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San Francisco-Area FETCH! Pet Care(TM) Locations Under New Ownership
Nation's Leading Name in Professional At-Home Pet Care Providing San Francisco-Area Pet Owners With Unsurpassed Professional Pet Sitting and Dog Walking Services; Discounted Pet Care Services Now Offered as a Value Add to California State Automobile Association (CSAA) and AAA Sojourns(R) Members Throughout the San Francisco Region
| Source: FETCH! Pet Care
SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwire - February 19, 2008) - FETCH! Pet Care, America's first, only
and most sophisticated pet care franchise offering professional pet sitting
and dog walking services, today announced two of its flagship Bay-area
locations within its network of 144 franchises, which service more than
10,000 active clients throughout 1,500 cities and towns in 33 states across
the U.S., are under new ownership.
Jesse Martinez now owns and operates FETCH! Pet Care of Noe Valley, and
Catherine Jash now owns and operates FETCH! Pet Care of Presidio Heights.
Both entrepreneurs are capitalizing on a unique opportunity to combine
their love of animals with a proven, turnkey home-based business for one of
the lowest capital investments in the franchise industry today.
Combined, they are providing pet owners throughout San Francisco, including
Noe Valley, Castro, Glen Park, Diamond Heights, Haight-Ashbury, Richmond,
Seacliff, Pacific Heights, Presidio Heights, Cal Hollow and the Marina,
with a range of services that meet every need and budget, including
boarding and daycare in the sitter's home, overnight sitting or daily
visits in the client's home, private and group dog walks, pet taxiing, and
miscellaneous home care. A free in-home consultation permits clients, pets
and sitters to get pre-acquainted and address each pet's unique needs.
"Selecting a sitter to care for a pet and a home is a critically important
decision," said Martinez. "Now, there's no need to impose on family
members or friends, or subject one's pet to kennel boarding. Our highly
trained staff of sitters ensures all pets receive the love, attention and
skilled treatment expected of a professional caregiver, and that the
client's home remains secure."
Jash notes, "The demand for professional pet care services is at an
all-time high -- especially those that allow pets to maintain their routine
while receiving the attention they need. With many pet owners frustrated by
the lack of professional and reliable caregivers, or reluctant to kennel
their pets due to health and other concerns, our safe, convenient, and
nurturing care provides peace of mind."
FETCH! Pet Care recently announced it has forged a first-of-its-kind
partnership with AAA, North America's largest motoring and leisure travel
organization, to offer AAA members exclusive discounts for -- and
streamlined access to -- FETCH! Pet Care's professional pet and home care
services. Through this first-of-its-kind partnership, members of the
California State Automobile Association (CSAA) -- a division of the auto
services club that provides travel services and benefits -- will enjoy an
ongoing 10% discount off FETCH! Pet Care services each time they provide
their AAA Show Your Card & Save® membership card number.
FETCH! Pet Care has also partnered with AAA Sojourns®, a division of AAA
that offers high quality, custom-tailored vacations, to offer its high
caliber pet care services as an exclusive value add within the AAA Sojourns
2008 Member Benefit Program. Under this agreement, AAA Sojourns will bundle
a $20 FETCH! Pet Care discount coupon with select worldwide vacation
packages offered to its members. The AAA Sojourns bundle will also include
the 10% discount off FETCH! Pet Care services each time a member presents
their AAA Show Your Card & Save® membership card number.
As part of the grand opening celebration, through March 31st, 2008, FETCH!
Pet Care of both Noe Valley and Presidio Heights are offering a 10%
discount off each new client's initial service. FETCH! Pet Care of Noe
Valley may be reached by telephone at 415 692-4986 and via email at
noe@fetchpetcare.com. FETCH! Pet Care of Presidio Heights may be reached
by telephone at 415 644-5882 and via email at ph@fetchpetcare.com. All
other San Francisco-area locations may be reached by telephone at
415-563-3824 and via email at sf@fetchpetcare.com. All locations
throughout the United States may be accessed online at
www.FetchPetCare.com.
About FETCH! Pet Care, Inc.
Founded in 2002 and with over 1,500 service areas across the United States,
FETCH! Pet Care is the pet sitting industry market leader -- the new face
of pet care in the 21st century. The company offers a humane alternative
to kennel boarding by providing loving, in-home overnight and/or daily care
to any kind of pet in the most professional and reliable manner possible.
FETCH! Pet Care's carefully selected, screened and trained pet sitters and
dog walkers, who are all pet owners themselves, have serviced over 10,000
clients this past year alone. Entrepreneur magazine included FETCH! Pet
Care in its 2007 feature "7 Hot Businesses That Can Make You Rich," named
the company among its coveted "Franchise 500" in both 2007 and 2008, and in
January 2008 ranked the company as the nation's 24th Top New Franchise,
89th Top Home-Based Franchise and 73rd Low-Cost Franchise. FETCH! Pet Care
has also been featured in Small Business Opportunities magazine's top 20
"Boom Businesses" to get into in 2007 and named among Pet Product News
International's "25 to Watch in 2007." For franchise information or to
find a location near you, visit the company's Web site at
www.FetchPetCare.com or call the corporate office at 1-866-FETCHME.