Smart Tips from Our Smart Cat Family
Pets Choice is proud to carry Pioneer Pet in Merrimack, New Hampshire. In the late 1990’s Betsy Lipscomb, a cat behaviorist, cat lover and founder of SmartCat® understood that people surrendered their cats to shelters because they didn’t know how to change unwanted behaviors. Cat owners were unhappy with cats using furniture and carpets to do what came natural to them –scratching. Most thought de-clawing was the only answer, it is not! For Betsy, this was a call to action. She started Cats International, a free hotline to help people solve their cat behavior issues. For years Betsy fielded thousands of calls from desperate cat owners looking for solutions. Still on her mission today you can visit www.catsinternational.org to learn about humane solutions for cat behavioral problems.
Early on Betsy began gathering wooden fence posts from her farm in Wisconsin. She wrapped them in sisal rope and mounted them on sturdy wood bases. Her sole purpose of making these posts was to send them to pet parents who needed help with scratching behaviors. People were amazed to learn that the scratching post solved their problems. These posts became vastly popular and soon Betsy was making up to 50 a month by hand.
- Cat Nip
- Peek-a-Prize Toy
- Bootsie’s Bunk Bed and Playroom
- Peek-and-Play Toy Box
- Eddie Eraser
- Replacement Balls for Toy
- Frank and Fifi Flatmouse
- Rainbow Ralph
Kind Words from Our Customers
What Merrimack Customers Are Saying
We love our customers from Merrimack areas around Goffstown, Litchfield, Amherst, Milford, Hollis, Bedford, Manchester, Nashua, Mount Vernon, & more!
The staff here were awesome. I brought my two dogs to give them baths. They helped me get my German Shepard in a side door and around the back because he is reactive. They went above and beyond to help me out. It was a great experience.
Wonderful pet store. They have an amazing variety of everything you need for all kinds of pets. When my older cat would not eat food with crushed pills they suggested several options that worked. Very knowledgeable and helpful. You won’t find this at big box pet stores. I wish I had known about them years ago. Worth a drive to Merrimack, NH.
Best specialty dog treats!!