Over 400 pet products tested for hazardous chemicals

HealthyStuff.org tested over 400 pet products, including beds, chew toys, stuffed toys, collars, leashes, and tennis balls.  45% of all products tested had detectable levels of one or more hazardous chemicals, including: 1/4 of all pet products had detectable levels of lead. Below is a link to the list of products. 

http://www.healthystuff.org/departments/pets/product.least.php?rank=none

Nina Ottosson Interactive Dog Games

Nina Ottoson has developed these amazing interactive games that provide a fun way for your dog to exercise their mind and earn a treat while doing it.  To start off, place your dog's favorite snack in each compartment, keeping the covers open so your dog gets a whiff and becomes intrigued.  Once your dog seems comfortable taking food out of the Brick, up the ante by sliding the compartments halfway closed.  Your dog will then be interested enough to work the lids open to get at the grub.  Gradually increase the difficulty until all the compartments are closed - concealing all of the treats.

Make sure to always supervise your dog since the pieces seem small enough for larger dogs to swallow.  Also, it's a good idea to wipe down the game after each use - the slobber factor can be quite high.

Dog Casino - wood

DogSpinny - Plastic

My friend Stella let me use this video of her dog Chico playing with the Nina Ottosson's Magictoy! Enjoy! Thank you Stella for letting me use this!

You can find Nina Ottosson's interactive games at The Haute Hound and you can even receive 15% OFF, this month only. When you are ready to check out enter in "barksniff" coupon code for 15% OFF your purchase. Enjoy!

Crinkle Crinkle Crinkle - Go Green!

This is the noise that I hear now instead of the high pitch squeaking when my pups are playing with their new Bottle Buddy toy. Yesterday after the fundraiser photo shoot event, that was held at Furever Pets (a pet boutique located in the heart of the Broadway district of Portland) I decided that I would buy the kids some toys. Since I had spent the day with other dogs, I kind of figured that they would be upset with me with all the smells that I would be coming home with, so one of the many toys that I got for them was the Bottle Buddy - a fun plush character toy with a recycled bottle inside of it. The purpose for the Bottle Buddy toy is to be able to reuse plastic bottles that would otherwise be added to overflowing landfills, and to help create more awareness of this growing environmental concern! I absolutely love the concept and purpose of this toy and the best thing is my dogs love it too!!

I can actually stand the crinkling noise, especially when you hear it when you're relaxed on the couch watching your favorite show and of course some how they know and they bring their toys out to play. WHY? The crinkling is a little better for me to handle!

Go green!