All dog owners have been there: trying to juggle either an armload of bags and parcels — or maybe just a drink and a cell phone — all the while grabbing onto the end of a leash with our four-legged friend(s) on the other end.

The Shabby Dog has taken this problem and turned it into a “why didn’t someone think of that sooner?” They’ve created a wrist cuff that turns a leash into a hands-free lead (and the cuffs are cute too)!
Simply attach one of the stylish cuffs to your wrist, attach the leash, and you’re good to go. Made …read more

Just look at that face. That is Trotter, my beloved Chocolate Labrador. Doesn’t he look calm and relaxed? Actually he’s waiting for me to feed him.
I am always so amazed at how dogs seem to be able to provide us with a sense of peace.
Yesterday, I completely freaked myself out about something a client had said to me…which snowballed, internally, to my freaking out about every little nuance concerning my business and even my ability to be a small business owner.
Then it was that TIME. That time of day, when I get a look from Trotter whose expression seems to …read more

The creative period for new Pet Set products can sometimes be a delicate balance between productivity, procrastination and dementia.
As with so many creative endeavors, there is the conceptual phase, the fine-tuning phase and the endless revision phase (read self-torment).
All of you creatives out there know versions of this drill. (And that means moms and teachers too).
Sometimes it’s late-night scribblings on a bedside pad…sometimes it’s singing in the shower, and sometimes ideas materialize while walking the dog.
Am I right? Does this sound like any of you?
And then of course, there are the eccentric sources of inspiration — the supermarket. …read more