Bring your dogs to the Mines Shopping Mall in Seri Kembangan on April 16 & 17. You can take your canine companion on a boat ride while enjoying a foot massage at the same time. Snacks will be served during this hour-long cruise. (Pre-book at www.petzunleashed.com)
“Only the massage cruise is pre-booked. The normal 30-minute ride called the Greenery Cruise can be boarded anytime throughout the day at Petz PowWow@The Mines,” said Steven Lee, Wonder Snow Sdn
Bhd assistant operations manager. The company is co-organiser of Petz PowWow@The Mines 2011.
Royal Canin pet food suppliers is the main sponsor, while the Aeroline luxury bus liner will be giving away free bus tickets to Singapore and Penang for the contests organised during the two-day event.
Other booth vendors include Q-Net (M) Sdn Bhd, Starbucks, Canadian Pizza, A&W and Da Vinci Creative Kids. Headshot Media Production will also be at hand at the jetty to take professional shots of those boarding the boats with their dogs.
“We will also be coming up with special IDs cards for pets which can be used later for special purchases, discounts and other services available on www.petzunleashed.com,” said Sam Teng Jian, founder of Headshots, a company specialising in photography and videography.
Shape magazine will also be running Best Dressed Pet Contest, Most Photogenic Pet(s) & Owner Contest and Best Pet & Owner Lookalike Contest.
The Malaysia Cat Club will also be present with cat exhibitions and fashion shows. Doggie fashion shows will be presented by Pet Fashion.
There will be interesting talks given by vets on grooming, as well as diet tips for cats and dogs. A canine myofunctional therapist and animal communicator, whose booth is called Happy Dogz, will also be giving a talk on the healing benefits of reiki for animals.
Dog demonstrations will also be held, apart from workshops on topics such as Getting To Know Your Pet’s Behaviour and Baking For Your Pets.
As part of their CSR programme, Petz Unleashed is providing booths for free to animal rescue organisation Malaysian Dogs Deserve Better, and shelters such as H.O.P.E Johor.
Among one of the many contests Petz Unleashed ran onwww.petzunleashed.com was for the most innovative idea to raise funds from a booth. The winner, S. Kogila Vani, 30, proposed to use her booth as a pet bakery, selling a range of dog biscuits, cakes and cookies made of wholesome ingredients for both cats and dogs such as Apple Crunch Pupcakes, Peanutty Pupsicles, Bad Breath Banishers, Banana Biscotti and Carob Loaf, just to name a few.
To help the NGOs with their adoption drive, Vani is also offering people who adopt animals coupons that will entitle them to freebies and discounts when they show proof of adoption.
Cats included
Cat lovers won’t feel left out at the Petz Pow Wow. Malaysia Cat Club or Kelab Kuching Malaysia will also be participating.
Kelab Kucing Malaysia (KKM), founded in 1979, is a non-profit organisation that aims to protect the uniqueness of the cat breeds and create a loving and caring environment for all cats.
Exciting features lined up for cat lovers include a Cat Fancy Dress contest and Best Decorated Cat Cage contest.
“In keeping with our objectives to promote animal welfare, we will be holding a cat adoption drive, and will be giving talks on proper diet for cats, grooming and conducting a vaccination programme,” said Kelab Kucing Malaysia president Khalid Rashid.
Also check out the categories in the fun cat show: Heaviest Cat, Most Lyrical Eyes, Most Purring Cat, Most Unique Pattern, Cat with Attitude.
Source: The Star
