Product Reviews

By Laura Oppenheimer

a. TikiCat
($.79) • Petropics.com

These groovy cans of cat food will bring out the Polynesian in your feline friend. Each flavor features an abundance of premium wild caught seafood that our kitty cats found irresistible, including tuna on rice with calamari, sardine cutlets in lobsters consommé, and much more. The ingredients are all-natural (no by-products, wheat gluten, or rice protein isolate) and make the perfect treat for the discriminating pussycat. The line has recently expanded to encompass dogs and birds as well.

b. E.B.D. Carryall
($50) • PupCentric.com

This all-in-one bag includes everything you need to travel quickly and fashionably with your pooch. A doggie diaper bag of sorts, it includes an indoor/outdoor blanket, handy wipes, freezable gel pack, food bowl, water bowl, and more to help make getting out the door and on your way as easy as possible. For an extra $10, you can also get it monogrammed for a personalized touch.

c. Mutt Lynch Winery
($15-$35) • MuttLynchWinery.com

You don’t have to live in wine country to show off a little Sonoma style. At this cozy winery nestled in the heart of the Dry Creek Valley, both good grapes and great dogs are on the minds of winemakers Brenda and Chris Lynch. Choose from a half dozen dog-centric labels, including Merlot Over and Play Dead, Canis Major, and Portrait of a Mutt. You also can order these puppies (pun intended) in sets and have them shipped to the oenophile in your life.

d. Photocuffs
($20) • Smoy.net

Take a locket, change it into a bracelet, make it out of “vegan leather,” update it for the 20th century by making it digital, and you have a Photocuff. This snazzy bracelet has four picture slots, which can be filled with an assortment of photos of your favorite furry friend. Because it’s made of faux leather, the Photocuff is animal friendly—just like you.

e. PoochStyle Round Cushion
($69-$129) • PoochStyle.com

Fear not the cooler temperatures; your dog may have the perfect resting place this winter. These overstuffed dog beds come in a number of playful prints, which will help him dream peacefully of warmer days. The bed is extra fluffy and won’t bunch or flatten with use, and it’s large enough to fit not only your dog but his favorite human as well. Both the cover and the interior pillow are machine-washable.

f. Sexy Beast Signature Fragrance
($50 for 1.7 oz) • SexyBeastStyle.com

Don’t like the scent of eau de dog? Sexy Beast perfume may be the answer to your smelliest pooch dilemmas. A unisex blend of bergamot and vanilla-infused musk combined with natural patchouli, mandarin, and nutmeg oils, Sexy Beast is hypoallergenic and made with the same high-quality ingredients as human perfume. Best of all, the low-alcohol fragrance is formulated specifically for a dog’s sensitive sense of smell.