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Stock Purchase Agreement with Whiskers, Inc.

 EXHIBIT 10.1 
  
 STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT 
  
 THIS STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is entered into and effective, September 1, 2002 by and between Hartville Group, Inc., a Nevada Corporation
(Seller) whose address is 7551 North Main Street, North Canton, Ohio. And Whiskers, Inc a Colorado Corporation (Buyer ) whose address is 384 Sanctuary Court Henderson, Nevada 89014. 
  
 RECITALS 
  
 A. WHEREAS: seller is interested in obtaining necessary funding to continue or expand its business. 
  
 B. WHEREAS: Buyer believes that it can provide the necessary funding for seller to continue or expand its business. 
  
 C. THEREFOR: Therefore the parties wish to consummate a financing arrangement, pursuant to
the terms of this agreement. 
  
 ARTICLE 1 
 PURCHASE 
  
 1. Hartville Group, Inc (Seller) hereby agrees to sell to Whiskers, Inc. (Buyer) Two Million shares of Hartville Group, Inc common stock for $50,000.00 and other considerations. 
  
 2. Whiskers, Inc agrees to obtain funding for Hartville Group in the form of a stock
investment or a loan in the amount of but not less than Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000). 
  
 3. If the investment is in the form of a purchase of stock, Whiskers Inc. should pay any finders fees or commissions on the sale of the stock. 
  
 4. If the investment is in the form of a loan. Whiskers, Inc. shall pay all costs of the loan including finder’s fees, loan fees, and
interest for the first year of the loan. The loan must have a minimum term of Two years. Buyer agrees to guarantee any loan and or furnish collateral to guarantee the loan. 
  
 5. Buyer and seller shall be represented in any funding transaction by their own attorneys and each will be responsible for their own
attorney fees. 
  
 6. Time is of the essence in this agreement. Funding must be
completed before July 1,2003 if funding is not completed by July 1, 2003 Whiskers, Inc. will return the 2,000,000 shares of Hartville Group, Inc. common stock and the $50,000.00 payment for the stock will be retained by Hartville Group, Inc.

  
  

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 ARTICLE II 
 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF SELLER. 
  
 1. ORGANIZATION (Seller) is a duly incorporated and validly existing corporation in good standing, with all requisite power and authority (corporate and other) to own its properties and conduct its business. 
  
 2. AUTHORIZATION: Binding Agreement. (Seller) has the requisite corporate power and authority
to execute and deliver this Agreement. This Agreement has been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered by (Seller) and constitutes a valid and binding agreement of Buyer in accordance with its terms. 
  
 3. NO VIOLATION. Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the consummation of
the transactions contemplated hereby will result in a violation or conflict with any obligations of the Seller or the provisions of any contract, commitment, obligation or license to which Seller is a party or by which the Assets are bound.

  
 4. NO BROKER’S REPRESENTATION. Neither Seller nor any affiliate of the
Seller has entered into or will enter into any agreement, arrangement or understanding with any person or firm which will result in the obligation of the Buyer to pay a finder’s fee, brokerage commission or similar payment in connection with
the transactions contemplated hereby. 
  
 5. SURVIVAL OF WARRANTIES. Seller agrees
that all warranties made by it in this Agreement shall survive the consummation of the sale and the closing Date of this Agreement. 
  
 ARTICLE III 
 REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES OF BUYER 
  
 1. ORGANIZATION. Buyer is duly incorporated, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Colorado, and has all requisite corporate power and authority to conduct its business as it is presently being conducted and to own its assets. 
  
 2. ACCREDITED. Buyer is an accredited investor as defined by Rule 215 of the Securities Act
of 1933. 
  
 3. AUTHORIZATION. Buyer has all necessary corporate power and
authority to enter into this Agreement and has taken all corporate action necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and to perform its obligations hereunder. This Agreement has be duly executed and delivered by Buyer and is a
legal, valid and binding obligation f Buyer enforceable against Buyer in accordance with its terms. 
  

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 ARTICLE IV 
 GENERAL AGREEMENTS 
  
 1. CONSENTS AND
APPROVALS. If consent, approval or authorization of, or declaration, filing or registration with, any government regulatory authority or any other person or entity is required to be obtained by Buyer in connection with the execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement or the transactions consummated hereby. Seller agrees to obtain any approval promptly upon request of buyer. Any delay caused by buyer shall automatically extend this time for completion of buyer’s obligations
under this agreement. 
  
