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7/29/09 There is a new training class available! Sign up now! There has been a change in the date of the shot clinics next month. The actual date of the clinic will be Saturday, August 8th. ========== Another basic obedience dog training class has been added with Deborah Van Gelder. The class will be starting Wednesday, August 5th from 3:45pm-4:45pm. If you are interested in the class, they are an 8 week class and will cost $85 for the entire class($90 if you need to use a credit card). Proof of shots are required for the class. 6/17/09 There is a new training class available! Sign up now! Deborah Van Gelder is adding 2 more classes starting Saturday, June 20. Puppy training at 10:00am and basic training at 11:30am. The dates for these classes are as follows: June 20, 27 July 11, 18 August 1, 5 & 22 We will have news shortly about shot clinics happening in July! Keep posted! 5/19/09 As we approach the middle of the year 2009, things have been moving upward for us since the fire at our old location 8 months ago. Paws... has been nominated as one of the Inland Empire's best businesses in the 2009 Best of the IE HOTLIST contest. Voting begins Monday, May 18th and runs through Friday, July 10th. Please vote for us and help keep the buzz going! Visit http://myfoxla.cityvoter.com/paws/biz/104970 to vote for Paws... 2/27/09 We are happy to announce another date for photos with Moonlight Magic Photography March 22 from 12-5pm. The packages start at $49.99 and require a $10 deposit up front. Please call us at 909-793-0898 to schedule an appointment. 2/23/09 We are excited to announce another opportunity to adopt here at Paws. The Benevolent Animal Rescue Committee's mission is to control the dog and cat population and find the best new home possible for abandoned pets. Our rescued dogs and cats include strays, pets turned over to us by their owners, and some that we rescue from city and county shelters. We alter every dog and cat BEFORE they can be adopted. We keep every animal until successfully placed. We take back our adopted pets for their entire lifetime. We have a network of volunteers and foster homes that help us reach our goals daily. Although we are a small group, we rescue, alter, and find loving homes for about 1800 dogs and cats each year. We are excited to be able to offer potential adopters a place to come and meet our pets. The B.A.R.C. adoption fair will be held every Saturday at Paws from 12pm-4pm and will begin this Saturday, February 28, 2009. Hope to see you all there! 2/6/09 We would like to thank EVERYONE who came out in support of our Grand Re-opening of Paws. From our vendors: WellPet, Natura Pet, Merrick, Mars Pet Care(Nutro, Greenies, Royal Canin), Nature's Variety, Scooble, Natural Balance, Elizabeth Kulbin from All Four Paws, Nancy Gallop from Gems 4 Paws to all of our wonderful customers, you all made the grand reopening a success! Thank you again for your continued support! ========== WE ARE NOW ON FACEBOOK!!! Join us and help spread the news! http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=55356190763 If you have a Facebook account, come join the group and tell everyone you know who shops with us to join as well! ========== We are also having Dog Training Classes starting next week! 1st clast starts Wednesday Feb 25th at 5pm The class will be an 8 week class meeting once a week for 1 hour. The cost is $85 Deborah Van Gelder will be the instructor! Call or visit Paws at (909)793-0898 and sign up now! First class 2/25/09 Wednesdays 5-6pm Basic obedience All dogs must show proof of current vaccinations. 2/6/09 We're having our grand re-opening from 10am to 4pm. We will have TONS of cool stuff going on such as: - Appearances from several of our manufacturers such as Merrick, Nature's Variety, Natural Balance, Eagle Pack, Royal Canin, Nutro - Prizes/Giveaways - Discounts on lots of pet food - Professional pet photography from Moonlight Magic - Plus a VERY special appearance from Duke, the University of Redlands mascot It's going to be an awesome event and we're inviting everyone to come celebrate the new store with us! Be sure to tell everyone you know as well! 1/18/09 We are coming close to our Grand Re-opening on Saturday, February 7th from 10am-4pm. We are welcoming everyone to come down for the big event! We will be having several specials, prizes, gift baskets, professional photographers on-site, vendor appearances, and a very special appearace from Duke, the University of Redlands Bulldog mascot. We hope you all can come down for this special event as we continue to "Spread The News" about our new location on New York Street Also, we have a couple friends who need a good home.. Meet Lenny and Squiggy.  We are 7 month old kittens that were brought to the Redlands Animal Shelter when we were 6 weeks old. We have enjoyed our time at the shelter playing with all the nice people but really want a place to call our own. We get along with dogs and cats and purr all day long. Right now Paws is helping us find a home. Maybe that home is yours...? 1/18/09 Happy 2009! We hope everyone had a wonderful and safe holiday. Thank you also to everyone who has returned to us this past month of being back at our new location. It is very encouraging to see your continued support. With that said, we are announcing meeting for the Redlands Dog Park located at our store! The meetings will be held on the third Monday of each month. The next meeting is this Monday, January 19th at 6:30pm. Please join us to find out how you can help make the Redlands Dog Park a reality! Thank you again so much for your continued support this past month. Please continue to "Spread the news"! 12/26/08 We wish all of our amazing customers a very happy and safe holidays this year. If you're looking for a nice stocking stuffer, check out the new 2009 calendar from Bad Dog. This year's calendar features a picture from our beloved Ffloyd! The calendars are available at most gift/novelty shops and at malls such as Ontario Mills, Inland Center and Tyler!  