I wouldn’t mind having a pet dog, I enjoy walking (especially in the rain) and it would give me somebody to talk to in the day other than my MSN contacts. The one thing that puts me off having having a pet mutt is the fact I’d have to pick up the mess it would leave behind, picking up a dog turd with my hand in a plastic bag makes my skin crawl. This next gadget could be the answer to that, the Sha-Poopie™, a telescopic dog turd catcher.

Invented by a man who absolutely hates picking up after his dog, The Sha-Poopie™ makes the job both easier and less unpleasant. No bending, no trying to use a stick to scrape dog poop onto a newspaper or, worse yet, using a plastic bag to actually pick up it up!

Available from Solutions for $19.95 (though I must admit I’m not convinced this is the answer).

Cats are pets that appeal only to a certain group of people, and hence they’re constantly in a love-hate relationship with us humans. Feline lovers know just how clean and picky their cats can be, as cats clean themselves constantly by licking their fur often. Unfortunately, while they’re extremely neat when it comes to concealing their poop in a litter box, it doesn’t help that the smell of turd can still waft out and cause distress to residents in the same house. This is where the Cat Genie Cat Box comes in - this litter system is smart enough to wash, sanitize, and dry the box automatically without having you to lift even a single finger, as long as it remains connected to the water line in the bathroom or laundry room and an AC outlet.

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Ever experienced one of those days where you have had the most awful time at the office, only to return home to find a ton of unpaid bills screaming for your attention and a splitting headache that sends you reeling. After popping a couple of aspirin, you head towards bed and pull the covers over your body, only to realize that something is not quite right. You can’t seem to drift off into dreamland all because your neighbor’s dog is busy barking its head off at apparently nothing - a puzzle that I have yet to comprehend until this day. Now, you can’t really go over and tell your neighbor to discipline his mutt since you’ve already done that a dozen times before to no effect. Using a BB gun or a tranqualizer due is also out of the question, but how else are you going to get a peaceful night’s rest? Enter the Bark Free range of devices from Sky Mall.

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If you insist on buying cheap cat food that stinks the house out why not invest in the Pedal Bowl, the pet bowl with a paw operated lid.

The main aim of the pedal bowl is to protect the food from passing flies however keeping the smell in works too. Many moons ago I used to own a cat called Judge (named after Dredd) which even for cats was particularly dumb so if I’d put the food in this she’d probably of starved to death (I’m knocking my cat here not the product so no legal letters please).

More information available over at Pedal Bowl, thanks Cribs.

With Liverpool in England being awarded the status of European Capital of Culture in 2008, the city council is stepping up another gear when it comes to sprucing up the city. One of the main objectives in its clean up operation would be getting rid of pigeons in the city, where these birds no longer need to get up early to catch any worms as they can wistfully sit idly and wait for well meaning passers-by to drop leftovers for them. And when these pigeons start to swell around their tummies from the abundant amount of food, it is natural that their droppings will start to rain down like manna from heaven.

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How much do you love your pet? I love my dog, but I don’t know if I love him enough to get him the Total Pet Health Vibrating Pet Massager. I mean honestly, I would feel just a bit weird running around with this thing in my house. The company boasts that this little doohickey “provides a way to strengthen the bond between pets and their owners”.
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It must be a dog owners nightmare, you are out on your yacht the sun is shining and the drinks are flowing, when suddenly poor old poochie accidentally jumps over board, maybe he saw a stick floating by or something, never less what do you do now? Remember that every minute that passes the further away he is going to get and the less chance of him being found.
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Chances are, you’re familiar with these things known as collars. Generally, you find them on these domesticated-ish animals. For the most part, these collars consist of a simple name tag and some basic contact information. The Petsafe Micro ID Rescue Collar is bringing collars into the 21st century– by putting a USB drive into the collar itself.
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