Happy Halloween to All You Pet Lovers

Happy Halloween to all you pet lovers out there!

Click to view your cards from all of us here at Super Cool Pets. For cat lovers: Feline Fright and dog lovers: A Spooky Halloween.

Don't let any goblins get you and your pets--Halloween Safety Tips for your Pet

Maitre D'og Pet Food Dispenser for Busy Pet Owners

If you are in the market for an automatic pet food dispenser for those days when you can't make it home in time, check out this futuristic Maitre D'og. The pet owner selects settings on control interface to start a timer. Digital scales will then disperse the set amount at feeding time. When the pet's food is ready, a pleasant tone sounds, and your pet can woof its food in the tray.

Maitre Dog is equipped with a dry food scoop for convenient and mess-free filling. The feeding tray is easily removed and washable.

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October is Black Cats Month -- Black Cats Picture Gallery

October is traditionally Black Cats Month. Photos of dogs dressed up in Halloween costumes abound (here is the latest from boston.com Howling for Halloween), but to honor our feline friends, here is a Black Cats Picture Gallery

Water-Resistant Aspen Hooded Dog Vest

Keep your pup toasty and dry in a water-resistant nylon Aspen Hooded Dog Vest. This winter dog coat features colorful embroidery along the back, a convenient leash opening, and button closure along belly. Just unbutton the hood to detach.

This item can be personalized. Machine washable. In Red, Grey. Aspen Hooded Dog Vest.

Kool Pet Club Feeders -- Sleek Stoneware for Your Cat

Sleek stoneware Kool Pet Club Feeders in retro pastel colors. Wire holder boosts bowls up off the ground. Dishwasher and microwave safe. In Blue, Taupe, or Pink.

CatMouse Electronic Litter Box Odor Eliminator

By producing "organic airborne oxidizers and purifiers" the CatMouse Electronic Litter Box Odor Eliminator removes odors and brings fresh air into your home.

To eliminate odors, simply place the CatMouse near or on your litter box or designated area. The CatMouse is perfect for relatively small areas where litter boxes are generally stashed and can also deodorize pantries, garbage cans, under hamper lids, diaper pails and even in small closets.

PillowPillowPillows--Cat and Dog Pillows by Designer Aaron Stewart

Add some personality to your home with some comfy pillows from PillowPillowPillows. Designer Aaron Stewart created a unique line of pillows featuring his charming modern pet illustrations.

PillowPillowPillows would make a special gift for pet lovers among your family and friends, or for your own home. In any event, it is always fun to window shop!

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Commission a Portrait of Your Pet at Petable Portraits

Put your pet on center stage--commission a portrait of your pet! Visit Petable Portraits, and you can receive a beautifully detailed painting or drawing that captures your pet's spirit and individuality.

The talented artist is Daniele Jones. Along with pets, her works include portraits of people and places. Visit her site to see more of her work, learn about her and read testimonials.

Drs Foster and Smith Fall Sales Event

Drs. Foster & Smith Fall Sales Event. Save on pet supplies. Sale ends Sunday 11.2.08.

Play Gym for Small Birds -- Birdie Basketball and Training Gym at Drs. Foster and Smith

We have been neglecting our birds here for awhile at Super Cool Pets. They don't ask for much more than attention, but we do think it is time for a new toy. Birdie Basketball and Training Gym is an activity-filled play gym to provide exercise for your small birds, complete with reward system. It automatically dispenses a treat when a basket is made. You can also offer your bird a treat reward for lifting the dumbbell.

This birdie play gym features a dumbbell, agility rings, basketball hoop, swing, treat cups, 2 toy hangers, and several perching surfaces. Great for small conures, cockatiels, parakeets, and similar sized birds. Treats are not included, so don't forget to stock up.

Birdie Basketball and Training Gym

Halloween Treats -- PETCO Sitewise Savings on Pet Gear

PETCO is offering Halloween treats. You can get sitewise savings this week Monday 10/24 through Friday 10/31!

