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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.14

                                   AGREEMENT

         This Agreement ("Agreement") is made this 16th day of November, 1999,
by and among Pet Quarters, Inc., an Arkansas corporation ("Pet Quarters") and
Jack Rosenzweig, an individual residing in the State of Pennsylvania
("Rosenzweig").

         WHEREAS, Humboldt Industries, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation
("Humboldt"), is a wholly owned subsidiary of PQ Acquisition Company, Inc., an
Arkansas corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Pet Quarters; and

         WHEREAS, Pet Quarters recently negotiated a Modification of Note and
Pledge Agreement between the Sun Valley Trust of July 30, 1999, as Lender, and
Pet Quarters; and

         WHEREAS, Rosenzweig, in accordance with and pursuant to the
Modification of Note and Pledge Agreement, has agreed to become Chief Executive
Officer of Humboldt; and

         WHEREAS, Rosenzweig and Humboldt entered into an Employment Agreement
dated November 10, 1999;

         NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises contained
herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is
hereby acknowledged, and the understanding of the parties agree to be mutually
bound hereby, the parties hereto agree as follows:

         1. Rosenzweig shall resign as Chief Executive Officer of Humboldt when
requested, in writing, to do so by the Board of Directors of Pet Quarters.

         2. For a period of six (6) months commencing November 10, 1999,
Rosenzweig shall be, stay and remain employed by Humboldt, in some capacity, so
as to not create an event of default under Paragraph 10(N) of the Collateral
Pledge Agreement, as modified by the Modification of Note and Pledge Agreement,
provided that no other defaults exists and are continuing thereunder at such
time. In the event of a material default under the Modification of Note and
Pledge Agreement by Pet Quarters, or any related documents, such that the
lender commences foreclosure or other legal remedies (including self-help),
Rosenzweig, may, in his sole and absolute discretion, resign all employment
from Humboldt by giving written notification to the Board of Directors of
Humboldt and Pet Quarters. While serving as Humboldt's Chief Executive Officer,
Rosenzweig shall cooperate and, at the specific request of Pet Quarters assist
Pet Quarters, at its expense, in its efforts to recapitalize and/or raise funds
to pay and retire the indebtedness to the Sun Valley Trust of July 30, 1999.
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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement on
the day and year first set forth above.

                                                PET QUARTERS, INC.

                                            By:
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                                                Steve Dempsey, President

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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.15

                             AGREEMENT OF EMPLOYMENT

         AGREEMENT, made as of this 6th day of August, 1999, between Maplewood
Industries, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation (the "Employer") and Helene
Rosenzweig (the "Employee").

                                   WITNESSETH:

         WHEREAS, the Employer and the Employee desire to enter into an
Agreement relating to the employment of the Employee by the Employer.

         NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereby agree as follows:

         1. EMPLOYMENT. The Employer hereby employs Employee and Employee hereby
accepts employment by the Employer, upon the terms and conditions hereinafter
set forth.

         2. EFFECTIVE DATE. The effective date of this Agreement shall be the
closing date of the PetQuarters.com acquisition of Humboldt Industries. This
Agreement shall continue in full force and effect until July 31, 2001 or until
terminated or amended by the parties hereto.

         3. DUTIES. The Employee shall devote her full time and attention to the
Employer's business of catalog sales and direct marketing of arts and crafts
supplies, as an employee of the Employer, and the Employee shall not, without
the written consent of the Chief Executive Officer Board of Directors of
Employer, either directly or indirectly, engage in any other profession or
business activity, whether or not such professional or business activity is
pursued for gain, profit or other pecuniary advantage; provided, however, that
the Employee may engage in personal non-financial pursuits that do not
substantially interfere with the performance of her duties under this Agreement
and nothing contained herein shall be construed as preventing the Employee from
investing her assets in such form or manner as will not require her

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services in the operation of the affairs of the company or companies in which
such investment or investments are made.

         The Employee shall abide by all of the rules, regulations and policies
established or promulgated by the Employer. The Employee shall devote such time
to the administration and operation of the business of the Employer as the
Employer shall determine.

         4. DIRECTION OF SERVICES. The Employer shall direct, control and
supervise the duties and work of the Employee; provided, however, that the
Employer shall not impose employment duties or constraints of any kind which
would require the Employee to infringe the ethics of her profession or violate
any ordinance or law.

         5. RELATIONSHIP OF PARTIES. The relationship between the Employee and
the Employer is that of employee and employer. The Employee, by virtue of this
relationship, shall not have any interest in the Employer's tangible or
intangible assets.

