Local Pets Resources: Thursday Is National Pet Day

National Pet Day is Thursday, April 11, and what better time to care for your critter? Or perhaps this is the right time to adopt a new pet.

According to petdayusa.com, the day was started by celebrity pet lifestyle expert and animal welfare advocate Colleen Paige in order "to celebrate the joy pets bring to our lives and to create public awareness about the plight of many different kinds of animals awaiting a forever home in shelters all across the nation."

There are a few popular Pittsburgh-area shelters where you can adopt pets, including Animal Friends along Camp Horne Road in Ohio Township and the Animal Rescue League along Hamilton Avenue in the East Liberty/Larimer neighborhood of Pittsburgh.

If adoption's not for you, the immediate Robinson-Moon area still offers many places to care for your current pet on National Pet Day. Here are some of those local resources:

Pet Sitting

Country Roads Kennels

Merlyn Kennels

Camp Bow Wow Doggie Daycare and Boarding

Sarwood Kennels

Crafton Kennels

Parkway Kennels

Grooming

Blue Ribbon Grooming

Grooming Tailz

Hruby's Dog Groomer

Supplies

Just Dogs! Gourmet 

Petco

Veterinarians

Robinson Animal Hospital

Thornwood Veterinary Hospital

Animal Medical Center of Kennedy Township

McKees Rocks Veterinary Clinic

Moon Veterinary Hospital

Metropolitan Veterinary Center

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