• Get 50% Off All Halloween Items - One Week Only at PETCO.com Promotion Code: Halloween08
• Save 10% Off, Including Food & Litter, With No Minimum Purchase RequiredPromotion Code:afftxt2
• FREE Shipping on Orders of $50 or More Promotion Code:affreg

Or use Promotion Code: octclearance

Drs Foster & Smith 2008 Christmas Gift Shop for Pets is Open

Shop for holiday outfits, toys and treats for all the much-loved pets in your life. Choose gift ideas by price, by type of pet. Get loads of great ideas, plus holiday tips for pets.

2008 Christmas Gift Store at Drs. Foster & Smith

Whisker-Wide Bowl -- Recycled Glass Cat Feeder

This striking Whisker-Wide Bowl for cats is handcrafted using 100% recycled glass. The bowl is shallow and wide enough to accommodate the width of a cat's whiskers, so sensitive felines will have a more relaxed feeding. Dishwasher and food safe. In Iridescent Gray and Iridescent Green.

Pet Books -- Amazon Hot New Releases 10/25/08

Update on October newly released pet books.

Elliott Erwitt's Dogs
This is a collection in over-sized format of Elliott Erwitt's distinctive photographs of dogs. It captures the diversity of the canine kingdom from playful, perky scamp to quiet and constant companion.

Alex & Me: How a Scientist and a Parrot Discovered a Hidden World of Animal Intelligence--and Formed a Deep Bond in the Process
On September 6, 2007, an African Grey parrot named Alex died prematurely at age thirty-one. His last words to his owner, Irene Pepperberg, were "You be good. I love you." Over the thirty years they had worked together, Alex and Irene had become famous. When Irene and Alex first met, birds were not believed to possess any potential for language, consciousness, or anything remotely comparable to human intelligence. Yet, over the years, Alex proved many things. He could add. He could sound out words. He understood concepts like bigger, smaller, more, fewer, and none. He was capable of thought and intention.

Dogology: What Your Relationship with Your Dog Reveals about You
Authors Vicki Croke and Sarah Wilson, experts on the complex bond between dogs and their owners, uses quizzes, psychological insights, and humor to analyze why dog owners gravitate toward certain breeds as pets--and to explain what owner's choices reveal about their character and emotional makeup. Readers will themselves learn that paying attention to the words they choose to praise their dog reveals the specific approval that they crave themselves. Includes quick checklists to identify what type of dog owners readers are, tips for training, and exercises for bonding with one's dog.

How To Open & Operate a Financially Successful Pet Sitting Business: With Companion CD-ROM
This guide provides readers with an understanding of the basic concepts of starting their own service business. This new book is a comprehensive and detailed study of the business side of pet sitting, from the initial startup decisions to working with clients. If you are investigating opportunities in this type of business, you should begin by reading this book.

The Devious Book for Cats: A Parody
Offers today's discerning kitties words of wisdom and advice on everything they need to know, from in-depth guides on cardboard boxes and catnip to a brief history of the Felinism movement. It provides tips on waking a human when you want to get fed, choosing the perfect gift, staring like a pro, and making the most of superstitions. It also explains the undeniable allure of the Window, the terrifying specter of the Vacuum, and how you can groom properly in just the scant twenty-four hours allotted each day.

Your Cat: Simple New Secrets to a Longer, Stronger Life
Dedicated veterinarian Elizabeth M. Hodgkins, D.V.M., Esq. raises the alarm regarding the dry food we feed our cats and the nutritional diseases that result. Your Cat: Simple New Secrets to a Longer, Stronger Life turns today's conventional wisdom of cat care on its head with completely new, yet remarkably easy-to-follow guidelines for every cat owner. From kitten-rearing to the adult cat's middle years to caring for the geriatric cat, Dr. Hodgkins explores the full spectrum of proper cat care, as well as the many deadly feline diseases that are rampant.

The Good Cat Spell Book
An interactive guide to working with your cat to cast spells that promote health, wealth, and romance.

Many pet books are available in Kindle Edition--download in less than a minute to your wireless reader.

