There is a great website called Peternity.com that offers really nice ways to honor your pets. Although the site offers a lot of great products to honor a pet that has passed away, they also have some fun things to honor your pet while they are still with you.

I was lucky enough to get a sample of two of their items, the glass engraved cube, and the customized pet blanket. The memorial cube is really pretty, and has an engraving of the dog and then the name of the dog and dates, which was done in a way to make it look 3 dimensional. The photo blanket is really cute, nice and heavy which makes it warm, and very soft. Since you can make it from any photo you want, it would be a perfect gift for any occasion (I think it would be a fun Valentine present for a pet lover).

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Dog treats and mixers are a fast growing segment globally. Sometimes I get the idea every day a new dog treat is launched. There are many categories of new dog treats such as functional dog treats, life stage specific dog treats, gourmet dog treats and home made dog treats.

Especially treats that combine great taste with nutritional support for specific health needs, draw attention.

Continue reading for a few example products in this exploding niche market.

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With winter (which is not much different than fall, here in southern California) there is extra activity with the wild life. Particularly squirrels and crows. The squirrels are busy burying anything even slightly edible all over the yard. I saw a fat squirrel trying to carry an avocado that was as big as he was…it was very funny to watch! The crows are up to something too but I’m not sure what they are doing. They come to the big trees in giant flocks and sit there all day yelling “CAW! CAW! CAW!”. They are very loud those sneaky crows. Sometimes I startle them by running into the hedge and they all take off out of the tree!

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