         6. COMPENSATION.

            A.   Salary: Employee shall have and receive, subject to
         withholding and other applicable employment taxes a yearly salary of
         One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000), payable on a bi-weekly basis.
         Such yearly salary is based upon One Thousand, Five Hundred (1,500)
         hours per average minimum work year, and may be raised by written
         agreement of the Chief Executive Officer, and subject to the approval
         of the Board of Directors, of the Employer, but it shall not be
         reduced under the amount set forth herein, unless by written agreement
         of the Employee.

            B.   Vehicle: Employer shall provide Employee with a monthly
         vehicle allowance of $1,200 for the term of this Agreement. Employee
         shall be

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         responsible for all expenses ordinarily and customarily associated
         with the use of a vehicle, including, but not limited to gas, oil,
         tires, maintenance and cleaning.

            C.   Other Expenses: Employer shall upon presentation of acceptable
         receipts, reimburse Employee for all travel and other out of pocket
         expenses paid by Employee and related to her carrying out of her
         duties under this Agreement. This shall include, but is not limited to
         lodging, transportation, meals, entertaining of suppliers and
         potential suppliers, gratuities, and all other customary expenses.

            D.   Withholding: Employer shall be responsible for making all
         required withholding of taxes and other such expenses, including
         federal, states and local taxes.

            E.   Health Plan: Employer shall, at its expense, if Employee
         elects, include Employee as a participant in the Group Health Coverage
         Plan. The Employee's rights and entitlements with respect to any such
         benefits will be subject to the provisions of the relevant contracts,
         policies or plans providing such benefits. Nothing contained herein
         shall be deemed to impose any obligation on the Employer to initiate
         or maintain any such plan.

            F.   Other Plans: In addition to the items listed here, Employee
         shall be entitled to participate in all other employee benefit plans in
         which any other full time employee of Employer is entitled.

         7. VACATION. The Employee shall be entitled to Twenty (20) working days
of vacation with pay per year of this Agreement. Such vacation to be taken by
the Employee at such time or times as shall be approved by the Chief Executive
Officer of Employer. In addition, the Employee shall be entitled to such
holidays as the Board of Directors of Employer may approve for all employees.
Unused days of vacation may not be carried over from one fiscal year to another.

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         8. TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT. This Agreement, and the Employee's
employment hereunder, may be terminated by Employee upon Thirty (30) days
written notice by Employee to Employer and shall be terminated immediately upon
the happening of any of the following events:

            A. The death or disability of the Employee.

            B. The Employee's being convicted for the commission of a felony
         under any federal or state law.

            C. For purposes of this Agreement, "disability" shall mean a
         physical or mental disability of Employee which results in her absence
         from work for One Hundred Twenty (120) days during any Six (6) month
         period. Such disability shall be determined by a physician selected by
         a licensed  Arbitrator appointed by the Philadelphia Regional Office of
         the American  Arbitration Association, in accordance with the terms of
         the Uniform  Arbitration Act, and such physician's determination shall
         be binding upon  Employer and Employee.

            D. By the Employer with "good cause" upon the giving of 3 days
         written  notice. For the purpose of this Agreement, "good cause" shall
         include, alcohol or drug abuse, proven dishonesty, theft, fraud,
         embezzlement, conviction of a felony, or other actions by the Employee
         which cause material harm to, or publicly defame the name of, the
         Employer.

     Upon any such termination of this Agreement, the Employee's employment
shall terminate and the Employee shall be entitled to receive her monthly salary
prorated through the date of such termination. The Employee shall not be
entitled to receive any severance pay or other additional compensation, unless
the Employer, in the sole discretion of the Board of Directors, shall so elect.

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         In the event of such termination, the Employee shall immediately pay
any indebtedness owed to the Employer, and shall reimburse the Employer for any
unearned prepaid expenditures incurred on behalf of or for the benefit of the
Employee. The Employer may, in its sole discretion, deduct or offset any such
amounts owed to it by the Employee from any amounts that may otherwise be due to
the Employee from the Employer. All amounts due to the Employee under the
provisions of this Paragraph 8 shall be determined by the accountant or the
accounting firm then employed by the Employer and the determination of such
accountant or accounting firm shall be conclusive and binding on the parties
hereto. Following termination, Employee shall fully cooperate with Employer and
all matters relating to the winding up of her pending work on behalf of Employer
and the orderly transfer of any such pending work to other employees of
Employer.

