Your cat has a talent for placing one small paw on your arm and making your entire heart go soft. That same paw may be inside the food dispenser chute forty minutes later, conducting an unauthorized inspection. This is one…
The bowl was spotless, which made me more complacent than I should have been. I was standing in my neighbor’s kitchen on the first evening of a weekend cat-sitting assignment. Her cat, Princess Boo Boo, had appeared from the hallway,…
The best dog gadgets feel a little bit magical. A tracker turns a heart-stopping “Where did she go?” into a moving dot on a map. A talking button gives your dog a gloriously dramatic new way to request OUTSIDE. A…
Cat people know the uniquely humbling thrill of buying something sophisticated for a family member who once chose the shipping box. Cats do like technology; they simply reserve the right to review it with brutal honesty. A fountain can turn…
Shopping for pet gadgets can make a normal Tuesday look wildly under-engineered. Apparently your cat needs a bathroom with an app, your dog needs a fitness dashboard, and the water bowl has been waiting its whole life for Wi-Fi. Some…
As I passed into the living room, I heard a loud crunching noise coming from Abby’s food station. She’d already had her breakfast, so what in the world was she eating?