Archive for November, 2012

Pet-ometer

Pet-ometer

Tech giant Fujitsu has developed a digital device to measure your dog’s steps during the course of the day. The Wandant uploads data to a website that also provides ways for owners to track their pups’ weight and dietary intake each day, too. Read more here.


Giving Thanks For Her Dog

Giving Thanks For Her Dog

Rock songstress Fiona Apple is delaying some of her current tour dates to be by the side of her beloved pitbull Janet, who is slowly succumbing to age and illness. It’s a beautiful tribute to her dog and reminds us all to give thanks to the four-legged friends who fill our days with companionship and [...]


Gimme Shelter

Gimme Shelter

After losing their homes to Hurricane Sandy, there are nearly 40,000 New Yorkers competing for new places to live. For many, it’s meant moving from friends’ homes to hotels to relatives’ apartments. It’s a constant journey of transition that’s tough on people, but even harder for pets who don’t understand why they can’t settle into [...]


Design For Dogs

Design For Dogs

An article from FastCompany’s Co.Design newsletter tipped us off to a website dedicated to a new breed of accessories for dogs. Check out Architecture for Dogs and see some amazingly high-style home solution ideas for the haute hound. If you’re a builder, you can download blueprints and plans to make some of the items yourself. [...]


Of Turkeys & Dogs

Of Turkeys & Dogs

  When it comes to Thanksgiving: Stuff the turkey, not your dog. That’s what the experts at dogster.com recommend because several key Thanksgiving Day ingredients are really unhealthy or even harmful for dogs, including turkey skin, turkey bones and the sage so many of us use in our stuffing. If you really want to show your [...]


A Dogged Search

A Dogged Search

Working in conjunction with New York City officials, The Humane Society of the U.S.  has a rescue team going from house to house in Staten Island and other hard hit areas to rescue dogs, cats and even snakes that got trapped inside homes or simply got loose during the chaos of the storm. Some of [...]


From Bow-Wow to Boring

From Bow-Wow to Boring

That’s pretty much the emotional trajectory of a dog during the first 5 minutes upon receiving a new toy. A recent study of dogs and toys showed that most dogs lose interest in toys partially because of the toy isn’t all the interesting in itself, but mostly because they really want a human to help [...]


Hurricane Hounds

Hurricane Hounds

Dogs were hit hard by the high-winds and floods of hurricane Sandy, too. Click here to see some of the brave and awww-inspiring rescues of some of the dogs caught up in high-waters.