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Stop Puppy Mills, Support Shelters…

  A look into Best Friends Animal Society.  Best Friends is guided by a simple: kindness to animals builds a better world for all of us.  In the late 1980s, when Best Friends was in its early days, roughly 17 million dogs and cats were being killed in shelters every year.  Despite the commitment of shelter workers to the animals in their care, the conventional belief was that little could be done to lower that terrible number. Best Friends' No More Homeless … Continue reading

Pup-Pee Solutions – The Company…

Launched in 2006 after 3 years of research & development by Australian entrepreneur of the year, Tobi Skovron, and former Vet nurse & animal assisted therapist Simone Skovron, Pup-Pee Solutions is an Australian business success story that has expanded worldwide.  With offices in Melbourne Australia, Los Angeles California & New York City The Pet Loo is Pup-Pee’s flagship brand. The Pet Loo replicates a backyard and is a safe and hygienic device that allows dogs & cats to do their business in … Continue reading

Investor’s Business Daily…

Protect Your Good Ideas Assemble a team. Billed as a "backyard in a box," The Pet Loo invented by Tobi Skovron and his wife, Simone, lets dogs do their business indoors on a hygienic, synthetic-grass-covered box. Before dropping The Pet Loo on the marketplace in 2003, the couple surrounded themselves with an arsenal of experts who'd "been there, done that," Tobi Skovron told IBD. The board of directors they gathered included licensing and patent attorneys as well as accountants and … Continue reading

Celebrity Spoodles

   It’s tough being a celebrity in LA!   It seems that where ever they go, The Pet Loo Spoodles, Subii and Coopa, are being stopped in the street by their fans. People love the playfulness of these gorgeous dogs, but they don’t always recognise the breed.   Spoodles are a hybrid dog – a cross between an American Cocker Spaniel or English Cocker Spaniel and a poodle (in most cases the miniature poodle or toy poodle) – and in the … Continue reading

Schwarzenegger Vetoes Two Pet Related Bills

In the news today…Provided by the APPA  California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has vetoed two pet related bills. Assembly Bill 241, which set the limit of intact animals a “breeder” could own at 50, was vetoed. Also vetoed was Assembly Bill 243 which made what is now a judge’s option in sentencing mandatory, that those found guilty of animal cruelty not be allowed to own animals again. I am returning Assembly Bill 241 without my signature. This measure would make it … Continue reading

The Ultimate House Training Guide

According to: www.simplidogs.com House training a dog can be a daunting prospect at first, but with a consistent approach and a good understanding of the best methods for house training a dog, any dog can learn what is expected of them. What is the Best Method of House Training a Dog? In most situations, crate training your puppy or dog is the best method. Using a crate for house training a dog works on the principle that dogs do not … Continue reading

Exploring the Health Benefits of Pets – New York Times

Michal Czerwonka for The New York Times INTERACTION Tommy Conforti, a cancer patient, and Lady, a therapy dog. By CARLA BARANAUCKAS Published: October 5, 2009 When Chad, a yellow Labrador retriever, moved in with Claire Vaccaro’s family in Manhattan last spring, he already had an important role. As an autism service dog, he was joining the family to help protect Ms. Vaccaro’s 11-year-old son, Milo — especially in public, where he often had tantrums or tried to run away. This … Continue reading

Pet Fashion Week – New York….

Pet Fashion Week draws New York's best dressed dogs to Chelsea By Dave Goldiner DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER   Siegel for News Mochi, a 2-year-old Maltese, beams with pride modelign a dog dress Sunday at Pet Fashion Week in Chelsea Siegel for News Joan Volpe,of the Fashion Institute of Technology Center for Professional Studies shows off a silk-lined dog overcoat at Pet Fashion Week on Sunday in Chelsea (click for gallery). Some of New York's best dressed dogs strutted their … Continue reading

Investor Business Daily…

www.investors.com Protect Your Good Ideas By Sonja Carberry You've come up with a great product and put it on the market. Almost immediately people are imitating or even stealing your idea. What to do? Details on protecting what's yours: • Assemble a team. Billed as a "backyard in a box," the Pet Loo invented by Tobi Skovron and his wife, Simone, lets dogs do their business indoors on a hygienic, synthetic-grass-covered box. Before dropping the Pet Loo on the marketplace … Continue reading

Which Dog Potty Is Right for You? – As Featured on AOL

by Eliot Glazer Categories: Dogs, Toys and Treats Photos (clockwise from upper left): Pet Loo, UGODOG, Porch Potty, Wizdog There are really no words to describe just how much I adore my five-year-old terrier mix, Atticus. Having been his proud (adoptive) papa since June of 2008, I am, admittedly, obsessed with my dog (you would be too if you met him). The sixteen-pound black and white pooch is — as most pet owners will attest — essentially my child, and … Continue reading