pet pesticide in the world applied on your pets, but how many of them are truly made for the animal's well being? Would it kill your pets along with the pests?

You will never know.


Travis @ PawMart

Remember Member

Hello everyone!

We've recently noticed that we have a lot of customers who had not signed up as a member on our webstore. There is a difference between an account sign up and a membership sign up. Read on...

Why sign up?

By signing up for membership, you will be always on our mind, and thus you'll always be informed on latest deals and happenings at PawMart! Your shopping experience will also be greatly enhanced, as there will be no more typing of billing addresses anymore. A simple click will have your billing information generated, saving you the hassle of keying in your details.

Whats more? You can also view your previous orders, just in case you forgot which brand of pet food your pet was having. ( it happens to us too, we understand :) )

There is also a feature for you to upload your profile picture, making your account more personalized. (You would need to have a Wordpress account to do this). You can also upload your pet's picture if you want to, making it more interesting!

We also have plans for more membership benefits this year. Do not miss this chance to sign up for free!

How to sign up?

To sign up for membership, just click on the log in button on the top right corner and register a new account if you have not done so. If you have already have an account with us, log in and apply for membership!

Do take note that it will be an entirely new account set up different from our previous website at ecommerce.pawmart.com.sg . You can always email us at admin@pawmart.com.sg should you encounter any problems with signing up. 

For the month of May, PawMart will be giving a small gift of appreciation with every new membership sign up with purchase. 

Join us today!

Signing off,
The Team @ PawMart

Have you heard?

Psst... I heard from my pets that someone "Bombed"  our web store front page with lots of "Share" promos... Oh well, they will never know who was behind it... (grin)

Share Promos

Have you noticed the green button called "Share" ? A simple click on that button lets you share a promotion that gives you immediate discounts, and even better, your friends on Facebook can also enjoy this deal! The above illustration is just one of our specials. We are planning for more such promotions, so stay tuned! Don't shy! Just Click! Visit www.pawmart.com.sg to see more!

Review Columns & "Like" Functions

There are also Review columns and Like functions below each product for you to comment on. If you have any questions on the product, or had a great experience while using it, please feel free to share on the column. The floor is now yours. We want to hear from you! Shoot away!

Just a short post tonight. Really hope to see more comments by our customers. I get really bored at home when my pets are not around. SOMEBODY ! CHAT WITH ME!

Oh well.. gotta go!


Peanut So
H.o.D PawMart

Enhanced Our Ride!

Well well.. We've finally found time to do up a new post. Hoped everyone had a great time during Chinese New Year!

As announced last month, PawMart's pet taxi is now enhanced with pet safety harnesses! The new Pet Vehicle Safety Harness comes with a fully padded vest, breathable mesh liner inside for comfort and heavy duty steel components (tested to 1300kg). The best of all is that it fits all vehicles! Simply clip it on the seat belts and you are all set to go~

Why are Vehicle Harnesses important?

I'm sure some pet owners who drives would have experienced this. Imagine ...

Scenario 1 

You are driving along the highway with your dog at the back seat. An inconsiderate driver in front of you brakes suddenly, causing you to jam your brakes too. At this moment, you might have forgotten that your pet is seated at the back seat. The sudden braking sends him/her flying off the back seat, landing in an awkward position. To make things worse now, you can't stop at a highway to adjust your pet back to a safe position. What comes after is that you would be so distracted by your pet's whining that it hinders your good judgement. A simple trip out with your pet has now become more dangerous than ever.

Scenario 2

You are driving with your pet at the front passenger seat. I know that some of us like to let them sit at the feet compartment area, hoping that they will stay still throughout the ride. Most often then not, they would try their best to climb up to your lap and cuddle with you, if they are small enough. Now you have a dog on your lap, trying to give you kisses every now and then. The driver gets distracted again, endangering himself and other motorists.

With the pet vehicle harness, your pets will no longer be wandering around in the vehicle while you are driving. The steel clips integrates with the seat belt tension device to provide a range of motion when traveling but locks during sudden stops.  At least now, you have less worries about them when there is a need for sudden brakes.

Milo the Westie was our first customer to try out the new harness! Milo loves watching cars and likes to look out the windows while traveling on our pet taxi trips. This time round, he was snuggled nicely into the harness and sat still throughout the trip. He still gets to move around the back seat, but this time round, we know he is much more safer.

At PawMart, your pet's safety is our utmost concern. If you own a vehicle and likes this product, you can buy it from our web store at www.pawmart.com.sg  Comes in four different sizes. Get it now for a safe journey on the road with your pets!

Till next time.

The Team @ PawMart

2013, The Year In Review...

