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Tag Archives: Pets

Sleepy Bunny Puppy Companion

By Andrew Liszewski on 07/11/11 • Leave a comment!

Sleepy Bunny (Images courtesy Firebox)
By Andrew Liszewski

Awwww, is there anything more adorable than a sleeping puppy? Besides yours truly, probably not. But that cuteness can be short lived when a new puppy has trouble sleeping through the night because of separation anxiety from its mother and siblings. So here’s a high-tech alternative to a ticking clock designed to help them feel like they’re not alone. The Sleepy Bunny is a stuffed toy rabbit with a removable, battery-powered heart that simulates a heartbeat. Presumably using sounds and vibrations. It’s available from Firebox for ~ $25, and once your puppy has gotten adjusted to their new home you can simply remove the electronic heart and use the bunny as a regular dog toy.

[ Sleepy Bunny ] VIA [ Coolest Gadgets ]

Super Collar Provides An Always-On Leash

By Andrew Liszewski on 07/07/11 • Leave a comment!

Super Collar (Image courtesy Taylor Gifts)
By Andrew Liszewski

This supposed ‘Super’ Collar precariously walks the line between being a useful gadget and a useless novelty item. But I think it manages to lean enough towards the former to be worth consideration. Particularly if you’ve got a larger canine who can be a handful and needs to occasionally be restrained.

It’s a replacement dog collar that features a built-in retractable 3-foot leash that you can quickly extend to keep your pup in check. The extending lead is also covered in wound steel cable so it can withstand “100s of pounds of tugging pressure” and the fact that it’s tethered to the collar in two places certainly doesn’t hurt either. And because taking your dog for a long walk with a 3-foot leash isn’t ideal, the collar also has a standard D-ring for use with traditional, longer leashes. Available from Taylor Gifts for $39.98 in medium and large versions.

[ Super Collar ] VIA [ 7Gadgets ]

‘Too Hot For Spot?’ Static Cling Car Window Thermometer

By Andrew Liszewski on 06/03/11 • 1 Comment

'Too Hot For Spot?' Static Cling Car Window Thermometer (Images courtesy Too Hot For Spot?)
By Andrew Liszewski

No matter what the temperature is outside, I think leaving pets unattended in a parked vehicle is a stupid idea. Denice Pruett, who works for a veterinarian in New Mexico, feels the same way. After seeing and hearing countless stories of pets who succumbed to hyperthermia or heatstroke while left in a locked vehicle, she came up with the ‘Too Hot For Spot?’ decal which lets you know just how hot or cold your vehicle really gets inside. It sticks to the inside of a car window like your standard novelty static cling decal, but includes a working thermometer needle showing you the temperature inside.

Besides letting owners know if it’s ‘safe’ to leave their animals locked inside (again, why even risk it?) the ‘Too Hot For Spot?’ thermometer also educates other people passing by as to how warm a locked and sealed car can get on a sunny day. $12.90 including shipping.

[ 'Too Hot For Spot?' Static Cling Car Window Thermometer ] VIA [ Cool Hunting ]

The Woofer – A Wearable Speaker For Your Dog

By Andrew Liszewski on 03/08/11 • 1 Comment

The Woofer (Images courtesy Awesome LLC)
By Andrew Liszewski

My parent’s dog has never been the ‘working’ type of pet. Some dogs will herd sheep or drag a sled or even sniff out contraband materials, but their dog is really only good at stretching out and sleeping on the floor where he’s most in the way. It’s not necessarily a bad thing, but with The Woofer it can most definitely be turned into a good one.

It’s your standard dog coat that turns your pet into a walking, or more likely a lounging, boombox that automatically brings your music to you assuming it’s trained to come when it’s called. Unfortunately the Woofer’s website is a little vague when it comes to the technical aspects of the coat, like if you have to keep your iPod on your pet tethered with a cable, or if it can be connected wirelessly over Bluetooth. And how powerful the speaker is since I’d hate to have a heavy bass beat thumping against my dog for as long as a typical song plays. Is it waterproof as well, given a dog’s affinity for finding mud and puddles? The Woofer’s run from $140 to $160 in small, medium and large sizes, and I wouldn’t mind a bit more info about them before dropping that much coin.

[ The Woofer ] VIA [ Gearlog ]

Rubber Chair Leg Chew Toy For Dog Owners Who’ve Just Given Up

By Andrew Liszewski on 03/02/11 • Leave a comment!