 2. NO BROKER’S REPRESENTATION. Neither Buyer nor
any affiliate of Buyer has entered into or will enter into any agreement, arrangement or understanding with any person or firm which will result in the obligation of the seller to pay a finder’s fee, brokerage commission or similar payment in
connection with the transactions contemplated hereby. 
  
 3. NOTICES. Any notice
to be given hereunder shall be given (except as otherwise expressly set forth herein) by certified mail; postage prepaid, and shall be deemed to have been received (5) five business days after posting. Any notice shall be sent to the address given
in the preamble of this Agreement or to such other address as the relevant party may notify to the other. 
  
 4. DISPUTES. This Agreement will be interpreted in accordance with California law, including all matters of construction, validity, performance and enforcement, without giving effect to any principles of conflict of
laws. The parties hereto consent to the jurisdiction of the courts of the State of Nevada. 
  
 5. ATTORNEY’S FEES. If any arbitration, litigation, action, suit or other proceeding is instituted to remedy, prevent or obtain relief from a breach, of this Agreement or pertaining to a declaration of rights
under this Agreement, the prevailing party will recover all such party’s attorneys’ fees incurred in each and every such action, suit or other proceeding, including any and all appeals or petitions therefrom. 
  
 6. AMENDMENTS/WAIVERS. This agreement may be amended, supplemented, modified or rescinded
only through an express written instrument signed by all the parties or their respective successors and assignees, Either party may specifically and expressly waive in writing any portion of this Agreement or any breach hereof, but no such waiver
shall constitute a further or continuing waiver of any preceding or succeeding breach of the same or any other provision. The consent by one party to imply consent or waiver of the necessity of obtaining such consent for the same or similar acts in
the future. 
  
 7. COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. 
  
 8. SEVERABILITY. Each provision of this Agreement is intended to be severable and if any term or provision herein is determined invalid or unenforceable for any reason,
such illegality or invalidity shall not affect the validity of the remainder of this Agreement an, wherever possible, intent shall be given to the invalid or unenforceable provision. 
  
  

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 9. ENTIRE AGREEMENT. The Agreement contains the entire and complete understanding between the parties concerning its
subject matter and all representations, agreements, arrangements and understandings between or among the parties, whether oral or written, have been fully merged herein and are superseded hereby. Except as provided by consulting agreement Exhibit
“B” 
  
 10. REMEDIES. All rights, remedies, undertakings, obligations,
options, covenants, conditions and agreements contained in this Agreement shall be cumulative and no one of them shall be exclusive of any other. 
  
 11. FURTHER ASSURANCES AND CORPORATION. From time to time at the request of either party to this Agreement and without further consideration, the other party will execute
and deliver such documents and take such action as may be reasonably requested in order to consummate more effectively the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. 
  
 12. SUCCESSORS. Subject to the foregoing paragraph, this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their
respective heirs, legatees, legal representatives, successors and permitted assigns 
  
 13. BENEFIT OF AGREEMENT. This agreement is for the sole and exclusive benefit of the signatories hereto and nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to give any person or entity other than the parties hereto any legal or equitable
right, claim or remedy. 
  
 NOW, WHEREFORE, the parties hereto enter into this
Agreement as of the date first written above. 
  

	 “SELLER”
	 	 	 	 “BUYER”

			
	 HARTVILLE GROUP, INC.
	 	 	 	 WHISKERS, INC.

					
	BY:	 	 /s/    W. RUSSELL SMITH III        
	 	 	 	BY:	 	 /s/    ALLAN STAGGS        

	 	
	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	PRESIDENT	 	 	 	 	 	PRESIDENT

  

 Page 4Promissory Note with Samir Financial II, LLC

 EXHIBIT 10.2 
  
 PROMISSORY NOTE (SECURED) 
  

