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
What Customers Are Saying
We love our customers from Merrimack areas around Goffstown, Litchfield, Amherst, Milford, Hollis, Bedford, Manchester, Nashua, Mount Vernon, & more!
226 trusted five-star reviews
Hannah did a great job grooming my husky. He looked and smelled great. I was also impressed that he was the only dog there. Grooming can be stressful for dogs and the calmer the environment, the better. She let me know exactly how he did which I appreciated too. I will definitely return there in the future. A beautiful pet store too!
Super friendly service. Needed 2 car seats and there was only one in stock. Owner/manager not only ordered one more for us, but, because she couldn't match the one in store, she ordered two, in case we wanted them to match. This is how you keep a customer coming back. Friendly, proactive service, affordable, competitive prices, and great products!