May is National Pet Month. This is a great time of year to refresh your pet care blog. Let’s look at several ideas you can focus on.
Why Are Pets Important?
National Pet Month is a great time to blog about why pets are such an important part of people’s lives. You can take this idea in different directions:
- Talk about how pets provide companionship for people of all ages.
- Explain how pet care helps children grow in responsibility.
- Show how the bond between people and pets improves quality of life for both.
- Share a story of what having a pet has meant to you.
How Does Your Local Community Celebrate Pets?
Pets are important to home life but also to the health of a community. What are some pet-friendly venues and events your readers might enjoy?
Take a survey of anything in your community that celebrates pets and let your readers know.
- Are there pet-friendly places, like walking trails or outdoor cafes your pet parent readers might not know about?
- When and where are the local pet adoption days?
- Which local organizations help animals, what services do they offer, and what kinds of help do they need?
- Who can a resident call if they see an animal in trouble?
Can You Advise Aspiring Pet Parents?
Some of your readers may be thinking about getting a pet, or even adding another type of pet to their family. How can you create a blog post to guide them?
- Can you give them a checklist to see if they’re ready for pet parenting?
- Can you offer breed profiles to help them decide on a pet that fits their lifestyle?
- Can you explain the pros and cons of having a pet?
- Can you tell them what to expect when their new pet comes home, and how to help their new pet settle in?
Do You Have Stories to Highlight?
If you work with pet parents, you might ask if they have a story you can share, with their permission, about how pets have enriched their life.
- Highlight an individual’s story on your pet care blog.
- Gather short quotes from different pet parents and put them together in an inspiring blog post.
- Share about how working with pets is so fulfilling for you and your team.
- Interview pet organization volunteers for how working with animals inspires them.
Fun Ideas to Celebrate National Pet Month
Your readers might enjoy the idea of celebrating National Pet Month with their pets, families, and friends. In your blog, you can give them helpful ideas for their celebration:
- Talk about fun ways to bond with different types of pets.
- Think about pet-related enrichment activities that kids would enjoy.
- Remind pet parents of what gets overlooked on busy days, like simple ways of spending time focused on their pet.
- Invite those who don’t have pets to go meet an animal at a local organization or venue. Shelters often need folks to walk dogs and play with cats to help socialize them for adoption.
- Extend the fun to animal appreciation. Many folks don’t know how relaxing it is to watch fish swim in a pond or watch birds and butterflies in a local garden. If your town or a nearby community has such places open to the public, let folks know how an outing can help refresh them.
National Pet Month is a great time to come up with new ideas for your pet care blog. These topics aren’t limited to the month of May. Let National Pet Month inspire you with pet-focused ideas to spruce up your blog year round.
This week, take some time to brainstorm and fill out your blog calendar for the next few months. Happy National Pet Month and happy blogging.
Janet Eriksson 