The popularity of dressing up a pet has exploded along with the number of pet-owning households.
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If you think pet owners might be cutting corners on pet care, think again.
The American Pet Products Association reports pet ownership has continued to grow right through the downturn.
By selecting Pet-cat or Pet-dog modes, the camera will automatically detect cats or dogs and focus on their faces.
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One pet transporter, Robert Ake, drove to New York all the way from Colorado to help with the pet rescues.
Pet stores, pet hospitals and animal training courses are sprouting up to serve China's growing army of pooches and moggies.
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"The ability to talk to your pet from a distance on the pet's own cellular phone is definitely novel, " he said.
Pet insurance is structured similar to human health insurance, with pricing based on the age and breed of the pet.
You have to give me one tip that, you know, maybe you have a pet pet is a poor choice of words.
Two in three U.S. households own a pet, with 46.3 million owning a dog, according to the American Pet Products Association (APPA).
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Until recently you could find Halo, Purely for Pets--her line of vittles and pet-care products--only at health food or small pet stores.
"Grooming is so much more important once it does get hot, " says mobile pet groomer Michael Bryant of Snazzy-Pet USA in Atlanta.
Glitzy pet superstores, which account for more than a fifth of pet-product sales in America and Canada, barely exist south of the Rio Grande.
The new leaflet explains how pet owners can get a pet passport for their dog, cat or ferret, and has advice on microchips and disease prevention.
When selecting a caregiver, seniors should consider close family or friends who have met the pet and who have successfully cared for a pet of their own.
Oxytocin in particular is crucial in bonding partner to partner (levels correlate with the success of a relationship), as well as parent to child, even pet-owner to pet.
To expand her private practice and help other pet owners, Simpson is studying to be a pet loss counselor through the Association for Pet Loss and Bereavement.
The motel is just part of Animalle Mundo Pet, a new massive pet complex in Belo Horizonte, Brazil that sells everything from chocolate dog biscuits to assisted reproduction services.
According to PET South America, an international trade show for pet suppliers, Brazil is now the world's fifth-largest market for pet accessories, worth about 9 billion dollars in 2011.
Psychologist Dr. Wallace Sife, author of "The Loss of a Pet, " founded the organization and runs the certification program, which explains how people grieve the loss of a pet.
The technology should remind you of that pet GPS collar which sends email alerts to the pet owner when Rover dashes outside of the confines of his monitored fenced-in yard.
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.
Although it is trendy for high-end and boutique hotels to accommodate travelers with pets, the wear and tear on furnishings, as well as the pet dander and pet accidents, can quickly destroy a room.
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 families aren't willing to remove a pet, the next best thing is to isolate the pet from allergic family members as much as possible, by keeping it outdoors, or at least out of bedrooms.
More to the point she questions where that burden falls: on the pet itself or on ourselves, the pet owners who are challenged, frustrated, and often annoyed by the decline of a once vigorous animal.
The survey suggested that one in five pet owners regularly uses social networking sites Facebook or Twitter to share pet images, and 10% of people have taken their pet to occasions such as christenings or weddings.
People often incorrectly assume they will outlive their pet, or that a friend or family will take care of their pet when they are gone, according to Anne Culver, director of Disaster Services for the Humane Society.
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