Fun Gifts for the Geek and his/her Dog

I recently found this super fun website that sells all things Geek.   More importantly, they even have items for the Dog Lover Geek!   And the prices are so low, these can be paw-some gag gifts for the dog lover geek who has everything.....check 'em out!

iBone Dog Toy  There are lots of things your dog wants. For starters, your dog wants steak. You don't need a fancy Japanese gadget to translate his barks to know that. Srsly. Here are a list of some other things your dog wants: a helmet with horns, sunscreen, health care reform, ice cream, a cure for cancer, a bus ticket, coq au vin, and most importantly, to catch treats at 1,000 frames per second. But what your dog really wants is the iBone. It's bigger than an iPhone and smaller than an iPad, which is the perfect size to be carried around in the jaws of your favorite hound. The squeaker is delightfully squeaky and it has embroidered buttons with the cream of the crop of canine apps from the iBone App Store. Apple fanboys, you know your collection isn't complete without an iBone for your dog.

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Control-a-Dog Remote Control  That's right! You want Fido to Sit, Stay, Speak, Drop It? Just point the remote at your dog, press the appropriate button, and hope for the best. It's powered by wishful thinking, so if your brain waves aren't very strong yet, you may have some issues initially. Don't worry, keep mashing the button and hoping and one day your dog will stop peeing in the living room.

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  Bowser Dog Beer & Pretzel Snacks Bowser Beer is a fun and healthy treat packaged in beer bottles so you can celebrate responsibly with your dogs. It's made of USDA beef or chicken and lovingly brewed with malt barley (for shiny coats) and glucosamine (for smooth-moving joints). Don't you wish people beer was this healthy? Dogs lap up Bowser Beer either straight from the bottle or as a tasty sauce on boring dry food. So next time you kick back with a few brews, don't forget your dog!

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 Humping USB Dog  Harley and Duke are naughty doggies. They won't eat out of their food bowls; they track mud all over the place; they are constantly burying our pens; and they have a peculiar naughtiness whenever they spy a free USB port. They...well...they sort of, kind of, um... "go to town," if you will. And they won't stop until you um...separate them from the source of their affections.

Woof!
~Lisa
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Helping Children Cope with the Loss of a Pet

The following is an excerpt from Chapter 12 of The Loss of a Pet written by Dr. Wallace Sife, founder of the Association for Pet Loss and Bereavement website.  The APLB is a nonprofit association of volunteers who are trained or experienced in the tender subject of pet death. Its members are professional counselors as well as pet-loving people from all other walks of life. They are all concerned with helping pet lovers cope with this unique and very intimate kind of loss. Anyone interested in this subject is invited to visit with them at aplb.org. In addition to its many other free services the APLB holds four three-hour pet loss chatrooms, every week.


Children and Pet Loss

“There is only one smartest dog in the world, and every child has it.”

Bereavement in children too often has been trivialized or given inadequate attention. We are so involved with our own adult world of complexities and learned associations that we tend to lose some perspective on how and why children feel grief for a pet. We too often presume that it is advisable to shelter them from this “grown-up experience” which we find to be very upsetting. In nearly all applications, that is absolutely the wrong approach. If they are old enough to reason, then they sense very accurately when they are being left out of important discussions about things that concern them. The death of a child’s beloved pet matters a great deal in his or her young life. How this is handled now will remain with the child for the rest of his or her life.

The death of a family pet is often the first death experienced by a child.   Read the full article about children and pet loss here.  

Purchase Dr. Sife's book The Loss of a Pet


Woof!
~Lisa

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MORE GREAT BOOKS ABOUT PET BEREAVEMENT

               

Vacation Travel Tips: Traveling by Car with Your Dog

Summer Travel Plans?

If you're traveling by car for your vacation this summer, and plan to take your dog with you when you travel, there are several things you'll need to consider before em"bark"ing on your journey.

I've written an article filled with tips you'll want to know when traveling by car with your dog.

And before you go...Get Dog Travel Supplies at Great Prices – Up to 40% Off at PETCO.com!

DO YOU KNOW A DOG MOM?   Check out all the Dog Mom Apparel available at BarkTalk.com, the paw-fect gift for every dog mom!

Woof!
~Lisa
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