It's Kentucky Derby Day, and we all know that means cocktails... Mint Juleps to be precise, this year we'll be making ours with a twist!!!

No Kentucky Derby would be complete without the venerable Mint Julep on the first Saturday in May. According to the Derby Museum, Mint Julep became Churchill Down's signature drink in 1938 when they started to serve the drink in sourvenir glasses for 75 cents a drink. Today's Kentucky Derby serves more than 80,000 juleps over the two-day event.

Mint Julep first appeared in print in 1803 described as…

What better way to spend the Thanksgiving Holiday than watching Santa Paws II with your HAUTE family???

The North Pole has a new litter of playful pups! However, when the frisky foursome—Hope, Jingle, Charity and Noble—practically destroy Santa’s Workshop with their mischievous gamboling, they realize the best way to prove that they’re responsible enough to become Santa’s Helpers is to show how well they can spread the Christmas spirit all by themselves. With help from a magic crystal, they start granting everyone’s wishes. But their good intentions…

An open letter from our good friend Lorenzo Borghese... Please Help!!!

Royal Pet Club’s charity arm, Animal Aid USA, is facilitating relief efforts for those shelters affected by Hurricane Sandy in three central locations: Bergen County, Atlantic County and Staten Island. We have been informed that the shelters in the tri-state areas need more help now than eve!. Dogs and cats have been brought in drenched in kerosene and covered in filth from swimming in polluted waters. They are scared,…

Along with the tragic loss of human life, and massive destruction of property... there are many pets in need of relief in the wake of the devastating storm that ravaged the Northeast Earlier this week!!!

As residents of South Florida the HorN Pets Gang have experienced our fair share of natural disasters, and there's really only one thing that helps get the recovery going... $$$

PLEASE DO WHATEVER YOU CAN TO HELP:

This article by Susan Wyatt/ The Pet Dish is full of great ideas to help you get your $$$ to the right place, to do the most good!!!

Where exactly she'll go one knows for sure but being prepared can make things a whole lot easier!!!

South Florida escaped the worst from Sandy but it looks like the Northeast won't be so lucky, make sure your emergency plans are ready, and they include a plan for your pets!!!

Special thanks to our friends at Trupanion, the nation’s fastest-growing pet insurance provider, for putting together the following tips for keeping pets safe during a natural disaster!!!

1) Take a Pet First…

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