January 26, 2012
Hi Everyone -- We are now well into the New Year and I= am so excited when I think of what lies ahead for A1A Pet Sitters. This year, we = have decided to make a few ‘online’ changes. While I believe that change, simply for the sake of change, is not always a good idea, I believe that change that brings us closer to our clients, and the pets that we care= for, is change for the good.
We decided that in 2012 that it was time to retire the= original A1A Pet Sitters website (you know the one – pink background - white p= alm trees), and put up a new site. In retrospect, a lot has happened since that site went live, and we were in ou= r ‘pet sitting infancy’, back in 2002. Dusty, our golden retriever who has graced our homepage for the past ten years, passed in February 2010, after a long battle with lymphoma. For this reason, the fight against canine cancer= is very close to our heart. We realize that times are hard right now for many people, but we ask those who can to consider this a cause worthy of contrib= ution. Our pets give us a great deal of love and joy and they ask little in return= .
If you were among our early clients, you may recall the ‘A1A Paw Prints’ newsletter that we published monthly. Rising production costs and postage rates eventually forced us to discontinue the newsletter, but today – thanks to the ‘blogosphere’ we are able to convey this same content to you via forums such as this. And don’t forget that we now Tweet…(no comments please, bird owners= ) - join us on Twitter by clicking the icon at the top of our home page. Become a follower and we promise not to inundate you with worthless information (rea= lly).
And finally, I want to mention our new look on the web= . For this, we give huge kudos to Matthew LoBello, at= LoBello Arts for making this happen, and in record ti= me too. Thanks Matt.
And thanks most of all, to our loyal clients who have = been with us during this past decade - to all of you who trust A1A Pet Sitters w= ith your furry family while you are away!
-- Mary Jane