Cable television has gone to the dogs
Filmmakers are calling DogTV a new breed of television — an eight-hour block of on-demand cable TV programming designed to keep your dog relaxed, stimulated and entertained while you are at work.
Hundreds of retirement communities across the country now allow seniors to live with their pets and more and more keep house pets that provide the benefits without the responsibility.
Filmmakers are calling DogTV a new breed of television — an eight-hour block of on-demand cable TV programming designed to keep your dog relaxed, stimulated and entertained while you are at work.
They’ve got badges and campouts, cookie drives and troops in 22 states. The Dog Scouts of America even has a motto or two as the half-human, half-hound organization goes about the business of doing good deeds.
Americans spent $50.96 billion on their pets in 2011. That’s an all-time high and the first time in history more than $50 billion has gone to the dogs, cats, canaries, guppies and the like, according to an American Pet Products Association report.
Parents have months to get ready for a baby. Experts say the countdown should include prep time for pets too.
