{"id":422,"date":"2007-04-13T12:59:12","date_gmt":"2007-04-13T17:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stlouiscrittersitters.com\/wordpress\/?p=422"},"modified":"2012-08-01T13:30:47","modified_gmt":"2012-08-01T18:30:47","slug":"the-pampered-pet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.stlouiscrittersitters.com\/wordpress\/the-pampered-pet\/","title":{"rendered":"The Pampered Pet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ladue News, April 13, 2007<br \/>\nNo Author<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">With pet pampering such a popular trend, cats and dogs, especially, are treated more like a favorite relative than a four-legged friend.\u00a0 Below are a few of the more unique services offered.<\/p>\n<div align=\"left\">\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>The scoop on pet walking and, well, scooping\u2026Adding a special spark in a pet\u2019s day by providing individualized attention is what dog walking is all about.\u00a0 <strong>Critter Sitters<\/strong> offers dog owners peace of mind, knowing their dog is getting midday exercise, says owner Tammy Tvetene.\u00a0 To pamper owners, the company takes the yuck factor out of critter cleanup.<\/li>\n<li>Pets, like people, have colorful personalities\u2026Some families say their family photo galleries or photo albums are not complete without pictures of their beloved pet.\u00a0 <strong>Puppy Paws &amp; Kittens<\/strong> pet photographer Jeanne Newberry offers packages starting at $130 for an in-home sitting and portrait.\u00a0 High-end packages include the pet\u2019s image on a blanket.\u00a0 \u201cComing to the home usually takes the stress out of the photo shoot\u2014for both owner and the pet,\u201d Newberry says.<\/li>\n<li>Pet aftercare\u2026Once your precious pooch (or pussycat) has passed on, what do you do with the remains?\u00a0 For $225, <strong>Heartland Pet Cremation<\/strong> will pick up your pet, cremate it individually and return the ashes within two or three days.\u00a0 Owner Oliver King says he opened Heartland in early 2006 and has cremated about 250 pets in the past year.\u00a0 \u201cWe didn\u2019t underestimate the need,\u201d he says.\u00a0 \u201cOur customers include anyone who\u2019s taken their pet in the car while running errands and those who think about their pet when they\u2019re not with them.\u201d\u00a0 His service cremates just one pet at a time to ensure that owners receive only their pet\u2019s remains.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ladue News, April 13, 2007 No Author With pet pampering such a popular trend, cats and dogs, especially, are treated more like a favorite relative than a four-legged friend.\u00a0 Below are a few of the more unique services offered. The scoop on pet walking and, well, scooping\u2026Adding [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stlouiscrittersitters.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stlouiscrittersitters.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stlouiscrittersitters.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stlouiscrittersitters.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stlouiscrittersitters.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=422"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.stlouiscrittersitters.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":463,"href":"http:\/\/www.stlouiscrittersitters.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422\/revisions\/463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stlouiscrittersitters.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stlouiscrittersitters.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stlouiscrittersitters.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}