	 	 	 	 	 Loan Amount: $3,000,000.00

			
	Maturity Date: February 19, 2004	 	 	 	 Date: As of February 19, 2003

  
 For value received,
the undersigned HARTVILLE GROUP, INC., a Nevada corporation and PETSMARKETING INSURANCE.COM AGENCY, INC., an Ohio corporation promise to pay to the order of SAMIR FINANCIAL II, L.L.C., an Illinois limited liability company (“Lender”)
located at 20682 North Plumwood Drive, Kildeer, Illinois 60047, the principal sum of Three Million and 00/100 Dollars ($3,000,000.00) plus interest on the principal balance remaining from time to time unpaid at the rate of two and one-half percent
(2.50%) per month or thirty percent (30%) per year (“Interest Rate”) to maturity, with interest payable monthly in advance commencing on February 19, 2003 and continuing on the same day each month thereafter and at maturity. The
undersigned shall prepay to Lender nine (9) months of interest on the principal amount of this Note calculated at the Interest Rate (the “Prepaid Interest”), which Prepaid Interest shall be paid to Lender from the initial proceeds of the
loan made to the undersigned under this Note. In the event this Note is repaid in whole or in part prior to the application of all of the Prepaid Interest, the Prepaid Interest and the balance due and owing on this Note will be adjusted accordingly.
The Prepaid Interest will be applied to interest when due on each interest payment date in the amount necessary to pay such monthly interest payment and after the Prepaid Interest has been fully applied to such interest, the undersigned shall pay
the monthly interest payment to Lender as set forth above. Interest shall be calculated on the basis of a year of 360. In the event that the Note is prepaid in whole or in part, the Lender will promptly return to undersigned the unapplied portion of
the Prepaid Interest. 
  
 In addition to the payment of Prepaid
Interest, the undersigned shall pay to Lender a closing fee (the “Closing Fee”) of $325,000.00, which Closing Fee is fully earned and payable as of the date of this Note. 
  
 The entire unpaid balance of principal, accrued interest, fees and charges due shall be due and payable on February 19, 2004
(“Maturity Date”). If any payment becomes due and payable on a Saturday, Sunday or any other day on which a national bank located in Chicago, Illinois is closed for business the due date shall be extended to the next business day.

  
 The balance due on this Note may be prepaid at any time prior
to the Maturity Date without premium or penalty. 
  
 After the
date of any Default (defined below) or maturity, whether by acceleration or otherwise, interest on the principal balance remaining from time to time unpaid shall be at the rate of three percent (3.00%) per month or thirty-six percent (36%) per annum
(“Default Rate”). 
  
 As security for the payment and
performance of the undersigned’s Liabilities, the undersigned has executed and delivered to Lender a Loan and Security Agreement dated this date (the “Loan Agreement”) covering all now owned and hereafter acquired personal property of
the undersigned and certain other agreements and documents dated on or about the date of this Note (collectively, the “Financing Security Documents”). In addition, the prompt payment of the Liabilities are guaranteed by the guaranty of W.
Russell Smith III. 
  

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 The undersigned, any endorsers and accommodation parties hereby waive presentment, demand, notice of
dishonor, protest and all other notices whatsoever; and agree that the Lender may in its sole discretion, exercised in good faith (defined below), from time to time, extend or renew any of the Liabilities for any period of time and grant any
releases, compromises, extensions, renewals, modifications or indulgences with respect to (i) this Note; (ii) any Liabilities; (iii) any Collateral (defined below); or (iv) any of the undersigned all without notice to or consent of any undersigned,
without affecting in any manner the Liabilities of any undersigned to whom the Lender has not expressly in writing granted such a release, compromise, extension, renewal, modification or indulgence. The undersigned hereby waives any and all claims,
rights (including rights of set-off) and defenses against the Lender. 
  
 The undersigned shall give prompt written notice to the Lender of the occurrence of any event, condition or act which could become a Default hereunder. 
  

Upon and after any Default, the Lender may in its sole discretion declare any or all of the Liabilities to be immediately due and payable without
notice or demand to the undersigned or any other person and exercise all of its rights and remedies under the Financing Security Documents. In connection with the collection of this Note and in the enforcement or attempted enforcement of the
Lender’s rights and remedies hereunder, the undersigned shall pay all costs and expenses of the Lender, including all reasonable attorneys’, paralegals’ opinion witness or professional fees and all other costs of any legal proceedings
or appeal, if any, (including the reasonably allocated cost to the Lender of using internal counsel, if applicable), replevin bonds, and court costs. The Lender may demand, sue for, collect, or make any compromise, renewal, extension, settlement,
release, exchange or take any other action to protect its interests with respect to any of the Liabilities. Further, the Lender may at any time dishonor any checks and drafts drawn by the undersigned on the Lender. The undersigned agrees that the
Lender at any time following the occurrence and during the continuance of a Default, shall have the right to set-off, appropriate and apply toward the payment of any of the Liabilities, whether matured or unmatured, in such order of application as
the Lender may from time to time elect, any cash, credits, deposits, accounts, securities, and any other property, whether matured or unmatured, of the undersigned in the possession, custody or control of the Lender for any reason. 
  