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Halloween Kitty Litter Cake (and Other Gross-Out Cakes)

The Kitty Litter Cake is a fun party idea for Halloween, an update of the post we did last year. This recipe can be found in Gross-Out Cakes: The Kitty Litter Cake and Other Classics, a unique cookbook that contains 20 dreadfully wonderful recipes such as the Open Wound Cake and the Toenail Torte.

The popular Kitty Litter Cake is a bit different, easy to make and assemble. Your family and friends will get a kick out of it.

Ingredients:

• 1 spice or German chocolate cake mix
• 1 white cake mix
• 2 large pkg vanilla instant pudding mix, prepared
• 1 large pkg vanilla sandwich cookies
• green food coloring
• 12 small Tootsie Rolls®

Equipment:

• 1 new kitty litter pan
• 1 new plastic kitty litter pan liner
• 1 new pooper scooper

Method:

• Prepare cake mixes and bake according to directions (any size pans).
• Prepare pudding mix and chill until ready to assemble.
• Crumble white sandwich cookies in small batches in food processor, scraping often. Set aside all but about 1/4 cup. To the 1/4 cup cookie crumbs, add a few drops green food coloring and mix until completely colored.
• When cakes are cooled to room temperature, crumble into a large bowl. Toss with half the remaining white cookie crumbs and the chilled pudding. Important: mix in just enough of the pudding to moisten it. You don't want it too soggy. Combine gently.
• Line a new, clean kitty litter box. Put the cake/pudding/cookie mixture into the litter box.
• Put three unwrapped Tootsie rolls in a microwave safe dish and heat until soft and pliable. Shape ends so they are no longer blunt, curving slightly. Repeat with 3 more Tootsie rolls bury them in the mixture. Sprinkle the other half of cookie crumbs over top. Scatter the green cookie crumbs lightly on top of everything -- this is supposed to look like the chlorophyll in kitty litter.
• Heat 3 Tootsie Rolls in the microwave until almost melted. Scrape them on top of the cake; sprinkle with cookie crumbs. Spread remaining Tootsie Rolls over the top; take one and heat until pliable, hang it over the side of the kitty litter box, sprinkling it lightly with cookie crumbs. Place the box on a newspaper and sprinkle a few of the cookie crumbs around for a truly disgusting effect!
• Optional: Skip or alternate the green cookie crumbs and drip a few drops of yellow food coloring onto one spot of the cookie "litter" to make it look like the litter box had been used recently.

K&H Thermo Kitty Fashion Splash -- Keep Your Super Cool Cat Warm

Create a splash under the tree this year! The K&H Thermo-Kitty Fashion Splash is a heated bed for your kitty cat. It is wrapped in a soft and colorful fabric with an energy-efficient 4-watt heater.

Washable. Available in 4 colors: red, blue, pink, and purple. K&H Thermo-Kitty Fashion Splash

Crewmutts Dog at J. Crew

For your little mischief, here is a Jailbird-Stripe Dog Sweater in soft lambswool with roll neck styling.

If you like the preppy look, you will love crewmutts at J. Crew.

Choose from Leads, Collars, Carriers, Beds, Apparel--it's all there.

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Buckle Up Your Pet -- Auto Cruiser Pet Car Seat Doubles as Pet Carrier

Does your pet 'buckle up"? From Bark Buckle UP -- Why Buckle? :

In an accident, an unrestrained animal is dangerous to the human passengers as well. Even in an accident of only 30 mph, a 15-pound child can cause an impact of more than 675 pounds. A 60-pound dog can cause an impact of 2,700 pounds, slamming into a car seat, a windshield, or another passenger. Even if the animal survives, it can impede the progress of rescue workers for whom every moment is precious.

Unrestrained pets can also distract the driver, and cause an accident. Even pets that are normally well behaved could be frightened by something unusual and dive for the driver's feet or lap. Following a car accident, an unrestrained pet could escape and be hit by another vehicle or cause another collision. A frightened dog may attack strangers who are trying to help.

