Pets

Stray Cat Blues? Housewife's Invention Frustrates Freeloading Felines

by Steve Levenstein

Stray cats struttin' all over your garden, messing up your garage? Banish the beasties with this homegrown anti-cat solution developed by a Japanese housewife tired of saying Hello Kitty.

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Healthy Or Not? Independent Group Tests Pet Products!

by Lady Bee

When you buy a bed or food bowls or toys for your pets, you believe that they are safe. Or maybe you just hope they are not harmful, depending on how skeptical you are. Perhaps you assume that the government would have recalled a product if it were not healthy for your pet. Maybe it would, if the government tested all products, but it doesn't. Who will? Who does?

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Portion Pacer™ Helps Avoid Second Leading Cause Of Canine Death: Bloat

by Lady Bee

I learned something new and important today that I bet most dog owners don't know: Canine Gastric Dilatation-Volvulus (GDV) or bloat in dogs is the second largest canine killer after cancer. Death from bloat can be painful and truly horrible for dog and owner, so it's good to learn what you can do to prevent it from ever happening.

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Call For Inventors! Bed Bath & Beyond® Wants Innovative Pet Products For PawsLife™

by Myra Per-Lee

It looks like the pet product market has not been saturated yet. Here comes Bed Bath & Beyond with its own pet brand, PawsLife™, and it wants your pet product ideas!

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Size Of Tiger Brain Challenges Scientific Assumptions About Social Animals

by Lady Bee

At Oxford University, the Wildlife Conservation Research Unit (WildCRU) has been studying the brain size of four large cats -- leopards, jaguars, lions and tigers -- in relation to their average overall size. The largest brain by length measurement is the lion's , but the volume of the tiger's brain, contrary to the researchers' expectation, is larger than the lion's brain relative to body size. So what's the big deal?

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The Interactive Cat Pedicure By The EmeryCat™ Board

by Lady Bee

A cat pedicure is just the thing for indoor cats, but with the new EmeryCat, you don't have to face a torrent of screams and hisses to clip and sand your cats' nails. Your cat does his own pedicure with this interactive EmeryCat board.

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Rain Boots & Dog Rescue? däv® And The Dog Whisperer

by Lady Bee

Who says you can't get some cool duds and donate money to a great charity too? Gals... Here's a chance to get the most dynamite rainwear ever, and fund some really needy dog shelters, without spending an extra dime. Guys... Just get her shoe size....

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Recycled Roof Tile Birdhouses Not Just For Clay Pigeons

by Steve Levenstein

Japanese designer Tomoko Azumi has found a use for previously non-recyclable ceramic roof tiles: each tile becomes the roof of a birdhouse.

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Be On The Alert For Highly Contagious H3N8 Dog Flu Virus

by Lady Bee

Tissue box suddenly empty? It just could be that your dog has been blowing her nose in those tissues and stashing them somewhere. After all, she doesn't want you to alter her lifestyle just because she has the dog flu...

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6 Best Ways To Use A Michael Vick Mask This Halloween

by Lady Bee

While searching for great costumes for pets this Halloween, I ran across a download of a full-size Michael Vick mask. With it was a recommendation that the "spooky" mask would make a simple Halloween costume when combined with a "bloody old jersey and a dog leash to accompany..." Not a bad idea, I suppose. But there are more ways that animal lovers, especially dog lovers, can use this down-loadable mask for Trick or Treat... Here are Lady Bee's 5 top picks.

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Bunny Petting Cafe Has Rabbit Fans Hopping

by Steve Levenstein

Did you hare? Japan's Bunny Petting Cafe is the best thing in ears, and that's fur certain!

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Wall-E’s Girl-friend’s Cousin, Le Petit Prince, a Robotic Garden For Mars

by Gloria Campos

Do you remember Wall-E's girlfriend Eve? Her mission was to find plant life. Once she did, it was her mission to protect the plant. Le Petit Prince, though still a concept, is also a robot that has a similar mission, except he already has a plant inside him and it's his mission to keep it alive.

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13 Best Halloween Pet Costumes 2009: Cutest, Prettiest, Most Neurotic, Funniest, & More!

by Lady Bee

Halloween is my favorite time of year and I love covering the dog costume beat for InventorSpot. For 2009, we have some new categories of Halloween costume awards for dogs and cats, including Best Looking Witch, Most Literary, Most Neurotic and our first one out, the Best Swine Flu Worker Pet Costume Awards. Enjoy them!

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12 New Dog Breeds Created By Show Groomers!

by Lady Bee

You've heard of cockapoos, right? A cross between a cocker spaniel and a poodle. How about a pandapoo? No, you can't breed a poodle and a panda, but you can groom the poodle to look like a panda... and several other creatures!

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Kyjen's Interactive Toys Appeal To A Dog's Hunting Instincts

by Lady Bee

The Kyjen Company has made a niche for itself producing a line of plush interactive toys for dogs. Do the toys test intelligence, as Kyjen implies in its marketing? Well... they do keep dogs stimulated and encourage hunting and hiding behaviors, natural instincts of dogs.

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Non-Steroidal Pain Medicine For Dogs Available Soon

by Lady Bee

Pain, allegies, infections, surgeries, skin problems... you name it. Practially every canine problem is treated with a steriod or synthetic steroid drug. Steroids work fast, but they cause side effects, many that are permanent and can seriously impair your dog's quality of life.

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A Classic Dog Sweater Can Still Be Very Cool: The Dog Head

by Lady Bee

If you're a big fan of classy dog clothing that looks edgy, but classic at the same time, you will love my new find: The Dog Head dog sweater from The Barking Zoo.

Tax Deductions For Pets? The HAPPY Bill

by Lady Bee

Congressman Thaddeus McCotter of Michigan has introduced a bill that would change the U.S. Tax Code by allowing a new itemized deduction: pet care.

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As Seen On TV: The Shed Ender

by John P. Barker

Shedding pet to my left! Allergic girlfriend to my right! Oh, what shall I do?????

Get a Shed Ender, perhaps?

Fall Dog Fashion: It's All Shabby Chic At The Shabby Dog

by Lady Bee

Fall is just around the corner, and I thought I'd remind you to start scouting out your dog's back-to-the-city wardrobe. The Shabby Dog, "For All Dog Kind" has some stunning new fashions in ready-to-wear, including coats, tees, harnesses, bows, collars, and leashes... plus some new beds, blankets and bowls your pooch will love. They are totally shabby chic!

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