From October 12-14 we will be showing the complete line of Dolce Vita Pet beds, including the first cooled and heated DuoTemp bed at the HH Backer Tradeshow in Chicago.
So if you are an industry insider, make sure you stop by and say Hello. And by "say Hello", we mean "Enter your card to win!" We will be giving away a free Therabed each day of the show through a random drawing of business cards - so come on by!
Backer's 41st Annual Pet Industry Trade Show and Educational Conference
Donald E. Stephens Convention Center
Rosemont, Illinois
October 12-14, 2007
Dogs trained to assist the blind may also guide scientists towards a cure for cancer.
Guide Dogs for the Blind will share medical data and DNA from its dogs with a National Institutes of Health researcher studying cancer in people and dogs.
The San Rafael group, founded in 1942, keeps track of the medical histories and DNA of its purebred dogs.
Emergencies come in many forms, and they may require anything from a brief absence from your home to permanent evacuation. Each type of disaster requires different measures to keep your pets safe. The best thing you can do for yourself and your pets is to be prepared.
Step 1: Get a Rescue Alert Sticker
Step 2: Arrange a Safe Haven
Step 3: Emergency Supplies and Traveling Kits
Step 4: Choose “Designated Caregiversâ€
Step 5: Evacuation Preparation
Step 6: Geographic and Climatic Considerations
You can find this basis information in a number of places, but we think finding it at a newspaper in the Cayman Islands is best. Click the link to read more...
Sniffer dogs are a critical weapon in the fight against drug trafficking, Police Commissioner Augustine Chihuri has said.
Speaking at the 2007 police dog championships in Harare on Tuesday, Cde Chihuri said the proficiency of police dogs was critical in the detection of crimes such as robberies, drug trafficking and housebreaking and theft.
Thought you'd seen it all when it comes to pampering your pets? Leave it to Los Angeles dog owners to kick it up a notch with a hyperbaric oxygen chamber for dogs.
Dog owner Melanie Marden climbed into the contraption with her dog Porsche, explaining, "Her energy's gone up, her fur is so much softer, like a puppy."
Marden admits, not everyone understands their $150 a treatment habit.
Read more about pampering your prince or princess...
Continuing on the Pets and Song theme from the last post...
See below for the official Top 10 songs about dogs and cats:
10. Walkin' the Dog - Rufus Thomas
9. Plea from a Cat Named Virtue - The Weakerthans
8. Rain Dogs - Tom Waits
7. Cat Claws - The Kills
6. The Terrier Song - The Kids in the Hall
5. Kitty - The Presidents of the United States of America
4. Hound Dog - Jerry Lee Lewis (not the Elvis version, controversial!)
3. Lovecats or Shake Dog Shake - The Cure (take your pick)
2. Everything Reminds Me of My Dog - Jane Siberry
1. Fido, Your Leash is Too Long - The Magnetic Fields
Just in case you've been hiding under a "No Pets Allowed" rock for the past few months, you probably are well aware of the I Can Has Cheezburger phenomenon.
If you haven't heard of Lolcats (generic term for the pictures found on the Cheezburger site), a bit of background is in order: According to BusinessWeek.com, "I Can Has Cheezburger was started by Eric Nakagawa, a software developer in Hawaii, posting a single photo of a fat, smiling cat he found on the Internet, with the caption, “I can has cheezburger?†in January, 2007, at a Web site he created. It was supposed to be a joke. Soon after he posted a few more images in the same vein: cute cats with funny captions written in a silly, invented hybrid of Internet shorthand and baby-talk. Then he turned the site into a blog, so that visitors could comment on the postings. What happened after that would have been hard for anyone to predict.
Cheezburger now gets 500,000 page views a day from between 100,000 and 200,000 unique visitors, according to Nakagawa."
Even more fun, perhaps, are all the other places the Lolcats are showing up and the places the concept is spinning to. Here are five we've found:
5. Lolzombies. "I Can Has Braaaaaains!" Google it, if ye dare.
4. P.G. Wodehouse (sort of). Mark Liberman at Language Log posited the best theory about Lolcat grammar, arguing that Lolcat is best described as kitty baby talk, as often spoken memorably by certain P.G. Wodehouse characters. Liberman cites a 1922 passage from The Clicking of Cuthbert: "Little Tinky-Ting don't need no liver-pad, he don't," said Mrs. Luella Mainprice Jopp, addressing the animal in her arms, "because he was his muzzer's pet, he was.
3. From one of our investors. Thanks, Scott!
2. Geekipedia, a supplement to Wired, October 2007, page 029.
Dolce Vita is excited to be nearing launch with our partners in Canada, Canadian Tire.
See some pictures from the Canadian Tire dealer convention!
Adorable puppy Kippery is a "Future Guide Dog." Jasper fell asleep within 30 seconds of being on the bed and stayed quiet for the rest of the day, despite the traffic and noise around him!
Jasper is a adult yellow lab guide dog.
See Dolce Vita products at Canadian Tire stores later this year!
Dolce Vita is thrilled to be a sponsor of the upcoming 2007 National Specialty Show & Trial in Mount Vernon, Washington. This show, sponsored by the Australian Cattle Dog Club of America, will take place from September 22nd to September 26th.
Come see these great dogs judged in Agility, Herding, Obedience and more!
Hard working dogs like these deserve a Dolce Vita pet bed, and that's why we are happy to give away a top-of-the-line DuoTemp Cooled and Heated Pet Bed to the overall winner.
- I must shake the rainwater out of my fur BEFORE entering the house.
- The garbage collector is NOT stealing our stuff.
- I do not need to suddenly stand straight up when I'm lying under the coffee table.
- I will not roll my toys behind the fridge.
- "Kitty box crunchies" are not food.
- I will not chew my human's toothbrush and not tell them.
- When in the car, I will not insist on having the window rolled down when it's raining outside.
- We do not have a doorbell. I will not bark each time I hear one on TV.
- I will not steal my Mom's underwear and dance all over the backyard with it.
- The sofa is not a face towel. Neither are Mom & Dad's laps.
- My head does not belong in the refrigerator, dishwasher or trashcan.
- I will not bite the officer's hand when he reaches in for Mom's driver's license and car registration.
- I will not take off while on leash to chase squirrels while Mommy is standing on a slippery grass slope.
How many does your dog remember? Leave us a comment!
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