Hi-Doggie Tech

[Psurfer]

Good article on the designer dog frenzy in the NYTimes, w/some interesting things to chew on, so to speak (...Speak...). Here's an ancillary bit I liked; funny, but spooky:

“Manufacturers asked themselves, ‘What’s a pet sitter really doing?’ ” Vetere went on. “ ‘He’s feeding your pet and letting your pet out. Well, we could do that.’ ” Over the last decade, the industry has devised an almost Jetsonian, automated existence for our dogs, and the outpouring of products alone suggests how eager we have been to resolve a number of curious problems. Dogs can be attended by timed, refrigerated feeders and water fountains, monitored by Webcam or consoled through PetsCell cellular telephones around their necks. Cutout kitchen doggie doors were good, but new doggie doors — like the motorized Power Pet, triggered by a sensor in the dog’s collar — are better, since homeowners worried thieves might shimmy through. The Power Pet slides up and swiftly deadbolts shut again (“Your pet will think it’s on the Starship Enterprise!” the manufacturer claims), permitting dogs to safely exit and relieve themselves, perhaps on the specialty sod patches now replenished each week by delivery services. Small dogs are increasingly being litter-trained. Minefields of mildly electrified mats keep curious ones off of furniture. “Now,” Vetere said, “if you want to keep your dog and still want your freedom, there are things you can do.”

[mattkime]

What I find most disturbing is that the cross breeding always results in breed names that as cute as can be. I wonder if they ever come up with the name before the dog - "Please daddy, we want a puggle! It sounds so cuuuuuuute!"

[sscutchen]

[quote mattkime]What I find most disturbing is that the cross breeding always results in breed names that as cute as can be. I wonder if they ever come up with the name before the dog - "Please daddy, we want a puggle! It sounds so cuuuuuuute!"
Collie + Lhasa Apso
Collapso,
a dog that folds up for easy transport

Spitz + Chow Chow
Spitz-Chow,
a dog that throws up a lot

Pointer + Setter
Poinsetter,
a traditional Christmas pet

Great Pyrenees + Dachshund
Pyradachs,
a puzzling breed

Pekingnese + Lhasa Apso
Peekasso,
an abstract dog

Irish Water Spaniel + English Springer Spaniel
Irish Springer
a dog fresh and clean as a whistle

Labrador Retriever + Curly Coated Retriever
Lab Coat Retriever
he choice of research scientists

Newfoundland + Basset Hound
Newfound Asset Hound
a dog for financial advisors

Terrier + Bulldog
Terribull
a dog that makes awful mistakes

Kerry Blue Terrier + Skye Terrier
Blue Skye
a dog for visionaries

Bloodhound + Labrador
Blabador
a dog that barks incessantly

Malamute + Pointer
Moot Point
owned by....oh, well, it doesn't matter anyway

Collie + Malamute
Commute
a dog that travels to work

Deerhound + Terrier
Derriere
a dog that's true to the end

Bull Terrier + Shitzu
Bull Shitzu
a gregarious but unreliable breed

[Greg the dogsitter]

[quote Psurfer]Good article on the designer dog frenzy in the NYTimes, w/some interesting things to chew on, so to speak (...Speak...). Here's an ancillary bit I liked; funny, but spooky:

“Manufacturers asked themselves, ‘What’s a pet sitter really doing?’ ” Vetere went on. “ ‘He’s feeding your pet and letting your pet out. Well, we could do that.’ ”
Boy, that's dopey.

[OWC Jamie]

Look for them at the local pound when they get to be six months old and the novelty has worn off.

[BigGuynRusty]

[quote Greg the dogsitter][quote Psurfer]Good article on the designer dog frenzy in the NYTimes, w/some interesting things to chew on, so to speak (...Speak...). Here's an ancillary bit I liked; funny, but spooky:

“Manufacturers asked themselves, ‘What’s a pet sitter really doing?’ ” Vetere went on. “ ‘He’s feeding your pet and letting your pet out. Well, we could do that.’ ”
Boy, that's dopey.
They forgot the part about sitting on his azz, raiding the fridge, drinking your booze, going through your personal crap, and bitchin' about not being able to glom your neighbors wifi.

BGnR

[Greg the dogsitter]

[quote BigGuynRusty][quote Greg the dogsitter][quote Psurfer]Good article on the designer dog frenzy in the NYTimes, w/some interesting things to chew on, so to speak (...Speak...). Here's an ancillary bit I liked; funny, but spooky:

“Manufacturers asked themselves, ‘What’s a pet sitter really doing?’ ” Vetere went on. “ ‘He’s feeding your pet and letting your pet out. Well, we could do that.’ ”
Boy, that's dopey.
They forgot the part about sitting on his azz, raiding the fridge, drinking your booze, going through your personal crap, and bitchin' about not being able to glom your neighbors wifi.

BGnR
Total nonsense.

I never drank their booze.

[BigGuynRusty]

[quote Greg the dogsitter][quote BigGuynRusty][quote Greg the dogsitter][quote Psurfer]Good article on the designer dog frenzy in the NYTimes, w/some interesting things to chew on, so to speak (...Speak...). Here's an ancillary bit I liked; funny, but spooky:

“Manufacturers asked themselves, ‘What’s a pet sitter really doing?’ ” Vetere went on. “ ‘He’s feeding your pet and letting your pet out. Well, we could do that.’ ”
Boy, that's dopey.
They forgot the part about sitting on his azz, raiding the fridge, drinking your booze, going through your personal crap, and bitchin' about not being able to glom your neighbors wifi.

BGnR
Total nonsense.

I never drank their booze.
Your right I checked the video from my "NannyCam", more like guzzled.

BGnR

[Greg the dogsitter]

[quote BigGuynRusty][quote Greg the dogsitter][quote BigGuynRusty][quote Greg the dogsitter][quote Psurfer]Good article on the designer dog frenzy in the NYTimes, w/some interesting things to chew on, so to speak (...Speak...). Here's an ancillary bit I liked; funny, but spooky:

“Manufacturers asked themselves, ‘What’s a pet sitter really doing?’ ” Vetere went on. “ ‘He’s feeding your pet and letting your pet out. Well, we could do that.’ ”
Boy, that's dopey.
They forgot the part about sitting on his azz, raiding the fridge, drinking your booze, going through your personal crap, and bitchin' about not being able to glom your neighbors wifi.

BGnR
Total nonsense.

I never drank their booze.
Your right I checked the video from my "NannyCam", more like guzzled.

BGnR
I never touched their alcohol; I think it's no fun. However, I am partial to watching Lord of the Rings on their big television w/ big subwoofer, eating soup, and scratching Walter the Golden Retriever. We all have our vices. :-)

And the Ferrari. I borrowed the Ferrari.

[Racer X]

The brick on the pedal while the car was in reverse didn't work for you either, I assume?