It was a little more than a year ago when Philipp Plein decided to design a dog bed. His three pooches needed a place to sleep and his tastefully decorated home required a sleek design that would compliment his décor. Today, Plein has five beds in his Nuremberg home to provide comfortable seating for […]
Eric McCormack: What “Will” This Star Do For His Pets?
Eric McCormack designed his new digs with dogs in mind. The charming and unbearably handsome thirty-seven year old star of NBC’s highly rated Will & Grace has a new, dog friendly home nestled nicely in the Hollywood Hills. Eric and his wife Janet live with two dogs, Molly and Katie, who they rescued off the […]
Michael Graves: On International Success, Architecture and his Yellow Lab Sara
Architect, artist, product designer, pet lover – Michael Graves is all of these things, and not necessarily in that order. Graves is internationally renowned for his architectural designs which include the restoration of the Washington Monument, the Hotel New York at Euro Disney in Paris, France, the Humana Building in Louisville, Kentucky, the Nexus Momochi […]
Dakota Jackson: Designs for living
Dakota Jackson’s Gramercy town-house is filled with an eclectic mix of the designer’s own furniture and an assortment of collectibles from around the world. In the living room a collection of percussion instruments fill a corner text to a large wood burning fireplace and glass doors lead to a bright garden. On the other end […]
Animal Actors: Training you pet to play behind the camera
Have you ever watched a commercial on television where a dog tracks mud on a new kitchen floor, and found yourself saying, “Hey, my dog can do that, he does that now”. What about the finicky cat that just lies there on the couch and will not eat her food because it is not the […]
Adopting the Racing Greyhound; by Cynthia A Branigan
This comprehensive labor of love opens with a tub-threatening foreword by the late animal advocate, Cleveland Amory, and from there proceeds to extol the virtuous yet exploited breed, the Greyhound. Branigan, president of Make Peace With Animals – a welfare group that holds Greyhound rescue among its missions-leaves no bone unturned as she thoroughly […]