Got a puppy?

Well, you’ve got to train him to hold his “business” until the walk time. How about if dogs were just like cats, being able to use a litter box and do their “business” on it without waiting for his walk time? Well, such product exists, but it’s not a litter box.

I did a product review at the Superzoo Show on Pet Loo. I talked to Tobi Skovron, the founder and CEO, who kindly showed us their products.

For starters, The Pet Loo is a backyard in a box for dogs. Kind of a dog toilet! It’s easy to use and it’s ideal for pet owners who live in apartments, condos or houses and don’t have time to keep up with scheduled walks.

The Pet Loo has a urine draining system and a synthetic grass pad. It’s resistant to the acidity of urine and the accompanying smell which ensures a long-lasting and hygienic product. It also holds up to 300 kgs, which is great for big dogs.

Tobi also showed to me other products that accompany The Pet Loo but sold sparely

-          The Skip To My Loo- a unique attractant that helps people to toilet train their dogs

-          The Pee-Pod – a biodegradable container that fits inside the catchment jug of The Pet Loo

-          The WEE Care – the original Pet Loo Cleaner

There was one product from Pet Loo that caught my attention:  The Fresh Air Cat Litter, which features a triple action odor control that eliminates fecal odor, urine odor and odor-causing bacteria. And, we don’t have to change it for 2 months!

1 BOX = 2 MONTH SUPPLY OF CAT LITTER.

Well, the Pet Loo lines are good quality products, even though I haven’t tested their system on real pets yet. But as a pet owner I recommend Pet Loo products.

Precautionary measures need to be taken to ensure the well-being of pets during emergencies, just like humans. As we have seen in the past, many household pets become strays due to their owner’s inability to properly shelter them during storms – all due to a lack of preparedness. There are simple steps you can take before a storm is pending, that will ensure your pet is safe and secure during an emergency. Below, please find a series of tips on this topic that was compiled with the help from Heidi Ganahl, CEO and Founder of Camp Bow Wow, and Tobi Skovron, CEO and Founder of The Pet Loo.

1. Do your research before it is necessary – Many evacuation shelters are NOT pet friendly; find shelters nearby before a storm occurs in which both you and your pet are welcome. Also search out hotels along your evacuation route that are pet friendly.

2. Prepare your pet for departure – Don’t feed your pet at least two hours before departure. Small amounts of water can be given before the trip. If possible, put ice cubes in the water tray attached to the inside of your pet’s travel case – water will spill! They can lick the ice cube for water.

3. Like owner, like pet – If you’re going to need it during an emergency, chances are your pet will need it as well. Important documents pertaining to vaccinations or medications will be crucial in making sure your pet can stay at a shelter. These documents will help you find the proper shelter or hotel in case of evacuation.

4. Think ahead – Even when you first get your pet, getting a microchip could be the difference between keeping him/her safe and making them a stray. Microchips allow for veterinarians to scan lost animals to determine their identity so that they are safely returned home. Make sure you include your local animal shelter’s number in your list of emergency numbers. They might be able to provide information concerning pets during a disaster.

5. Pack necessities for up to a week – Take pet food, bottled water, medications, veterinary records, cat litter/pan, manual can opener, food dishes, first aid kit and other supplies with you in case they’re not available later. Water for your pet is crucial, so plan on enough. Never allow Fido to drink water immediately after a storm as chemicals and bacteria could be abundant in tap water. If you feed dry food, it is good to have an extra bag of food on hand.

6. Portable potties or indoor potties – Particularly with the stronger category storms, it is NOT safe to let your dogs or cats out to go potty. Reasons for this include: storm surges (walls of water up to 20 feet high), winds in excess of 74 mph (for the weakest hurricanes), inland flooding and power lines down. Keeping your pet inside and having an indoor toilet solution for dogs and cats with the Pet Loo means you have one less dangerous element to worry about during a storm. While traveling in the car, using a Pet Loo with its Pee-Pod will absorb urine and turn a liquid into a non-odorous, solidified gel that will hold at least 100 times its weight in liquids. This will also prevent sloshing of urine in the catch basin while the vehicle is in motion.

7. Provide your pet with a home away from home – Like people, pets tend to become stressed when their safety is at risk. Bring their favorite toys, always have a leash and collar on hand for their safety, and a comfortable bed or cage for proper security. If your pet is prone to anxiety, prepare him/her with a natural stress-relieving medication or spray to help ease them in times of emergency.

8. I.C.E – No, not the frozen kind – it stands for “In Case of Emergency.” If your pet is lost or runs away during an emergency, bring information that will help others find him/her like recent photos of your pet, behavioral characteristics or traits. These can help others identify your pet and return them safely to you.

9. Ease pets back home – Don’t allow Fido to run back into your home or even your neighborhood once you and your family have returned. Your once familiar home could be disheveled and/or changed, and this can potentially disorient and stress your pet. Keep your pet on a leash and safely ease him/her back home. Make sure they are not eating or picking up anything that could potentially be dangerous, such as downed wires or water that could be contaminated.

