Steiff animals arent flash-in-the-pan collectibles like Pet Rocks in the Seventies or Beanie Babies in the Nineties, says Timothy Luke, former director of collectibles for Christies, who owns a 50-piece collection.
Instead, they do the smart thing and share lots of adorable pictures of cats and dogs, pet adoption success stories, and useful resources like their pet poison control hotline that has now helped me twice.
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If that mobile device has a name like a pet, you may want to keep it secret.
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It might be more like the PET scan and MRI business, with select hospitals buying huge, expensive machines.
Back at her house in Dublin, Ohio, Fifi acts more like a pet than a prize winner with 70 best-in-show ribbons.
With the Mint, Mr. Norman suggested giving the device cues (chipper sounds, flashing lights) to make it seem like a pet that loves doing chores.
Should a mass incineration be ordered, crematoriums like the Cambridge Pet Crematorium may not be able to handle the load.
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An animal rights activist said Knut should be killed rather than treated like a domestic pet - a suggestion that triggered a nationwide surge of affection for the cub.
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The Furminator, a line of fine-toothed combs created by professional groomer Angie Porter, has gained a cult-like following among pet owners for its ability to remove a pet's undercoat with little fuss.
Though the final results have not yet been published, preliminary conclusions indicate that the robotic dog is treated much like a family pet, eliciting behaviors commonly associated with companionship, including sharing thoughts and feelings.
Like an ageing family pet, Rover is fit only for putting down, but the government is afraid of 6, 000 jobs going at the Longbridge plant on the outskirts of Birmingham, surrounded by Labour-held marginal seats.
The new Aibo, called the Aibo LM, will also come with all the bells and whistles that blessed the previous version of Aibo: the ability to read your e-mail, take digital pictures or simply provided endless hours of pet-like amusement.
You'll feel like the teacher's pet in one of the Inn's cosy guest rooms, but you aren't here to linger indoors.
Davidson suggests some silly examples like taxes on keeping a pet, neglecting your yard, playing a musical instrument, and singing in the shower.
Critics say Chavez used the state oil company like a piggy bank for pet government project funding homes, healthcare and food while neglecting oil infrastructure and production.
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In addition, Techniques like Positron Emission Tomography (PET), Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT), and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) are going to unravel the mystery of the neuron jungle.
Everybody liked him, though it was a temptation for those who knew him to patronise him, to treat him like a favourite child or pet, such was the inequality of his and their knowledge about his life.
Ngmoco has been successful in free-to-play games like Eliminate Pro and Touch Pet Dogs, while Freeverse has done well in the paid apps market with its low-cost games, like Skee-Ball and Flick Fishing, often priced at 99 cents.
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Another manager, Tom Watkins, who promoted successful bands like East 17 and the Pet Shop Boys, has a competing offering: North and South, an engaging bunch of 17-19-year-old boys which he put together and launched eight months ago.
Heidi's owner Amanda Williams, from Christchurch, said her pet took to it like a "duck to water".
But when you are thinking about living here, you have to consider things like supermarkets, dry cleaners and pet stores - in other words, all the things that make a neighborhood your own.
This sort of thing is noticeably absent from Path of Exile, which offers things like special animations, dances, pet companions, and even the chance to create unique items that will appear in the game from the store shop.
Windsor has a sophisticated website for creating custom labels, with templates for holidays, special occasions, even pet pictures, much like a greeting card or business card site, and the labels are free with the wine (plus one cent shipping on all orders of 12 bottles or more).
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In a step beyond the virtual pet Tamagotchi, computer simulations like the PlayStation game Tokimeki Memorial provide the lovelorn with the experience of dating a girl.
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Like the original Aibo, the robo-pet now acts happy when showered with attention and likes to be petted.
It resembles the Portuguese water dog breed popularized by the Obama family pet, Bo, and looks like any number of designer "doodle" dogs a mix of a poodle and something else.
However, an east Belfast teenager who has a pet pit bull said the dog is like her "baby".
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Unlike other pet-tracking devices, which can look like decommissioned Soviet-era spy gear, Tagg's waterproof transmitter is thin, light and styled to match Fido's and Whisker's high-tech lifestyles.
But like comic book and animation aficionados who have seen their pet art forms taken over by cute, anthropomorphic animals, artificial intelligence geeks must be getting anxious.
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