 THE UNDERSIGNED ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THIS NOTE IS BEING ACCEPTED BY THE LENDER
IN PARTIAL CONSIDERATION OF THE LENDER’S RIGHT TO ENFORCE IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS AND THE COUNTY OF COOK THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS HEREUNDER; THE UNDERSIGNED CONSENTS TO JURISDICTION IN, AND CONSTRUCTION OF THIS NOTE AND ANY OTHER FINANCING
LOAN DOCUMENTS UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS AND VENUE IN THE COUNTY OF COOK FOR SUCH PURPOSES; THE UNDERSIGNED WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHTS TO CONTEST JURISDICTION AND VENUE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS AND COUNTY OF COOK OVER THE UNDERSIGNED
FOR THE PURPOSE OF ENFORCING THIS NOTE; AND THE UNDERSIGNED WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHTS TO COMMENCE ANY ACTION, WHETHER BY COMPLAINT, COUNTER-COMPLAINT OR CROSS-COMPLAINT OR COUNTERCLAIM WITH RESPECT TO THE LIABILITIES, AGAINST THE LENDER IN ANY
JURISDICTION OTHER THAN IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS AND IN THE COUNTY OF COOK. 
  
  

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 THE UNDERSIGNED WAIVES PERSONAL SERVICE OF ANY AND ALL PROCESS UPON THE UNDERSIGNED, AND CONSENTS THAT
ALL SUCH SERVICE OF PROCESS BE MADE BY U.S. MAIL OR MESSENGER OR REPUTABLE OVERNIGHT DELIVERY SERVICE DIRECTED TO THE UNDERSIGNED AT THE ADDRESS SET FORTH HEREIN AND THAT SERVICE SO MADE SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE COMPLETED UPON THE EARLIER OF ACTUAL
RECEIPT, DELIVERY OR THREE (3) DAYS AFTER THE SAME SHALL HAVE BEEN POSTED TO THE UNDERSIGNED. 
  
 THE UNDERSIGNED WAIVES ALL RIGHTS TO TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE ARISING BETWEEN THE UNDERSIGNED AND LENDER AT ANY TIME. 
  

This Note shall be binding upon each of the undersigned and upon the undersigned’s respective heirs, estates, legal representatives, successors
and assigns, and shall inure to the benefit of the Lender and its successors and assigns. 
  
 The undersigned on demand from the Lender shall pay to the Lender all costs and expenses incurred or paid by the Lender for any reason in connection with this Note, the other Financing Security Documents or the
Collateral, including but not limited to reasonable attorneys’, paralegals’ opinion witness or professional fees and all other costs whatsoever (including the cost to the Lender of using internal counsel, if applicable) for (i) enforcing
or attempting to enforce any of the Lender’s rights and remedies with respect to the Collateral and the Liabilities; (ii) providing counsel and assistance to the Lender on any matters involving this Note, the other Financing Security Documents
or the Collateral, including the preparation of this Note, the other Financing Security Documents and any extensions, renewals, modifications or amendments thereof; and (iii) protecting, selling, leasing, managing, or otherwise disposing of the
Collateral and collecting the Liabilities. Until the Lender is fully paid, such costs and expenses shall be added to the Liabilities, secured by the Collateral, be payable on demand and shall bear interest at the highest interest rate applicable
under this Note. The undersigned hereby agrees to indemnify, defend and hold the Lender harmless from any and all claims, causes of action, damages, losses and liabilities relating to any act or failure to act by the Lender in any manner with
respect to the Liabilities or the Collateral, and from any and all claims, causes of action, losses, and liabilities by, against, between or among the undersigned arising out of or in connection with any of the Liabilities or the Collateral.