Here's a combo pet carrier/car seat for the active pet on-the-go. The Auto Cruiser Pet Car Seat is a fully enclosed car seat designed to keep your pet comfortable and secure. It can also be used as a handy pet carrier. A wheel kit converts your Pet Cruiser to a rolling portable carrier for the airport, mall or anywhere you and your pet wish to go.

Features:

* Safe, comfortable, durable padded construction
* Three sided screening allows cross ventilation
* Secures to seat by Velcro® seat belt snugger
* Two zippered side doors for easy access from each end
* Quick snap pet safety belt attaches to your pet's harness or collar
* Roomy exterior cargo pocket for leashes, collars, treats etc.
* Removable and washable comfy fleece liner pad
* Over-sized self repairing zippers & locking pulls for security

Auto Cruiser Pet Car Seat in Gray, Pink, Swiss Red, Silver, Two-Tone

via Pet Sugar

Pets in Halloween Costumes

Need some ideas or just a dose of cuteness? View slideshows of pets in Halloween costumes here and here.

Pupperweights -- Pet Breed Paperweights or Doorstops

These adorable new Pupperweights can be used as a paperweight or doorstop. Artist Leslie Anderson's illustration is silkscreen printed on 100% cotton, stuffed with non-allergic fiberfill and weighted with plastic pellets. They make great gifts for pet lovers!

Choose from:

* Chihuahua
* Bulldog
* Bichon Frise
* Dachshund
* German Shepherd
* Yellow Lab
* Pug
* Shih Tzu
* Yorkshire Terrier
* Tabby Kitten
* Black & white cat
* Orange tabby cat

At PETsMART and Amazon

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Doodle Dog Pet Bed -- Eco-Friendly, Stain-Resistant Dog and Cat Bed

This darling Doodle Dog Pet Bed is made of Crypton Super Fabrics with materials that are safe for the environment and produced using renewable energy sources: solar, wind and hydro.

This fabric is easy to spot clean and is machine washable. It is stain, moisture and odor resistant.

PetScoop -- CFA/IAMS Cat Championship Winners

Congratulations to CFA-Iams Cat Championship Winners! Eighteen-month-old Grand Champion Platina Luna Blade Runner, a Russian Blue cat from Greensboro, North Carolina, was named Best-in-Show at the CFA-Iams Cat Championship held at Madison Square Garden on October 18-19.

First runner-up was Deydream High Hopes, a 3 ½-year-old Manx Grand Premier from Easthampton, New Jersey and second runner-up Tigerboy Keymaster of Wishes, a 6-month-old Exotic kitten from Hong Kong.

World Animal Day -- The Big Picture @ Boston.com

Pour yourself a warm cup of tea and treat yourself to the photos from World Animal Day - The Big Picture @ Boston.com

Collapsible Ball Thrower -- Stores Easily

The Collapsible Ball Thrower fits in your vehicle glove compartment, backpack, jacket, tote bag. Solves the problem of storing an unwieldy launcher when you are out and about.

Easy to use--just extend the thrower, place a ball in the receptor, and let loose. It has a tennis-racquet handle with soft, rubber grip with one nonabrasive Dental Ball included. At Amazon and Orvis.

Marley & Me Movie Trailers -- Can't Wait Til Christmas!

We can't wait! Marley & Me the movie will be released this Christmas. Here is the link to two trailers.

For those of you who missed the book, Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog:

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Quilted Barn Dog Coat -- Lightweight and Comfortable

Here's a lightweight dog jacket perfect for cool fall or spring days. The Quilted Barn Dog Coat is lightweight, yet comfortable.

It features quilted polyester with corduroy detailing and trim, silver button accents and front leg openings. Self-fastening closure on back makes dressing your dog easier. Machine washable.

Quilted Barn Dog Coat in Navy, Cranberry.

Three-Headed Halloween Dog Costume

Not sure the dog gets the joke, but to some, The Most Hilarious Halloween Dog Costume Ever. Definitely unique!

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