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Yeepet’s Popular Pet Business Contest was featured on SBTV.com. Check out the Daily Business News video to view our featured segment.

The pet business contest is an excellent way to drive more pet owners to your products or services. You could be the winner of an advertising package worth $1,200!

Even if you don’t have a pet business entered into the contest, reviewing and rating the contestants counts too. Three lucky Yeepet members will be given prizes worth $300!

If you haven’t added your pet business and if you haven’t rated and reviewed the contestants, go to the contest page now.

For the individual wishing to learn more about animals or who wants to turn their love for them into a career, there are some excellent courses out there. Here you can find a great starting point or focus for your favorite courses to teach you that much more about your beloved animals.

1. Reading Your Dog’s Mind - This class will help you to get into the mind frame of your dog and understand why they act the way they do. This teaches dog lovers about their beloved pet’s thought process and helps them to understand their problem solving skills and behavior within key areas of their lives.
2. World Zoo Today - This truly unites and informs every type of animal lover from every part of the world. This is an excellent class to teach you about all types of animals and helps to reiterate your love for these creatures. You can learn some great facts and gain insight into the animal world in general.
3. Hollywood Animals Exotic Animal Training School - If you’re hoping to sharpen your skills on exotic animals or wish to find a career in working with them, this is an excellent course. This can even help you to understand the world of exotic animals and can serve as an excellent educational course. Well worth looking at for the learning experience alone!
4. Animal Care Training Programs - This is an excellent starting point if you wish to seek a career in animal care. You can learn what it takes to care for animals and gain the valuable skills required to work in this field. There is a lot of training involved in such a career, so this is a great place to begin.
5. Animal Behavior College Program Review - If you are an animal lover that has wanted to take your passion to the next level, look no further. Here you can take your love for animals and turn it into a rewarding career within the animal care field. You can gain all the skills required and begin an excellent education in this field.
6. Advanced Animal Behavior - Not only can you take an excellent class on animal behavior to help prepare you for a career, but it’s free. Add to that the fact that it’s at MIT and you have yourself an excellent program that attracts animal lovers from all over. This can teach you about animals from a very scientific point of view, and is a great springboard for entering into the animal kingdom.
7. People and Other Animals -This shows the history of animals and how they interact with people, showing the patterns that have developed over time. From evolution all the way up to present day showing the way in which animals have been a part of human life along the way.
8. Radiological Science - Though this is a more indirect connection to animals, it can be helpful if you plan on making a career within this field. If you plan to become a veterinarian for example or wish to work in such an office, this is a very helpful course. It can teach you just how to handle this particular aspect of animal care.
9. Birding.com - This is an excellent course for bird lovers as it digs deep into this niche. You can learn everything you ever wanted to know about bird watching and the knowledge you gain will go into the world of birds as a whole. Well worth the time investment and an excellent option.
10. Amphibian Embryology - Though not always the most popular of animals, learning about amphibians can provide excellent insight into other creatures. This course will teach you about the development and evolution of these animals.

As any animal-lover and owner knows, animals require a lot of care and knowledge.  These sites allow you to take that to the next level, and ensure access to some of the highest quality information out there-for free!

Mary Ward is a freelance writer and likes writing about animal-related career topics, such as how to research and choose among online veterinary technician courses, how to apply for online college grants, and more.

Are you always trying to find new and exciting places to take your pet? Well, check out these pet events in Ohio and Illinois . You’re sure to find an outdoor community event with free giveaways or one with a contest. You and your pet better enjoy the outdoors before winter creeps back into our lives.

Some pets just know what they like, and they have their ways of letting you know their opinion. However, when it comes to pet care (grooming, training, etc.), you can’t really ask your pet how the session was for them. Instead, you have to rely on other pet owners, so how can you get the best advice and reviews on pet businesses and services?

Check out these pet-friendly yellow pages. You can find restaurants that allow pets as well as boarding, recreational activities, etc. that are right in your own area. If you know of a great pet business, add it to Yeepet’s database so other pet owners can know more about it. Reading other people’s reviews can also help you find eco-friendly options for your pet too.

Are you into the latest pet fashions? Well, if you want to see the top pet designs, go to the fashion capital of the world this weekend. From Aug. 22 to Aug. 23 from 10 am to 6 pm, the 4th annual New York Pet Fashion Week will take place at the Metropolitan Pavilion . There will be a trade show with loads of new products, so you can stock up on items you need or at least window shop for the things you and your pet have been wanting. In addition to the trade show and fashion show, there will be a dog grooming challenge.

If you attend this event, be sure to look out for the eco-couture designs, which will be showcasing their designs on the runway. Be sure to post a comment if you attend…it’s too bad I don’t live closer to New York City!

Puppies are adorable, but when you’re potty training them, they’re sometimes not so cute. Doggie wipes, pee pads and sanitizers are convenient items to have on hand, but there are greener ways to potty train puppies. Did you know washable pee pads exist? There might even be other eco-friendly puppy training products you don’t know about, so learn more by reading Puppy Training: Ways to Reduce Waste.

Angel’s Gate is an extraordinary facility dedicated to caring for physically challenged, abused and abandoned animals. I have posted about it several times, because I respect the work they do. Currently, they need your help to continue caring for the special animals they take in. Every day they are spending $200 on food, and the pets also require veterinary care, which is another costly expense. Angel’s Gate Founder Susan Marino is a compassionate person who has given helpless animals a second chance. Please visit their website and find a way that you can contribute to this worthy cause. You can mail them supplies from their Wish List or volunteer your time to build housing for the animals. Also, monthly monetary donations are appreciated.

Do you take the time to bond with your pet? When you get home from work, you should set aside some quality time to play or love your animal who has been waiting all day for you to come back. A fun way to bond during the summer and fall is to take part in a dog show.

Grooming your dog and cheering him/her on can be an extraordinary bonding experience. If you have never competed in a dog show, you should start attending some this spring to get a feel for it. Read the following article to learn how to groom your dog properly to get it dog show ready: Doggie Glamour.

Cigarette smoke is not only bad for the environment, it also poses a health risk to your furry companions you have at home. It’s difficult to stop smoking whether you have help or not, but would you quit for the sake of your pets?

If you have no idea how cigarette smoke negatively affects your dog, cat, etc., then check out this article for more information: Quit for Your Pets. It might give you more of a reason to quit, or at the very least, it might make you more conscious of your smoking habit. Making small changes to when and where you smoke can keep your pet healthy and decrease your future veterinarian expenses.

Everyone is cutting their expenses and trying to live simpler lives. While this might the last thing you ever wanted to do, it will benefit you in the end and make you less frivolous with your money. However, that doesn’t mean you can’t get that new pet you’ve always wanted.

Having a dog or cat in your home can help you balance your emotions and give you someone to talk to. Studies have even show that pets decrease blood pressure levels. If you want to find out how to raise a pet with little money, check out the following article: Getting a New Pet in a Down Economy.