News: Pet products

Italian brand MOSCHINO has teamed up exclusively with online fashion retailer Yoox to launch a limited edition capsule collection of leashes and collars. All proceeds from the MOSCHINO PETS project will go to the US’s National Disaster Search Dog Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to training rescue dogs to become search dogs. Once trained, these…

Fleas can infest your pet all year round Summer is the time of year when fleas are at their most numerouis and, as they are one of the most common parasites caught by pet cats and dogs, it’s important you are in control of any possible problems. Indeed, it’s thought that every cat and dog…

Pet owners are buying luxury food for their animals that is as much as three times as expensive as similar food for humans, according to The Sunday Times. An article in today’s paper (03/06/07) says that ingredients being fed to pets include venison, garlic and herbs, with some foods also available in organic and healthy…

Whether they are our domestic companions or the biggest, meanest lions and tigers, they are all exquisitely susceptible to the volatile oil found in the stems and leaves of the catnip plant. When they smell catnip they behave like females on heat. They may rub their heads and body on the herb or jump, roll…

Scientists? believe they may have found a way to curb the? predatory urges of cats by? fitting them? with brightly coloured, clip-on bibs.? Conservationists have found? that the number of birds, rodents and other creatures captured by cats falls? dramatically if the pets wear the? bibs, which hinder their ability to stalk and pounce. Bib-wearing…

Water that helps? pets stay hydrated and healthy? has been launched in the UK for the summer. Water Cat? and Water Dog have been? specially formulated? for a? French company, Special Waters SAS,? by a team of Strasbourg-based vets to a? formula that? caters specifically for a pet’s biological needs. Unlike chlorinated tap water, which…

Pet owners need to begin taking special care of their animals before the dog days of summer arrive.? Cats, Dogs & Peace of Mind founder and director Louise Wilsher believes that? now is the time to think about parasite control, heat stroke and travel arrangements for cats and dogs. “Every summer, vets see animals that…

Unnecessary vet visits cost pet owners £118 million a year in vet fees, wasted miles and lost working time, according to research from pet insurer MORE TH>N. Such trips also cost British businesses £19 million a year because? staff take time off work as compassionate leave, or lie about their whereabouts to take their pets…

An artificial grass has been developed that it is claimed provides a healthier and cleaner environment for dogs. K9Grass, developed by a US synthetic grass firm,? contains an anti-microbial agent built into the grass blades to fight bacteria and germs that cause odour. It also is knitted, not tufted like other artificial turf, and this?…

A high-tech pet collar is set to? help lost pets find their way home – when it eventually comes to the UK. The PetSafe Micro I.D.T Rescue Collar is only currently available in the US. It isn’t just a collar, but the ultimate pet protection system with convenient features even today’s best micro-chipping systems can’t…