As we embark into 2014, let us review our year, in numbers..........

170 Days of Pet Sitting/ Boarding

Pet Sitting / Boarding would be our most popular services among all others. With a total record of 170 incident free days, you can be rest assured that your pets are in our good hands. By filling a simple form, we would have all critical information recorded for emergency contacts, preferred vet clinics and food allergies that your pet have. Any further instructions that you might have for us would be given at the face to face meet up prior to the pet sitting period. You certainly can enjoy your holidays without worries when you leave your pets to us!

100 Pet Taxi Trips

A simple pet taxi trip may turn disastrous with a careless driver. At PawMart, we don't take safety for granted. Each trip is driven with care when transporting your pets. We provide carriers for the protection of your pets, just in case they get restless and starts jumping around in the backseat. We also have a water proof canvas in place to prevent them from falling below the seats. 

Why should you use our pet taxi service instead of a normal cab? 

1. Unlike most cabs, we do not require your pets to be in a carrier during the car ride. This reduces stress from travelling for your pets.
2. You no longer need to wait for cabs by the road with your pets, which at most times, unsuccessful when there are few cabbies who are willing to transport animals.
3. You don't need to listen to the driver grumble about your pet's fur drifting in the cab.
4. We understand that pets tend to salivate, thus we have a water proof canvas ready to catch all that drool!
5. Most importantly, we are animal lovers ourselves!

In 2014, we will be upgrading our seat belts to pet friendly harnesses. This will surely enhance your pet's safety while travelling in our vehicle. Stay tuned for more updates on our blog!

42  Food Donation Trips to Shelters

We had a fulfilling year, doing our part to support donation drives for both Madam Wong Animal Shelter and Oasis 2nd Chance Animal Shelter. All food donations are transported down to the shelters free of charge. With a good process system in place, rest assured that your donations will reach the shelters. For more information, do read our blog post on the donation process at http://pawmart.blogspot.sg/2013/08/the-donation-process.html










Food supplies for the animal shelters largely depends on kind donations from the public. So do start the year with a donation to a good cause! If you do not have a vehicle and have difficulties to bring the donations down yourselves, please do not let that feeling stop you from donating. PawMart is always here to assist with the shipping! Simply order them from our website under the Donations tab, and we will process your order and shipping from there. Hassle free!

36 Blog Posts

Since moving our events page to this blog spot in May 2013, we have written 36 posts in total. Thank you for taking time off to read about us, and forgive us for any bad grammar that you may have spotted in our posts. Some may say blogging is no longer relevant or trendy for businesses, but we still believe that we can convey our messages to our customers through our writings. Do read our blog when you are feeling bored on a train ride, waiting for a next appointment, or even before going to bed!

5  Outdoor Events

Even though we are an online business, we believe that we should step out of the Internet and reach out to pet owners in person. To achieve this intent, we participate and sponsor outdoor events every year. This year, we were involved in a total of 5 outdoor events:

1. Movie Mob Pet Fiesta by Honda/ APE
2. SPCA World Animal Day
3. Causes For Animals Howl-o-ween Dog Contest
4. Cat-In-A-Box Flea Market @ Lock+Store
5. Christmas Market by Animal Lovers League and Cat Welfare Society 

Even though the world is much digitalized now, we must never lose the human touch! That is why we still do deliveries ourselves as much as possible, so that we can meet up with customers and their pets in person. A small chit chat goes a long way to building a great friendship!

1 New Addition to the Household

As all of you would have guessed it, it's Madam Bear! She's been staying with us coming to more than three months now. I think she had earned her place as a PR . Our two dogs are also very respectful towards her, always respecting her boundaries and never once did they try to snatch her food away.

Although she's still being boarded at our place, we already treat her like one of our own. Our everyday lives now revolves around her. Waking up an hour earlier everyday to prepare her food in the morning, changing the diapers, cleaning and bandaging her skin sores and to exercise her limbs. After a day's work, we come home for another round of the same activities we did in the morning. She's receiving acupuncture treatments for her front legs currently. Taking care of her made us understand the meaning of resilience and perseverance. We would like to thank all the donors and sponsors who came forward to help her, and she wouldn't have made it this far without all of you. Cheers! Visit her Facebook Page at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Mdm-Bear/371578456293499




That roughly sums up 2013 for us. May all of us have a prosperous 2014 ahead!

A Million Thanks for all your support,
The Team @ PawMart

A Magical Christmas

On December 3rd, we received a strange e-mail of plea from a lady at Allegan County, Wish Bone Pet Rescue. This was what she wrote.

After reading it, we were rather intrigued by this strange request from half a globe away, and we clicked on the blog link given in the mail. Our hearts melted the moment we saw Sandy.