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FREE SAMPLES FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2011 

We’re getting into the Valentine spirit early by spreading the love! For the month of February, Pup-Pee Solutions Australia is giving away a free sample of Wee Care (125ml) and a Pee-Pod in every one of our Loo’s[1]! So get in quick while stocks are still available!

There is no end to the accessories you can buy for your pet today. Designer collars, leads, beds, even strollers and sunglasses are far more common than you may think! But isn’t it time we started to look at the essentials? It’s easy to get caught up in the excitement of bright and funky pet accessories, especially when a new puppy or adopted dog is first brought home.

The right diet, a good source of clean water and appropriate bedding are all key examples of the essentials that should be brought home the same day your pup is, but the essential item that is often forgotten until the first accident occurs is toileting.

If we have said it once, we’ve said it a thousand times, every dog poops! It’s so easy to forget this basic need and yet it’s often what causes us to lose sleep (or hair!) when faced with messy clean ups and bad smells.

So what is the best option for you?

Pup-Pee Solutions products can now be bought in ‘Puppy Packs’ from many retailers across the globe! A Puppy Pack is a great start to life with your new addition.

ü  The Pet Loo provides a toileting area for your dog to do its business that is not only easy to use but easy to clean.

ü  WEE Care is our 100% chemical-free cleaner created specifically for The Pet Loo and pet waste. Being an enzyme based product, once sprayed on, WEE Care remains active for up to 7 days!

ü  Pee-Pods, our newest line, fits neatly inside the catchment jug of the Pet Loo – turning liquid waste into a solid gel, which traps in smelly urine odours and makes cleaning even easier!

ü  Skip to My Loo – a unique training aid that attracts puppies and kittens to The Pet Loo for their toileting needs.

When purchased in one pack you will not only be saving yourself money, but also time and stress! There would be no need to run back and forth from pet store to pet store if you have everything you need already at home!

And don’t forget those accident cleaners, because no matter how well your puppy takes to training there will always be that time they didn’t quite make it.

ü  Liquid Ate – pet stain and odour eliminator. The specially designed formula will clean and deodorize organic stains in carpets and flooring, upholstery and fabrics.

ü  Whiff Off is an all natural way of eliminating tough odours. It works by getting to the ‘source’ to remove the odour causing fats and proteins, instead of just masking them.

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Ter um pet cada vez mais significa ter um novo membro na família, aliás, um novo filho.

O mercado entende isso e se esforça para trazer mais qualidade de vida, conforto e claro, alguns mimos também para esses bichinhos tão importantes para nós. Prova disso é a importância e a dimensão que a Pet South America ganha a cada edição, e esse ano não foi diferente!

O Radar traz com exclusividade pra você as novidades que a Pet Loo trouxe da Austrália para o Brasil: um sanitário inteligente para cães. Super prático, econômico e duradouro, o Pet Loo já mostrou na feira que agradou aos donos e com certeza vai agradar aos cães também.

www.thepetloo.com/br/

English Translation:

Having a pet these days is more like having a new family member, in fact, some say it’s like a new child.

The Brazilian pet market understands this and strives to bring more quality of life, comfort and of course some treats for those pets, which are equally as important to us. Once can witness the importance and dimension of Pet South America annually, and this year was no different!

Radar exclusively brings to you the news that The Pet Loo originated in Australia is now available in Brazil.

The Pet Loo is an intelligent toilet for dogs. A very practical, economical and durable solution, The Pet Loo was on display at the show and the appeal to the owners was incredible, no question it will certainly be as appealing to dogs in Brazil as it has been around the world.

More: www.thepetloo.com/br/

SuperZoo is a business – it is a place to showcase the latest pet industry trends – and the products, education and solutions geared to embrace those trends. It is, in short, the future of the industry. SuperZoo is by far the industry’s most valuable show – bringing together buyers, sellers and experts from all corners of the pet industry.

As Diane Taylor stated in her article dated September 19th, “Superzoo isn’t for the pet owner. It’s a show for pet retailers. This year, they came to the Mandalay Bay Convention Center, Las Vegas, to visit some 700 exhibitors (a record number) and purchase items for their stores. The show floor featured every conceivable pet product.

Most of the exhibitors at SuperZoo 2010 noted that even amid recession, business has not suffered. Today’s pet owners are spending more time at home, and apparently, nothing is too good for Spot, Puff, Lizzy or Chirpy.”[1]

Pup-Pee Solutions USA division was there in full effect. CEO Tobi Skovron said “this is the fourth time we’ve been at Superzoo and it just gets bigger for us each year. This years show was a raging success with some dealers who had been sitting on the fence in previous years jump straight in when they saw our latest innovation Pee-Pods”.

Superzoo is three days of business, learning and networking. It’s more than a trade show, SuperZoo is a community of pet industry pros, where you will meet and network, increase your knowledge and build invaluable business relationships.[2]

 Skovron added, “if you’re serious about what you’re doing, you need to be here! This is where everything happens in the US and the WPA put on a fantastic show – a show and an organzation we’re proud to be aligned with.

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Tobi Skovron, CEO of Pup-Pee Solutions, has a brief chat about the two new additions to the company’s ever-growing pet waste management product lines.

How long has it taken to get these two new lines to reach the shelves (from brainstorm to creation)?

