FETCH! Pet Care(TM) Expands Into New York City’s Upper West Side

Nation’s Leading Name in Professional At-Home Pet Care Now Servicing New York’s Upper West Side Pet Owners

NEW YORK, NY–(EMWNews – August 18, 2008) – FETCH! Pet Care, the nation’s largest pet care

brand offering professional pet sitting and dog walking services, today

announced it has launched a new location in New York City’s Upper West Side

area to provide area residents with unsurpassed pet care services. This

new franchise marks the 180th FETCH! Pet Care location that, in aggregate,

now services more than 13,000 active clients throughout 1,700 cities and

towns in 34 states across the U.S.

Steve Blane, who owns and operates FETCH! Pet Care of NYC Upper West Side,

is augmenting his profession as an audio-book producer to establish the

franchise, capitalizing on a unique opportunity to combine his love of

animals with a proven, turnkey home-based business for one of the lowest

capital investments in the franchise industry today. He now provides pet

owners throughout the Upper West Side of New York City 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,” notes Blane. “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.”

To assure operational efficiencies, FETCH! Pet Care employs a sophisticated

telephone dispatch system and advanced software that tracks assignments and

delivers real-time electronic client order confirmations and automated

sitter assignment reminders. In addition, each sitter undergoes a thorough

criminal background check, references review, and training regimen, and

each location is fully licensed, bonded and insured.

Paul Mann, FETCH! Pet Care founder and president, 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.”

As part of the grand opening celebration, through September 25, 2008 FETCH!

Pet Care of NYC Upper West Side is offering a 10% discount off each new

client’s initial service. FETCH! Pet Care of NYC Upper West Side can be

reached by telephone at 212-845-9907 and via email at uws1@fetchpetcare.com

or on the web at www.fetchpetcare.com.

About FETCH! Pet Care, Inc.

Founded in 2002 and with over 1,700 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 thoroughly selects, screens, trains, and insures all of the

pet sitters and dog walkers within its network to assure the highest level

of professional, expert-based service is provided. 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.