I really love things that allow me to use tech in relation to other things in my life, like my dog, Jack. Tom Bihn, a premier bag maker in Seattle, has a great specialty bag called the Citizen Canine which can help you keep all your “dog stuff” in one place.
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For most people, the four legged furry beings that live with them are not just pets, but are part of the family. That means we worry about them just like we do our children. With kids and other loved ones, we can call them on the phone when we want to check up on them. [...]
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I’m not crazy about most do-it-yourself dog grooming products because most of them are long on promises and short on delivery. And they’re expensive. For that kind of money, I can just take my pooch over to PetSmart and let them do what they have to do. I have a Pembroke Welsh Corgi, and for [...]
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Those travel-savvy folks at Tom Bihn are at it again, having not long ago introduced their new Cadet minimalist laptop bag and now three more new travel items. The Travel Tray is a container to keep track of your loose pocket-sized items during your journey. It collapses flat and closes with a drawstring. One size, [...]
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Walking your dog at night can be dangerous for you and your dog. Drivers are more likely to see you, with your light and/or reflective clothing and a flashlight, than they are to see your dog. With the LED-lighted collars and leashes from Dog-e-Glow, your dog will be as visible as you are. The collars [...]
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Oh Paris Hilton, eat your heart out! I attended a local “Puptoberfest” (yes, it’s exactly what it sounds like) last weekend and came across this vendor– the Mommy Bus. The bus is a fashion pet carrier designed for small dogs and cats up to 15 pounds, 15″ in length, and 13″ tall. It’s a top-entry carrier [...]
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The Catit Drinking Fountain from ThinkGeek recirculates and filters your cat or small dog’s drinking water. The recirculation helps cool the water, and some say running water is more attractive for pets. The filtration removes water impurities and bad tastes and the bits of food and hair that always seems to be floating in the water [...]
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Did you know that only a very small percentage of lost animals – 10-15% of dogs and 2% of cats – are ever returned to their owners? If your pet strays, you need to know immediately so you can retrieve him quickly. The Tagg Pet Tracker system from Snaptracs, Inc ( a wholly-owned subsidiary [...]
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Cats are tricky creatures. They know to stay off the furniture or the kitchen counter while you’re home, but they often go where they want when you aren’t home. I heard a good way to train cats is to discretely squirt them with a water gun when they do something bad, so they’ll learn to [...]
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We should all know the importance of staying hydrated when we’re in the great outdoors – especially this summer with the crazy high temps nationwide. But what about man’s best friend? Do you make sure stay hydrated too when you’re enjoying nature? The H2O4K9 helps you do just that. It’s a water bottle that has [...]
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My dog Teddy is a nervous sort who would have a stroke if his leash started blinking, but this would work for other, calmer dogs. You probably take a flashlight when you take your dog out for nighttime walks, and that helps motorists, bicyclists, and other pedestrians see you. If you don’t keep your dog [...]
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You’ve probably seen those cloth neck coolers for bipeds and I bought one for my dog last year but of course it would not stay on: you have to tie it like a scarf and with one swoop of his paw my dog could strip if off faster than the Gentle Leader. The people variety [...]
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If you have a pet you love, you want to keep him safe. If he’s lost, you want clear, up-to-date address and phone numbers with him so he can be returned to you safely. If your pet has an illness or needs special care, you want to be sure the people who find him can [...]
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Do you like to take your dog or cat with you while you’re out and about, but you don’t want to look like Paris Hilton with a scared animal clutched under your arm? If your pet is 15 pounds or smaller, he’ll fit in the Timbuk2 Muttmover backpack. The bag is made of durable waterproof [...]
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Our dog Teddy has a microchip for ID, and he also wears various ID tags that will hopefully bring him back to us if he should ever get lost. The microchip is useless if the person who finds him doesn’t happen to have a chip reader, and the ID tags don’t contain information about his [...]
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If you live in the midwest, you’ve had a rotten winter. You’ve had snow upon snow upon a solid three to five inch thick rink of ice. You’ve had issues with melting, leakage and if you live in Indiana, you’ve just been hammered with what feels like one gallon of rain a minute. Now compound [...]
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If you have a dog, you have stood in the rain with him while he does his business. No big deal for you, if you have an umbrella, but what about Fido? If you want to avoid wet dog smell, get your pooch his own umbrella – the Dogbrella. It’s a 29″ diameter canopy (think [...]
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Humans were too lazy to get up off their bums to change the channel on the TV, so the remote control was invented. We were too lazy to go to the library so eBook Readers were invented. Now we’re apparently too lazy to play ball with our dogs, so the Fetchtastic was invented. The Fetchtastic is [...]
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The Canine Treadmill from Hammacher Schlemmer will help you keep your dog well exercised even if the weather prevents you from taking him outside for walks. The soft rubber belt is easy on paws, and the speed, incline, and distance can be easily adjusted with the simple controls. There’s also an emergency stop. The Canine [...]
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