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Issue #172

March 28th, 2025

Quick Hits:

🐱 The world’s oldest cat only drinks one thing

🌟 A special Jimmy Fallon guest completely stole the show

🎾 American Tennis star saves injured dog on the side of the road

🥇 And the award for the most dramatic dog at the vet goes to…

💡 This Kickstarter is the world's 1st energy recovery & electronic brake Leash

😊 5 things that are cute when a dog does them, but annoying when a human does

💪 When your Alaskan Malamute decides it doesn’t want to walk anymore, you do the only thing you can

🧬 Mr Wonderful thought this cat DNA idea was a poee of crap, little did he know how much money he as going to make from it

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Wednesday

• Impressive milestone - The Farmer’s Dog reaches more than $1B in annualized revenue.

• Hello Walmart - The Pets Table (owned by HelloFresh) just launched in Walmart. This marks the brand’s first in-store retail distribution.

• 150-year conglomerate - Banks are lining up approximately $2.35 billion in debt to support the proposed leveraged buyout of Patterson Companies Inc.

• Petco x Uber - Petco’s wide selection of pet essentials is now available on the Uber Eats platform nationwide.

• Best pet stocks - Billionaire edition - These are the 8 best pet stocks to buy according to billionaires.

• Waggin’ the tail - Wag! Achieved 17% quarter-over-quarter growth in all key metrics of platform participants, revenue, and adjusted EBITDA, with Q4 revenues of $15.4 million.

• Buffalo is getting an upgrade - J.M. Smucker Co. is investing $52.6 million in upgrading its Buffalo facility.

• A lot to chew on - Chewy’s CEO released a video to discuss Q4 and full-year 2024 earnings.

• From socks to franchise deal - Andrew Heath, one of the founders of Bombas, signed a three-unit development agreement with K9 Resorts Luxury Pet Hotel in Connecticut.

• Swedish deal - Swedencare AB has acquired 100% of the shares of Summit Veterinary Pharmaceutical, a UK-based company, for $39M.

• The brand whisperer - Cesar Milan has partnered up with Xcel Brands Partners to launch "Trust-Respect-Love" pet brand.

• New blood - Dog Stop announces new leadership.

• Another NFL player was charged with dog fighting - 190 dogs were seized from the property of Leshon Eugene Johnson, who now faces federal charges for dog fighting.

• Saved from tornado - This dog’s parents saved him from an incoming tornado, however, the internet is furious with the parents.

• Buc-ee’s vs Barc-ee’s - The one is suing the other for trademark infringement.

• Doing amazing work - PetSmart charties donates $5 million to local animal welfare groups.

• We like round numbers - Lemonade Pet just added Louisiana, making their pet insurance available in 40 states.

• Move over dogs - New study reveals cats can be fantastic therapy animals.

• The most dangerous - These are the top ten reasons cat owners call the Pet Poison Hotline.

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• Hitting the market - BioCraft gets approval from the Austrian government to begin selling their cell-cultured dog food.

• Milk Bone x Jif - The long overdue collaboration your dog will absolutely love.

• Complete superfood - Badlands Ranch just released Bison & Beef dog food crafted with 87% premium proteins and 13% fruits.

• Software Development Manager at Chewy

• R&D Senior Product Development Manager at Mars

• Head of Brand at Bark

• Director of Influencer and Partnerships at The Farmers Dog

• VP of Marketing at Veterinary Emergency Group

• Product Marketing Manager at Napo

• Senior Manager at Embrace Pet Insurance

• Marketing Coordinator at Pure Treats Inc

• Family-friendly pet adoption event in Kea'au, Hawaii

• 13th annual Pints ‘n’ Paws returns to Sanford, Florida

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