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Despite the great challenges of the canine arthritis, spinal myelopathy and hip dysplasia that Watson and the heartbreak his owner suffered, the silver lining in all of this was the creation of a product that has helped many other disabled dogs.

The Bottom’s Up Leash is Watson’s legacy and their website, (a fitting tribute to Watson), is Arnie’s ongoing passion. Their invention has already helped tens of thousands of dogs and their owners to be more comfortably mobile and much happier. Inventing new senior pet assistance products keeps Arnie busy and involved with the pet community worldwide.

If your pet becomes upset whenever you must leave, your pet may have separation anxiety.

One of the first things to do is to check to see if the “acting out” is actually due to separation anxiety or if it a symptom of something else. We suggest the excellent behavior tip sheet found on the HSUS site which can help you to determine if your pet is suffering from separation anxiety or not.

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Like the giggle of babies that charm us and restore our positive view of the world, a dog’s laughter has been proven to calm other animals. Yes, dogs do laugh. Many might mistake their laughter for heavy panting, but in fact Patricia Simonet, an applied animal behaviorist and research scientist, who counsels pets and their humans and researchs the behaviors of animals. She has studied dog laughter, dog rules during play and reducing stress in shelter dogs by broadcasting a recording of dog laughter.

The term designer dogs has taken on a new meaning as has the term “one-in-a-million” pet. A company called Bioarts International has successfully cloned a dog, after spending $20,000,000 that is. Three dogs have been produced to replace the CEO’s family dog Missy who died in 2002. The cloning idea came to mind in 1997 when Dolly the sheep was cloned.

Pet lovers have trained pets for centuries. We have dancing dogs, dancing horses and now sport-playing and dancing goldfish! Amazing as this sounds, a company called R2 Solutions is quickly gaining fame wih their new goldfish training kit.

The training? Soccer, basketball, doing the limbo, slalom swimming and go-fetch. Yes really.