Pet Life Magazine, New Zealand Pet Life Magazine Issue 5 Summer 2017 | Page 4

Pets also love a party!
Sally Hibbit inspires children and young people to appreciate animals by holding pet
parties. Pet Life editor Inger Vos, although only young only at heart, can’t resist
crashing an 11th birthday party to see what they are all about!
When Sally Hibbit holds a pet party, there are just two rules!
One: no cuteness explosion!
You have to be nice and quiet, she tells the group of children
gathered to be entertained and educated by her bevvy of pets
for an 11th birthday party.
“I know it’s really hard not to be noisy when things are really
cute – you just go argghhhhhhh at the top of your voices. But
the animals go arrrgggghhhh, too,” she explains to the
accepting giggles of the kids.
“Does anyone know what the second rule is?”
The hands fly up – clearly it’s not the first time some of the
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