Gold Winner Pet Valu, Spring Garden Road Silver Winner Global Pet Foods, Dartmouth Bronze Winner Bark & Fitz With Bark & Fitz’s closure this past year, there’s a new pet supply store BOH champ, and it’s Pet Valu, squeezed into a ground-level storefront on Halifax’s main drag.  Carrying pet food for cats, dogs, bunnies, fish […]
Bark & Fitz
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Best Pet Supply Store
Gold Winner Bark & Fitz Silver Winner House of Dogs Bronze Winner Jungle Pets The fall is the buying season, explains owner Christine Greening, so Bark & Fitz is stuffed full of new dog and cat accessories. Consider the Indoor Launcher from Chuckit, a ball-whipping machine that is certain to keep your pup amused with […]
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Best Pet Supply Store
Pet pampering and accessorizing is the name of the game at Bark & Fitz, the local franchise of a national brand. They provide grooming services, food and all manner of cute and functional dog and cat stuff for any Fifi, Shadow, Rex or Snoopy. And there can be no doubting the interest of the staff […]
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Best Pet Supply Store
The business calls itself “Canada’s Healthy Choice for Pets,” with locations in Bedford, Dartmouth and at Bayers Lake, carrying brands such as Nature’s Harvest, Natural Balance, Wellness, Holistic Blend, Home Made 4 Life, Healthy Paws and many more, including dog health supplements. Or pick up a few accessories, everything from beds to bones, creates to […]
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Shoptalk-lets: local business round up
Looking for a new and effective way to train your dog? A local company is offering The Clicker Leash, which might just be the ticket, bridging the techniques of dog whisperers and other more traditional types of dog training. Clicker Leash expert Adina MacRae will be offering a free demonstration of the leash at Bark […]
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How to have a dog-friendly summer
Jake is 12. His black-lab muzzle has gone grey, his limbs are a little stiff and his hearing isn’t as sharp as in his canine prime. But his master, graphic designer Jamie Sinclair, still takes him regularly to the Halifax Common and Jake loves being out there, where he’s been walked most of his life. […]