For Kids

Here's one difference between dog and cat lovers.  Cat lovers love cats;
dog lovers love specific breeds of dogs.  Generalization?  Well, that's
what calendar publishers are telling us, because they print far more
breed specific calendars about dogs than cats.  I sent my dog Coca out
digging for the doggone delightful ones and he came back with some -
very proud of himself.

Hot on the heels of Choken-Bako, the wind-up dogs that ate your coins, comes Oshikko Inu, "DO NOT Pee In the House!

Last Christmas, the Zhu Zhu Pet Hamster was the blockbuster gift for kids. This year, I predict the box office hit for kids will be the video game Kinectimals, one of fifteen new Microsoft fully-interactive "sensoring" video games for its new Kinect Xbox 360.  Kinectimals
are 20 wild virtual video pets, like tigers, lions and cheetahs, that kids can
play with and even train. Parents will get a kick out of this game too!

If you love animals, there's a particular source of original, clever,
and often hilarious novelties, greeting cards, home accessories,
and stylish t-shirts for adults, children and even infants that
definitely ranks up there with the best this pet writer has seen...

These colorful silicone animal rubberbands stretch like regular loop rubberbands, then snap back to their cute original shapes.

I like to buy funny pet wall calendars as Christmas gifts for my pet lover friends because, even if they receive other calendar gifts, there is always a space on the wall for one more -- especially if it's funny and about their species of pet. I found some really hilarious dog, cat, rabbit, ginea pig, ferret, and tea cup pig calendars for 2010; maybe you will find just the right ones for your friends (or yourself!) among them.

Supposedly the hottest toy for Christmas will be the Zhu Zhu Pet
Hamsters. Get them now if you want them, or you'll end up in the dog house
like my family did the year we couldn't find a Cabbage Patch Doll for
the kids' Christmas.   Zhu Zhu Pet Hamsters are cuter than the Cabbage
Patch Doll, but you're going to end up in the poor house if you buy them.

The Singing Dog Alarm Clock provides pet-lovers with the paws that refreshes... along with a nutty, mutty Melody Alarm that'll have you reaching for a Little Brown Jug.