Pee-Pods have been in the works for over twelve months. We were trying to bring the right product to that market and had so many varying options. We trialed each of these options and the only one that really made sense is what you can see today:

Click here to see what Pee-Pods are all about!

Where did the idea of Pee-Pods and Wee Sponge come from?

There were a couple of factors that bought us to launching Pee-Pods but it all boils down to Pup-Pee’s desire to be revolutionary in the industry. Engrained in Pup-Pee’s DNA is the ability to deliver innovative, first class products of need.

Pee-Pods fit neatly inside our value and proposition system – to make life easier for pet owners and give them more time to enjoy the benefits of animal companionship.

When we first introduced The Pet Loo to the global pet industry we revolutionised the way in which pets toilet. The introduction of Pee-Pods is enhancing that experience and changing the game again.
What’s more, Pee-Pods retain the benefit of being safe for people, pets and the planet – something we feel passionate about.

How does Skip to My Loo differ from other training aids on the market?

Skip to My Loo is a synthetic urine that works by mimicking animal urine, as opposed to attractants currently on the market, which can contain harmful ammonia or extracts of smelly animal faeces. When applied to a surface (not only The Pet Loo), Skip to My Loo will result in the dog/cat marking over it with their own scent.

Skip’s formula is first class and unmatched!

“Skip To My Loo… My Darling” was a nursery rhyme I used to sing as a kid. The synergy between that rhyme and our Pet Loo is incredible. So when it came to creating a formulation, the synergy needed to be as strong.

In what way will these new lines will push your company further into the title of ‘Number 1 Pet Waste Management Group’?

When we first launched, we were The Pet Loo Company – a one hit wonder. What we have done with that success as a company is identified unique and specalised areas to roll out into.

We are not interested in being a “me too” we want to set the benchmark on everything we do and maintain our innovative flair. In simple we are heading towards being recognised as the number one pet waste management company in the world. The Pup-Pee team is passionate, strategic and innovative with what we do – That passion cannot be replicated!

The new additions, Part 1

Pup-Pee Solutions are committed to developing innovative pet waste management products and the introduction of their latest developments, the Pee-Pod and Skip to My Loo, is a true example of that.

Pee-Pods have been developed to trap airborne odours contained in pet waste. The innovative Pod fits neatly inside the catchment jug of your Pet Loo. Liquid waste, on contact with the Pee-Pod and the WEE Sponge additive, turns instantly into a gel – this rapid absorption makes for easy disposal. The result significantly reduces airborne odours, furthering the performance of your Pet’s Loo.

A TRUE REVOLUTION!

Pee-Pods have been scientifically formulated using patented technology to blend nature and science – creating a product that uses natural materials to give supernatural results! With the Wee Sponge in a Pee-Pod, The Pet Loo’s catchment jug is able to hold at least 100 times its own weight in liquid and trap odours in a way like no other. Pee-Pods are completely safe to humans & pets and have been engineered using biodegradable materials; further reducing the carbon footprint of pet waste. With a lifespan of up to 3 days per Pee-Pod, once full, throw the whole Pod in the trash and simply replace with a fresh one!

And to create a full Pet Loo and waste management package, this month we have also released Skip to My Loo – a unique attractant that works as a toileting training aid!

The scent has been designed to attract and encourage your dog, puppy or kitten to relieve itself in an area designated by you. It makes a perfect companion for The Pet Loo and can be used indoors or out. Skip to my Loo is not a smelly extract of animal faeces; instead it is a scientifically formulated solution that mimics animal urine to attract your puppy or kitten.

These two new and innovative products can be purchased from your local Pet Loo stockist today!

The world’s biggest marketplace for pet experts

Over 1,450 exhibitors from more than 50 countries and a record gross display area of some 90,000 square metres make Interzoo the biggest and most important marketplace for the global pet supplies trade. 

The world’s leading exhibition for the pet industry offers the professional audience a comprehensive overview of the global market on a gross display area of more than 90,000 square metres.

Klaus Oechsner, President of the German Pet Trade & Industry Association (ZZF), the honorary sponsor of the exhibition, rates the great interest in Interzoo 2010 as an indication of a stable pet supplies market: “Living together with pets is still a source of great pleasure to people all over the world and in many countries pets are just being discovered as members of the family. The pet supplies market therefore has good growth prospects and Interzoo offers the ideal setting for launching new ideas.”[1]

And launching new ideas is exactly what Pup-Pee intends to do at Interzoo!

Introducing Pee-Pods – The New Kid on the Block!

Pee-Pods have been developed along with Wee Sponge to create a new and unrivalled moisture and odour absorber.

And what does every pup needs when they are first brought home… Skip to my Loo!

A unique attractant that helps you to toilet train your best friend!

The scent has been designed to attract and encourage your dog, puppy or kitten to relieve itself in an area designated by you. It makes a perfect companion for The Pet Loo and can be used indoors or out.

Pup-Pee hope to see you at this year’s Interzoo!

Hall 4, Booth 4A-508

13^th-16^th May 2010

Nuremberg, Germany

For International Licensing and Distribution contact Pup-Pee’s Los Angeles Office on:

+1 682 PET LOO 1