The Fleece Dog concept is faintly goofy, which is that you mix your pet's hair with wool and use the Fleece Dog kit to make a toy version of it, but then again, so is the actual site. There's a faint aura of Engrishness about the whole thing that makes me wonder if I'm missing something delightful about the notion of brushing your Great Dane, plucking the stray fur from the brush, and rolling it in with cotton batting like so much clay in your divine hands. Oh... well, when I put it that way... Apparently it's easy to do, and irresistible to pose the little voodoo-doll result afterward (would that this was a quick path to training and that it worked on cats). Certainly it's an unusual take on recycling! (And yes, Paris, you do recognize the little fella depicted here.) [GT]
Fleece Dog
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Instead of a typical hand-hewn pet house that looks about as durable as the typical hand-hewn spice rack from Learn to Saw 101, the urban owner of guinea pigs, rabbits, and even chickens or ducks, can just go with the Eglu from Omlet. Designed to allow anybody to own a modest number of either non-traditional pets or, for the more practical, egg-layers, so that you can have your own organic breakfast. They say: "We wanted it to be as easy as looking after a goldfish but more rewarding than owning a dog (you get eggs with chickens!)." And you can even get some certified layers straight from Omlet so you can get up and running just like that. £395 with - which includes feed and also feed plus water containers - or £360 without. Last but surely not least, you can return it for full refund up to 28 days after arrival, in case the urban farm lifestyle is not quite what you'd hoped. [GT]
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During rabies outbreaks in China, massive culls of strays are all too common. As part of PETA's Humane Rabies Control in China, Jackie Chan has donated a handsomely autographed card for auction on eBay which runs until September 9. All proceeds donated to help ensure dogs in China have up-to-date rabies shots, that those dogs which must be euthanised experience humane methods, to educate the public, and ensure those who are bitten get immediate post-exposure vaccines. [GT]
Jackie Chan Personal Handmade & Signed Greeting Card
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Treats good enough for you to eat yourself (though your taste may not be the same as Rex's), the biscuits produced by The Dog Deli are made from human-grade beef, chicken, lamb or rabbit, and low in fat with no added salt, sugar, artificial preservatives or colourings. Each full 200gram meal - chicken, beef or rabbit goes for £1.50 and is made specially to order. Packages of Lamb’s Liver and Carrot Muffins, Beef and Garlic Snax, Chicken Brown Rice and Seaweed Crunchies and others are low fat, involve foods which your pet will regard as special (how often does he eat rabbit?) range from £1.50 to £2 per packet with bulk discounts available. [GT]
The Dog Deli
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Offering safe, natural and organic products for your cats, dogs and, er, horses, Organic Equine has everything from Shampure herbal shampoo (suitable for cats, dogs and horses) to De-Stress horse tranquilizer. (Presumably of the non-Quaalude variety.) [GT]
Organic Equine
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Animal Aid campaigns against cruelty to animals. To get involved, there are a number of things you can do. You can join up as a member - becoming a premier member only costs £5 a month, and gets you discounts, an 'Against All Animal Cruelty' t-shirt, an Animal Aid badge and window sticker, a subscription to Outrage magazine (published quarterly) and a heap of discounts. Or, you can eat chocolate. (We've all got to do our part!)
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There's no doubt that the CatBib - $9 USD from Cat Goods Inc with free worldwide shipping - looks goofy. But there are two really amazing things about it: one, it does keep cats from eating birds without interfering with them unduly otherwise, and two, cats actually like wearing it. Shut up, I'm being serious. I put it on Bester, who is sleek and black and handsome and evil and full of vanity from the tip of his tail to the end of his nose, and he treated it like it was some fabulous and exclusive new piece of bling that made him all sexified. He lolled on the grass and encouraged all three of the young ladies of the house to come and rub his magnificent belly. He loves it, even though it keeps him from eating birds. (I said he was handsome, not that he was smart. He gets by on his looks.)
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