  
 THIS NOTE HAS BEEN DELIVERED IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS AND SHALL BE
GOVERNED BY THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS (EXCLUDING CONFLICTS OF LAW RULES). If any court of competent jurisdiction determines any provision hereunder to be prohibited or invalid or unenforceable under applicable law, such provision
shall be ineffective only to the extent of such prohibition, invalidity, or unenforceability without prohibiting, invalidating and rendering unenforceable the remainder of the provisions of this Note. The Lender reserves the right to waive or
refrain from waiving any right or remedy under this Note. No delay or omission on the part of the Lender in exercising any right or remedy hereunder shall operate as a waiver of such right or remedy or of any other right or remedy under this Note or
any other instrument, document, agreement or other writing relating thereto. A waiver on any one occasion shall not be construed as a bar to or waiver of any such right or remedy on any future occasion. No waiver shall be deemed to have been made,
unless such waiver is in writing and signed by an authorized officer of the Lender. Unless otherwise provided for hereunder, any notice required to be given by the undersigned or the Lender shall be given if deposited in the mail, postage prepaid,
and mailed to the respective party at the address shown on this Note, otherwise if the undersigned’s address is absent hereunder, then to the address of the undersigned on the records of the Lender. If a notice is so served by mail, the
effective date such note is deemed to be given shall be the fifth (5th) day following the date of deposit in the U.S. Mail. No change in address of the undersigned or the Lender shall be effective, unless sent in writing to the other party at the
address shown on this Note. 
  
  

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 The terms used herein are defined as follows: 
  
 A. “Collateral” means (i) any real or personal property and interests in property
of the undersigned in which the Lender now or hereafter has a security interest in or lien on or against as security for payment and performance of the Liabilities; and (ii) any other property and interests of the undersigned in property of every
kind or description, whether now owned or existing or hereafter acquired or arising, now or hereafter in the possession, custody or control of, or in transit to the Lender, whether as collateral security for any Liabilities or for any other purpose,
including without limitation all cash, deposits, securities, dividends, distributions, chattel paper, instruments, documents and in all accessions and additions thereto, substitutes and replacements therefor, and in all of the products and proceeds
thereof. 
  
 B. “Default” means any one or more of the Events of Default
set forth in the Loan Agreement. 
  
 C. “Good faith” means honesty in
fact in the conduct or transaction concerned, as determined on a subjective basis. 
  
 D. “Liabilities” means any and all liabilities, obligations and indebtedness of any of the undersigned to the Lender for payment of any and all amounts due under this Note and any other instruments, documents, or agreements which
at any time secure or are delivered in connection with the Liabilities, and for any other liabilities, indebtedness, and obligations of every kind and nature of any of the undersigned to the Lender whether heretofore, now owing or hereafter owing,
due or payable, howsoever created, arising or evidenced, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, primary or secondary, joint or several, whether existing or arising through discount, overdraft, purchase, direct loan, by operation of law,
or otherwise, together with reasonable attorneys’, paralegals’ opinion witness or professional fees and all other costs whatsoever (including the reasonably allocated cost to the Lender of using internal counsel, if applicable) relating to
protecting and enforcing the Lender’s rights, remedies and security interests hereunder, including advising the Lender, or drafting any documents for the Lender at any time in connection with the Liabilities. Liabilities includes all of the
liabilities, obligations and indebtedness of any partnership owing now or in the future to the Lender by the partnership, while any of the undersigned may have been or may be a member of such partnership. 
  
  

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 E. “Undersigned” means each maker signing this Note and the word “undersigned” in the singular form
shall include the plural form, unless otherwise designated. Each such undersigned shall be jointly and severally obligated hereunder, subject to the terms and conditions contained in the Financing Security Documents. 
  
 F. This Note and any documents executed and delivered to the Lender pursuant hereto
constitute the entire agreement between the parties and may be amended only by a writing signed by an authorized individual on behalf of each party. 
  
 G. This Note may be signed in any number of counterparts with the same effect as if the signature thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument. 
  
 THE UNDERSIGNED ACKNOWLEDGES AND AFFIRMS THAT THE UNDERSIGNED HAS REVIEWED
AND UNDERSTANDS THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS OF THIS NOTE. 
  
 SIGNED
AND DELIVERED in Chicago, Illinois, by the undersigned, as of this 19th day of February, 2003. 
  

	 HARTVILLE GROUP, INC.

		
	By:	 	 /s/    W. Russell Smith III        

	 	

	 Name:
	 	W. Russell Smith III
	 Title:
	 	President

  
  
  

	PETSMARKETING INSURANCE.COM AGENCY, INC.
		
	By:	 	 /s/    W. Russell Smith III        

	 	

	 Name:
	 	W. Russell Smith III
	 Title:
	 	President

  

		
	ADDRESS:	 	 
	 7551 N. Main Street
 North Canton, Ohio 44720
	 	 

  

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