12/16/08 After 3 months of staying closed since the fire, Paws is finally open! We truly appreciate EVERYONE for waiting for us and returning after all this time. If you haven't stopped by yet, please come in! Final Update #211/26/08 Once again the opening date of our store has to be pushed due to the negotiations with our insurance company. We apologize again for any inconvenience as we are also anxiously waiting for the re-opening of Paws. The official opening of our store will be on December 15th. We are anticipating the opening of our new store and are excited for you all to come visit us! Final Update (???)11/16/08 Our new location is coming into shape, but our previous estimates of a November 15 opening have proven to be optimistic. Having reassessed our present situation, we estimate at minimum another two weeks until our location is ready to set the shelves and begin restocking them. Our current projection is for a December 1st opening. We are painfully aware of the need for Paws to be re-opened, both for our community and for ourselves. This year more than in the past, the Thanksgiving holiday reminds us that despite our recent misfortunes, we continue to be greatly blessed. We truly appreciate the continued loyalty and extended patience of our customers. NEW STORE LOCATION!!!We are moving forward towards reopening! Our new location has been secured and we are currently going through the build out. In a couple weeks we should be open at our new store located at: 912 N. New York St WE NEED YOUR HELP!With our new location underway(still TBA), we are looking for some new ideas for the new store. We're open to any and all suggestions our loyal customers may have. Please fill out this poll below and if you have any other ideas, send them to store@pawsredlands.com. It has now been one month since the fire, and slowly things are moving forward. We are in the negotiation phase of a new lease, and we hope to have that concluded early this week. Once we take posession of the building, we will need to do a quick build-out, install phone, alarm, and computer systems, and complete the necessary inspections by the city and we will be open for business. It is our fervent hope that we can be open by November 1, but if this experience has taught us anything, it is that all things operate in their own time. The continued patience and good wishes of our customers is appreciated. We know that many of you depend upon us for the supplies you need to care for your pets, and you are the driving force behind our rebuilding efforts. We wish to dispell some of the rumors which have been circulating around town. There are many going around. These are merely the ones we are aware of. 1. Paws burned down because of a coffee pot. UNTRUE The fire's origin was in the counter where we have faced our customers for the last 12 years. There is nothing electrical, chemical, or otherwise suspicious to point to as the source of ignition. The cause of the fire is yet undetermined, but the most likely explanations are either a faulty blinking LED collar(made in CHINA), or less likely, a spill of an animal fat (i.e. Salmon Oil) cleaned up with a natural fiber towel (paper, cotton) which combusted. The entire incident is caught on our security cameras, and it trully apears to begin out of nothing. The term "Act of God" has come up many times. 2. Our insurance won't cover our damages. UNTRUE Traveller's Insurance has provided us fantastic service and has been exemplary in their handling of our claim. We have completed the claim on our contents and should receive disbursement sometime this week. We will have an ongoing claim for our lost business revenue, which will remain open for some time. 3. We are not re-opening. UNTRUE As tempting as it would be to take the money and relax for awhile, We are VERY commited to our cause of supplying our community with the best food the best toys for best friends! 09/21/08 - 5:09pm Just over a week has passed since the fire, and progress is being made towards the re-opening of Paws. Thanks to the truly brave work of the Redlands Fire Department, the building we occupied sustained minimal damage, and the adjacent buildings were essentially unaffected. Although the fire was put out within 10 minutes, the damage caused to products and packaging by the intense heat and the hazardous smoke (from construction adhesives, acrylic fixtures, and a MELAMINE counter) rendered all of our inventory a total loss. We are properly insured, and our claim is proceeding, but everything moves in its own time. We are trying to make something good come from this terrible situation, and to that end we have donated a tremendous amount of our salvageable-but-not-saleable inventory to both local and out-of-state shelters. Redlands Animal Shelter has received enough food (from our rear storage room) to operate their facility until Spring 2009. All of our cat furniture will be distributed among the Redlands Animal Shelter, San Bernardino Valley Humane Society, and other local rescue groups and foster homes, thanks to Bill at the Redlands Animal Shelter. Best Friends Animal Sanctuary in Utah will receive all of our nylon, leather, and training collars and leads, as well as clothing. We plan to donate all salvageable shoes and boots to Canine Peace Officers in local search and rescue, fire and police departments. We have vacated the building at 112 E. State Street so that repairs and restoration can begin. While State Street has been good to us, it is painfully evident that we outgrew our original location several years ago, and we have been in serious discussions for some time about our long-term future. To that end, we have compiled a substantial inventory of available properties, and now that clean-up efforts are completed, we can turn our attention towards finding our future location. While a short-term return is not ruled out, the long term solution for Paws requires more space and more parking than State Street can provide. Our desire is to stay in Redlands. The last week has truly impressed upon us the wonderful, supportive community Redlands is, and the value of the many friendships we have made over the last 12 years with our customers. The next few days should provide us with more information, and as we make any decisions, we will continue to keep pawsredlands.com updated. The continued prayers, good wishes and patience of all our customers is genuinely appreciated. 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