We went on to read her blog and came to know that this cutie had lost her favorite pink squeaky yarn ball! It was always on her mouth on every picture we saw. A volunteer threw it away accidentally it seemed. She also went on a hunger strike due to the sad incident. Michele, the lady who contacted us, was quite worried about Sandy's depressed state. A lot of her enquiries to local pet stores on the yarn balls went unanswered. Somehow by fate or some mysterious works of God, Michele managed to find the exact same ball on our web store and contacted us. 

This was the first time we received such orders. We were all ready to get the yarn balls packed and sent over, but there was just a small problem. The shipping cost, to our horror, was a whooping $50. It just doesn't make sense that shipping costs were more expensive than the shipped items. That got us pondering on how to get these precious balls over, as we did not want a customer to pay for such absurd shipping costs.

Time was precious as we did not want Sandy's hunger strike to go on for too long. Just as we made the decision to bear all the costs ourselves, some sort of divine intervention happened again. One of Kelly's friends was going to the United States for a holiday! After explaining the whole story to her, she offered to bring them over and then ship them to Michigan from New York. She was a real life saver!

All the time while the yarn balls were en route to the States, we were praying that they will not be lost during the shipping. Finally, on December 18th, we received a reply from Michele that it has reached her! Mission Accomplished! There was still one last step to go, for the balls to arrive at Wishbone Pet Rescue.

23rd December

Sandy finally received her early Christmas gifts on December 23rd. She was so excited that she couldn't even wait for the packaging to be removed. The best part was, instead of just one replacement ball, we had sent over five yarn balls to her! Five times the happiness for her~

None of this would have been possible if not for a prompt response to a plea for help, a trusting heart and a helpful friend. Thank you!

Just what came over us to do this (sending gifts to a shelter dog halfway around the globe), we will never know. Nevertheless, it was a great way to end the year!

This year's Christmas was truly a magical one. 

Wishing all a Merry Christmas,

From The Team @ PawMart

Read more about Sandy at www.sandyfromallegancounty.blogspot.com

Our New Rewards System

From 2014, PawMart will be adopting a new rewards system.

Introduction

For the past 5 years, we have been giving out cash rebates to our loyal customers. Buying of pet supplies has since become a mundane task to pet owners, and just having cash rebates ain't exciting anymore. 

With that in mind, we have decided to revamp our Rewards System, to give you and your pets what money can't buy.

We present to you now.......

What's PawCubes?

PawCubes is a new initiative by PawMart, an exciting new feature which is added into our rewards system.

Whats the Difference?

Let us do a comparison on the two cards. 

The Old Rewards System

Total value of completed card is only $15. 

For every $40 you spend, you would be entitled one reward stamp. 

Card expires in 6 months.

The old card was focused on giving cash rebates on top of our discounted prices, making pet supplies and accessories affordable for you.

The New Rewards System

Total value of a completed card would be $30 worth of gifts.

For every $50 spent, you will be entitled to one reward stamp.

Card expires in 1 year.

Hamster PawCube - $10 worth of merchandises
Kitten PawCube - $15 worth of merchandises
Doggie PawCube - $30 worth of merchandises

*The rewards system is not applicable with any other ongoing promotions


Our new Rewards System will now focus on giving you more merchandises to pamper your pets, on top of our discounted prices. By doing this, we create value for you as your expenditure stays the same, but you would be getting more out of it. Prices of pet products have been going up every year, but we would continue to do our best to keep prices as affordable as possible for pet owners, in anyway we can think of.

No doubt that it makes a difference to your monthly expenditure with cash rebates, but deep down inside, we all know what our pets really wants. It would be to have more toys, more food, and more love from you! With PawCubes, it will most often come with items you or your pets may need, and hopefully we can surprise you with every redemption!

We sincerely hope that you will enjoy this exciting new feature with us. Cheers!


The Team 
PawMart

What are we, without You?

Just yesterday, we received an encouraging SMS from a customer. The nice lady also wrote us a long testimonial. This was certainly a testament of what we had set out to do when we started the company. We would like to share it with you guys here. Below is Karen's email to us, unedited except for the email address and contact number due to privacy concerns.

