Category: Gadgets
Camera to hang off a dog's collar
Darling; you just know that I am working on a re-write of The Hound of the Baskervilles, from the dog's point of view. What a bunch of rubbish, all of that maligning of a wonderful dog. Ginger the spoiled big city Sheltie here to tell you how you can collect evidence to protect your dog's good reputation in life, in court, even in a silly, disgusting, anti-canine Victorian-era detective novel. It's the Pet's Eye View Camera from Discover This. Hangs right off your dog's (hopefully diamond) collar and takes artistic snapshots automatically at intervals you can set. Arthur Conan Doyle lied, lied, lied, but this camera will not. Shows exactly where a doggie has been; and let me tell you, I got some fabu shots inside Bergdorf Goodman today!
Electronic access door for dogs
This time, we've found a dog-related product that is truly adoorable. It's the Plexidoor Electronic pet door that lets your dog in and out while keeping thieves, crooks, marauders, rapists and dog poisoners out. The Plexidoor works with signals sent to it from an RFID device on your loved-one's collar. RFID does not stand for Right for Fido. Rather, it means Radio Frequency Identification Device. The door opens only when your K-9 is in close proximity to it. Every country house should be outfitted with one. No more doggy and human emergency runs outside at 3.a.m.
Treadmill for K-9s
Ginger the spoiled big city Sheltie here, asking you, do I look like I need a treadmill, svelte as I am? Of course I don't. What between my walks in the Tuileries Gardens and my romps in the private Grammercy Park (every dog's human should be well-connected), I get plenty of high-class exercise. Yet how can you possibly be spoiled if you don't have some material things you don't need? Besides that, let me tell you, I have seen some over-eaters who really do need the Pawwws doggy treadmill. I mean, one Dachshund I know and who shall remain nameless waddles like a duck, but don't try throwing her in the water because she'll sink faster than a mutt at Westminster. Not PC, I know, but I should worry and lose my figure. Consumer testimonials on the Pawwws site include one that says a cat used one of these treadmills with regularity. Hah! And pigs will fly. What dog in her right mind is going to believe that a cat uses a treadmill?
Accesory laden dog leash
We like to be prepared. We really do, but so often we forget one thing or another when taking our furry pals out for a jaunt. Well no more! This leash has everything but the kitchen sink attached. Here goes: Ezeleash features a hand sanitizer (just in case you have to touch something nasty), poop bags (did we mention touching something nasty?), a cell phone pocket (to order pizza on the way home), and so much more. I'm impressed with the hook they included to hold the full poop bag--after all, who wants to carry that? They call this all-in-one device the "future of urban dog walking" we call it pretty clever.
Climate controlled dog carriers
If you think like us, then you think that a bon voyage can't be truly bon until it is a bone voyage. That's why we're so excited about the next generation of climate-controlled pet carriers coming onto the market in Fall 2008 from Komfort Pets. Ingeniously engineered, the carriers keep our doggies cool when it's hot, and warm when it's not. The Komfort Pets site shows Hollywood dazzlers at a splashy carrier event - there's Paris and Ricky and Mario and even Tony Bennett. Animal lovers will be tickled to know that Tony's son Danny once had a band Quacky Duck and His Barnyard Friends. But for us, the biggest celeb associated with Komfort Pets is Dr. Paul Irwin, former Prez and CEO (chewing executive officer) of The Humane Society of the United States. He gives the climate-controlled carriers from Komfort Pet