Rubber Chair Leg Chew Toy (Images courtesy Wannekes)
By Andrew Liszewski

Tired of your dog chewing on the legs of your dining room chairs but are too apathetic to actually teach them to stop? This Gaia & Gino chew toy, designed by Jennifer Yoko Olson, is the perfect solution for those of you who’ve just given up when it comes to pet ownership. Made from natural rubber they wrap around the legs of wooden chairs and let dogs gnaw away without damaging, or at least further damaging, the chairs themselves. They’re available in creme, fuchsia, purple, brown and turquoise colors for ~$35 (€25) from Wannekes.

[ Gaia & Gino Chew Leg Cover Toy ] VIA [ bookofjoe ]

Awesome Scratching Post Lets Your Cat Destroy Tall Buildings

By Chris Scott Barr on 12/08/10 • Leave a comment!

By Chris Scott Barr

If your indoor cat has claws, you need a scratching post, period. Well, unless you enjoy having your couch ripped to shreds. So if you have to buy one of these things, why not buy one that just looks awesome? Now that you have the right frame of mind, let me introduce you to the Cats Attack! Scratching Post.

There’s not much to tell about this cat toy. Instead of just looking like a boring bit of cardboard, it’s been shaped to look like a few skyscrapers, complete with a helicopter. Now when your cat starts clawing at the post, it will look like some gigantic mutant cat, hell-bent on destroying the city! At $30, it’s cheap entertainment, and useful at the same time.

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GoPet Tread Wheel Is Designed For Small To Medium Sized Dogs, Not XXXL Hamsters

By Andrew Liszewski on 11/10/10 • 3 Comments

GoPet Medium-Sized Tread Wheel (Image courtesy GoPet)
By Andrew Liszewski

If you think this GoPet Tread Wheel is a sensible alternative to taking your dog for a walk, then as far as I’m concerned you shouldn’t be allowed anywhere near our four legged friends. In essence it’s an oversized hamster wheel designed for dogs to get a little exercise without their owner having to put in any effort. It even has a safety door so you can lock your dog inside until you’re ready to spend time with it again. Well, actually, it’s so the dog doesn’t fall out while ‘exercising’ since apparently running inside a giant wire wheel isn’t a skill they’re naturally born with.

The smallest version of the GoPet Tread Wheel, designed for toy breed dogs is $357.03 (ugh, inflation! I remember when they were only $357.01!) while a fully tricked out version for medium sized dogs, including an exterior house mount, is $845.88.

[ GoPet Tread Wheel ] VIA [ Chip Chick ]

Dyson’s Groom Brush

By Andrew Liszewski on 10/13/10 • Leave a comment!

Dyson's Dog Grooming Brush (Images courtesy Dyson Japan)
By Andrew Liszewski

Dyson’s vacuums, particularly their animal-specific models, do a great job at picking up pet hair, but they’re all really a passive solution to the problem. In Japan however, the company now sells this new Groom Brush accessory that can be used to pro-actively remove hair from your pet before it’s shed. It works just like your standard wire pet brush, but the teeth can retract when you’re finished causing any hair that has collected on them to be sucked into the vacuum. As a result it looks like it can be used when the vacuum is off in case you happen to have a pet who’s not so keen on them, though it probably works best when the Dyson is running while you’re brushing. ~$90 (¥7,350) when purchased as an accessory, but I’m going to assume they offer it bundled with their animal-specific vacs as well.

[ Dyson's Groom Brush ] VIA [ InventorSpot ]

Great, Now Even Your Cat Can Send Useless Tweets

By Chris Scott Barr on 06/02/10 • 1 Comment

By Chris Scott Barr

When I stumbled upon the Tweeting Teakettle a couple of months ago, I thought I’d found the worst possible use for Twitter. I love how companies find new ways to prove me wrong. This time it’s not a small startup company, but a tech giant named Sony who has me convinced that Twitter will somehow bring about the apocalypse. It seems they are putting a good amount of effort into a device that will allow your cat to send tweets.

That ugly, bulky device that you see pictured above is a prototype of their Cat@Log, which will assist your feline friend in telling the world of their eating and napping habits. If you’re wondering why they used a stuffed cat, it’s because you’ll be hard pressed to find a cat that will let you put this thing on them, let alone stand still for a picture once it is on.

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