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Sender Details
Send Date	2013-11-13 21:38:02
Name	Mickeygal
Email	(confidential)
Contact Number	(confidential)
Message	Dear All, I would like to recommend Pawmart to all pets owner in singapore! Because this is the best pet food online store and best service I have met. My story with Pawmart, Ms Kelly, was 1yr ago, where I am searching online purchase for my dog food (as I do not have time to visit the pet shop), and I search "pet food online singapore" on GOOGLE website. Although Pawmart was not shown on the 1st page of the search, but I somehow by chance manage to click Pawmart.com.sg on the next page of Google. Everything start with a SMS from me to Kelly. She reply to my SMS promptly and answer to my queries, and able to make delivery arrange to me without any delay. That was the 1st time I had online order for my pet food, which after calculating, the pet food that I bought (with Pawmart) was 20% cheaper than buying from pet shop after member "discount". In the past 10yrs, I have been buying pet food from normal shops by my own, and carrying the heavy stuffs back home! But buying from Pawmart solved my buying hassle completely! My 1st delivery order came on time, delivered by Travis, with a smile. And I received a "Pawmart Reward Card"! I kept it with me. 2months later, I need a pet food order again, I remembered Kelly, so I SMS her, delivery arrange..etc. And this goes on, one fine day, only then I realize, wow...I have been such a loyal customer, with a completed reward card all stamped! And I get my rewards, its a $15 discount. It is such a good news for me, because it means my pet food order this time is $15 cheaper! My story with Pawmart was such a great one, because they not only solve my buying hassle, they also solve my dog's grooming hassle! Basic grooming or Full grooming, not a issue for me at all. Because Kelly and Travis are able to make arrangement according to your preferred date and time, do the grooming service at your home, while you able to continue with your housework, tv, computer..etc. Travis has recently done Full grooming for my medium size dog, and he really put in the effort to do the best and not interrupting me while I am having a group chat with friends. He took more than 1hr, as my dog needs nail cut, shave down with matted furs. Next is bathing time, I passed him the towel, and I saw some red scratch marks on his hand, but he did not complain to me (I knew it's definitely done by my dog). I am so sorry to see his reddish scratched marks, and the sweats on his face, but still talk to you with a smile. He has shown such passion and professionalism! Thank you Travis! I am really glad to have known Kelly and Travis, you both are great! The 1st SMS message is such a worthwhile, because it bring me as another friend to you, and it bring you both another loyal customer! Thank you and keep up the great job! Regards, Karen & Mickeygal

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We had only known and served Karen for a year since 2012. Her testimonial could be the best birthday present that we had ever received ( yes, we are both November babies). This year, we had also received quite a number of good reviews from our customers, old and new. You can read them up under "Recent Posts by Others". It just reassures us that we are on the right path. Your feedback are really important to us!  Thank you!

Though it's impossible to please everyone, we will continue to do the best we can for our customers, in terms of customer service and responsiveness.

YOU

are the reason that keeps PawMart going. 

For Passion, and Purrrrrfection!

The Team
PawMart

The Donation Process

Ever wondered where and how your donations are processed and eventually arrive at the shelter? Let us do a short run through on it. We just did another delivery to the shelters today and we took some photos. Lets take a look.....

Step 1

Donating through the PawMart website

If its your first time donating, do go to our website at http://pawmart.com.sg. Go to Donations tab and you will see the different shelters that we are serving. All items for Donations are already greatly discounted for the shelters if you compare to the original retail prices. Choose one shelter of your liking and you will see their preferred items for donations. Simply check out and choose the correct delivery option to your preferred shelter. Provide us with the necessary fields that needs to be filled up. If you wished to remain anonymous, please indicate on the "Message to Retailer" to let us know.

Step 2

Transfer payment via Internet Banking or ATM transfer

We seek your understanding that the payment has to be done first before we proceed, so as not to have bogus donors trying to disrupt the donation operations. After we receive payment, we will keep the donor updated on the status of the donations. 

Donations will only be delivered by PawMart. We most often try not to send to the donor's home and let the donor deliver down to the shelters themselves. This saves everyone time, and we can ensure that the donations reaches the right shelter.

Step 3

Loading of Donations

With the payments, we will procure the donated merchandises. Donations are sent down on a weekly basis. Normally we will consolidate till there's enough to fill up our little 小白 (our little white KIA), or as and when the shelter requires. Please pardon us that we do not have a van. We had a hell of an experience with our last Opel Combo, but that's another story for another time.
And yes, that's Travis doing the hard work, with his weekday "Uncle" look outfit. Black framed spectacles, uncombed hair, polo tee and berms. *Yikes*

Step 4

Delivery Commences

So onwards we move, driving down this road countless times with the 3 x pooh bears staring at us and nodding their heads. For those who've never visited them before, Madam Wong Shelter and Oasis 2nd Chance Animal Shelter are located along Pasir Ris Farmway 2, inside Ericsson Pet Farm.

Step 5

Arrival of Donations

Upon reaching there, we will unload and hand over the donated items to the shelter care- taker over there. For Oasis 2nd Chance Animal Shelter, we would always pass to Romi (right). For Madam Wong Shelter, it would be Madam Wong herself receiving.

