Sir Chris Witty has said that air fresheners and wood burners are an air pollution risk. And that means they are a risk to both us and our companion animals. It is ironic that air fresheners can in reality make the air less fresh! The product is incorrectly labelled. It is misleading. Perhaps deliberately and …
Paradoxically air fresheners pollute the indoor environment Read More »
Toy hamster hilariously copies what humans say and animal vocalisations. The talking hamster is very amusing as it copies people and pets. A great present for a child I would have thought. You’ll be amused by this toy. I am laughing as I type this. Brilliant idea for a toy. Take a look at the …
Be amused. Be very amused by this little hamster copying voices and animal sounds Read More »
Today horse-brasses are entirely decorative; adorning heavy horses at horse shows. However, their role is far more than decorative or it used to be. They are protective amulets defending horses against evil spirits. They are a remnant of ancient pagan beliefs. They can almost be traced back to a time when the horse was first …
NEWS AND COMMENT: under pressure from PETA, Moonpig has withdrawn cards featuring pugs and French Bulldog from sale. In truth, there has been pressure for a long time against manufacturers exploiting the popular but unhealthy faces of pugs and French bulldogs and other similar dog breeds with brachycephalic heads and abnormally flat faces. It is …
PETA successfully compels Moonpig to pull pug cards from sale Read More »
Today, news media discusses if and when it is too cold to walk your dog. The weather is very cold at the moment in the UK and as temperatures plunge dog owners need to question what they might do to make going for a walk more acceptable for their dog. This got me thinking (dangerous …
This inventive and talented manufacturer from Taiwan who has an active channel on YouTube, Huang Xiaoije, decided to make a goldfish stroller in his workshop. It is technically quite advanced with a clever lighting system so that his exotic goldfish glow in their bubbly and watery environment as he strolls down the neon-lit shopping centres …
Goldfish stroller – Taiwanese man takes his goldfish for a stroll Read More »
The manufacturer of pleather used to be environmentally friendly but is now made from plastic.
It’s been dubbed an “Apple watch for dogs”. It is a collar containing sensors which can monitor your dog and track their location. It seems to me to be a GPS collar with added functionality to monitor the health of a medium-sized and large dogs. It is designed for larger dogs because the manufacturers can’t …
Collar for dogs acts like an Apple watch to monitor health and location Read More »
The Chamberlain myQ Pet Portal replaces the old-fashioned doggie door flap with a programmable sliding-door system built into your house’s front or back door. The video explains how it works. It is very sophisticated and very expensive. It’s what you call high-end and very techie but no doubt it will suit a lot of people. …
A very sophisticated high tech pet door with a great appearance Read More »
Bird Buddy is a bird feeding station with a difference. It was created by a start-up company in Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia. As I understand it, the co-founders are Franci Zidar and Ziga Vrtacic. This is a bird feeding station which has numerous advantages so I list them: It has a camera which takes …
Bird Buddy: a cool bird feeding device with so many advantages Read More »
NEWS AND VIEWS: This is a cross post because I think the issue needs to be flagged up as strongly as possible. Some very high-profile and well-known cat and dog skin parasite treatments such as Frontline and Advantage contain strong pesticide chemicals such as fipronil and imidacloprid. When you read the instructions on the box …
Fipronil and imidacloprid pet flea treatments poisoning river wildlife Read More »
“Hot dog” was first coined by a sports cartoonist TA Dorgan who substituted the frankfurter in a bread roll for a sausage dog, the dachshund.
In America, there is a genuine surge in the retreat from meat as it is called. People are becoming more interested in eating plant-based meat products which look and taste just like the real thing. For example, Leonardo DiCaprio and Bill Gates backed the business Beyond Meat. There are other examples of the expansion of …
The retreat from flesh-based meat gathers traction in Great Britain Read More »
It appears that nowadays artificial grass is fantastic quality, highly realistic and more popular than ever before. The popularity probably comes about because year-on-year people are distancing themselves from nature because of urban sprawl and humankind’s natural propensity to become an orphan from nature, and their origins. Perhaps they don’t want to think about their …
Artificial grass is bad for nature and the environment Read More »