         9. CONFIDENTIALITY AND NONDISCLOSURE AGREEMENT. Employee acknowledges
that, as an employee of Employer, Employee has been and will be in a position to
receive or have access to confidential information (as hereafter defined)
regarding the business carried on by Employer through its employees.
Confidential Information includes, but is not limited to, all information
regarding Employer's: (a) customers and customer lists, including all names,
addresses, phone numbers and any other pertinent information; (b) sources of
supply, price lists and costs; (c) marketing strategies and procedures,
advertising strategies and sales methods; (d) corporate strategies, plans and
goals; (e) information contained in training manuals; (f) technical information;
(g) prospective and executed contracts, financial information and other business
arrangements; (h) all other proprietary knowledge or data acquired or obtained
through Employee's relationship with Employer. Employee hereby agrees that,
except with the prior written consent of Employer, Employee will not, during the
course of

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employment with Employer or at any time thereafter, directly or indirectly use,
disclose or disseminate (in any manner) to any other person (including any
individual or entity) any Confidential Information in the event Employee's
employment with Employer terminates or is terminated for any reason, Employee
agrees to return to Employer all documentation pertaining or relating to any
Confidential Information.

         Employee also recognizes and agrees that in the event of Employee's
breach or violation of any provisions of this paragraph, Employer may suffer
irreparable injury that cannot adequately be compensated for monetary damages
and agrees that Employer shall have the immediate right to obtain a preliminary
or final injunction against Employee issued by a court of competent jurisdiction
enjoining any breach or violation of this paragraph.

         10. COVENANT NOT COMPETE. To induce Employer to employ Employee,
Employee agrees, commencing on the date of Employee's termination of employment
for any reason except if Employee is terminated by Employer, without good cause,
and continuing a period of one year, she shall not solicit, accept business, or
in any way compete with Employer, whether on her own account or as a
shareholder, partner, joint venturer, employee, consultant, advisor and/or agent
of any person, firm, corporation or other entity, except interests she currently
owns. Employee acknowledges, represents and warrants to Employer that the
covenant of Employee hereunder is reasonably necessary for the protection of
Employer's interest and is not unduly restrictive upon Employee.

         Employee also recognizes and agrees that in the event of Employee's
breach or violation of any provisions of this paragraph, Employer may suffer
irreparable injury that cannot adequately be compensated for monetary damages
and agrees that Employer shall have the immediate right to obtain a preliminary
or final injunction against Employee

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issued by a court of competent jurisdiction enjoining any breach or violation of
this paragraph.

         11. BENEFIT. This Agreement shall bind all parties, the respective
heirs, executors, administrators and assigns, but nothing contained herein shall
be construed as an authorization or right of any party to assign his rights or
obligations hereunder.

         12. WAIVER OF BREACH OR VIOLATION NOT DEEMED CONTINUING. The waiver by
either party of a breach or violation of any provision of this Agreement shall
not operate as or be construed to be a waiver of any subsequent breach hereof.

         13. NOTICES. Any and all notices required or permitted to be given
under this Agreement will be sufficient if, in the case of the Employee,
furnished in writing and sent by registered mail to the Employee's last known
residence or, in the case of the Employer, to its principal office in Lonoke,
Arkansas.

         14. AUTHORITY. The provisions of this Agreement required to be approved
by the Board of Directors have been so approved and authorized.

         15. GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement shall be interpreted, construed and
governed according to the laws of the State of Pennsylvania.

         16. FORCE MAJEURE. Employee and Employer shall be excused for the
period of any delay in the performance of any obligations under this Agreement
when prevented from performing such obligations by cause or causes beyond their
reasonable control, including, without limitation, civil commotion, war,
invasion,

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rebellion, hostilities, military or usurped power, sabotage, pestilence, riots,
fire or other casualty or acts of God.

         17. SURVIVAL. The covenants contained in or liabilities accrued under
this Agreement which, by their terms, require their performance after the
expiration or termination of this Agreement shall be enforceable notwithstanding
the expiration or other termination of this Agreement.

         18. PARAGRAPH HEADINGS. The paragraph headings contained in this
Agreement are for convenience only and shall in no manner be construed as part
of this Agreement.

         19. COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in one or more
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which
together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

         20. ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This instrument contains the entire agreement of
the parties and may not be changed except by a writing signed by the party
against whom the enforcement of any waiver, change, modification or discharge is
sought.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Employer has hereunto caused this Agreement to
be executed by its duly authorized officers and the Employee has hereunto set
her hand, all being done in duplicate originals with One (1) original being
delivered to each party on the day and year first above written.

                                  EMPLOYER:

                                  MAPLEWOOD INDUSTRIES, a division of
                                  (wholly-owned subsidiary of) PetQuarters, Inc.

Attest:
                                  By:
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                                      President
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Assistant Secretary

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                                       EMPLOYEE:

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                                       Helene Rosenzweig

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