Romi will then move them to a kitchen where all donations are placed at. 

Step 6

Proper Hand/ Take Over of Donations

Invoices are then shown and signed by Romi, indicating a handover of donations. Each donor will have their own invoice. If any donors wished to see the signed invoices, we can always scan a copy or mail it to you. Donations are counted again to ensure nothing is left out. Photographs of the donated items will also be taken. 

From here, we will then let the Shelter in-charge know of the handing over via SMS or phone call. The shelter in-charge would then thank the donor on the shelter's behalf, either by posting it on their Facebook Page or via SMS. Most times it will be on a nice photo with a thank you note, like the one above.

This was what we delivered just four days ago. It was a total of 60 lbs of dry food and a carton of canned food. There was some left over packs and it piled up quite high with the resupply.

When we arrived today, we were surprised to see that the supplies were already dwindling. This was really no joking matter. The shelter dogs really need more.

With the donations that arrived today, about 195 lbs of dry food and 2 cartons of canned food, we hope that it could last them just a bit longer this time. I would estimate that it would take a week before it runs out again.











We hope that by doing up this post, the public would be less skeptical when donating to animal shelters or welfare groups. PawMart has a proper procedure as illustrated where we ensure the donations reaches the right people. So do not feel insecure if you wish to donate through us. We are just normal people running a pet business, at the same time trying to provide a portal for donors to donate conveniently.

Our friends always asked us why we would spend our time and efforts helping strays and abandoned pets at shelters. We often can't answer them in words. Its really a mix of everything that stirs our hearts.

It is when we hear the stories of the founders who sacrificed much to start the shelters.
It is the admiration for people who volunteers and donates consistently.
It is when we see young volunteers spending their weekends walking the shelter dogs in the evening sun.
It is the regrets we had that we spent our youth not doing something as meaningful.

So we would always tell our friends, " Do it, and you will know why" .

Do it today.


Signing off,
The Team
http://pawmart.com.sg

(Dog) Food For Thoughts 2

Just some updates on price changes. Natural Balance has done it yet again. Prices are going nowhere but up, up and up. Suppliers has provided us some alternatives and we now share them with you. This post features the comparisons of the Weight Control formulas, Lamb formulas and Fish formulas.

Natural Balance Reduced Calorie                                        AvoDerm Natural Canine Weight Control   Price Per LB: $8.60                                                                           Price Per LB: $4.70
First Six Ingredients: Brown Rice, Chicken, Duck Meal, Lamb Meal, Oatmeal, Barley	First Six Ingredients: Ground Whole Brown Rice, Ground Whole White Rice, Chicken Meal, Rice Bran, Oatmeal, Avacado
Natural Balance Lamb Meal and Rice                                                          AvoDerm Natural Lamb    Price Per LB: $7.10                                                                                                                   Price Per LB: $5.60
Ingredients: Lamb Meal, Brown Rice, Ground White Rice, Rice Bran, Canola Oil, Lamb	Ingredients: Lamb Meal, Ground Whole Brown Rice, Ground Whole White Rice, Oatmeal Rice Bran, Chicken Fat(Preserved with mixed Tocopherols)

Natural Balance Lamb Meal & Rice                                              Zignature Lamb Formula Price Per LB: $7.10                                                                                Price Per LB: $6.30
Ingredients: Lamb Meal, Brown Rice, Ground White Rice, Rice Bran, Canola Oil, Lamb	Ingredients: Lamb, Lamb Meal, Peas, Pea Flour, Pea Protein, Flaxseed
Natural Balance Sweet Potato & Fish                                               Avoderm Natural Dog Salmon  Price Per LB: $7.80                                                                                  Price Per LB: $6.30
Ingredients: Sweet Potatoes, Potatoes, Salmon, Salmon Meal, Canola Oil (preserved with natural mixed tocopherols), Potato Fiber	Ingredients: Peas, Salmon Meal, Potatoes, Pea Flour, Canola Oil (Preserved with Mixed Tocopherols), Tomato Pomace (Source of Lycopene)

We are dog owners too and we understand that sometimes its just hard to just switch brands. One of the things to consider about would be whether my dog would adjust to it or not. If you buy new dry food and they don't eat them, what's the point? Well, I always feel that its worth the try. In the end, their welfare is our utmost priority. Our pockets, second to that.

The illustrations above are just for your considerations. Sorry if I angered any Natural Balance fans. No offense intended~ Look out for the next Dog food for Thoughts post. We have more comparisons to share. With that, til next time. Byeee

Signing off 

The Team

http://pawmart.com.sg