ByMike Moffit

Grace is carving some pumpkins and getting ready for halloween. Unlike our remote house in Vermont where we never get any trick or treaters, I expect we will see some ghosts and zombies here in Key West. Perhaps you will see some photos of Small Doggers dressed up at our blog.

Thank you so much for reading this issue of Kibbles & Bytes!

Your Kibbles & Bytes Team,

Don, Mike, Rachel & Dean

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  • _Dear Friends,_

    We have culminated our October Domestic Violence awareness campaigns with events in our Rutland, S. Burlington and Key West stores. All month long we have been giving a portion of our sales to women’s shelters in the communities where we operate. These events personify our commitment to our communities and enjoyed the enthusiastic support of our employees, customers and the women’s shelters with whom we partnered.

    I am pleased to introduce two new members of the Small Dog team. Rachel Narkewicz and Dean Liebau have joined us as our new marketing team and have been undergoing training at Small Dog headquarters for the past several days and will introduce themselves here in Kibbles this week. We are very happy to have Rachel and Dean on our team!

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    While the participating carriers are somewhat limited now, AT&T, Sprint or T-Mobile in the USA or Everything Everywhere in the UK, the convenience of choosing a carrier and plan right from your iPad is compelling. Since most of these carriers offer short-term data plans you can choose the length of time and plan according to where you are. I assume Apple will expand the number of international carriers and this will be big help for international travel.

    Even without the Apple SIM, if you are traveling internationally or into an area where service is better than your home carrier and plan to be there awhile, you should consider contacting that local carrier to get a SIM for your iPad that works with their network. It can save you a bunch in roaming charges!

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