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For the love of EmmaTaking your furry friends on-the-road this holiday seasonBy Marilyn Loeser
A lot of pet owners are opting to take their furry friends when heading home for the holidays and several new products are making it a lot easier. Bowser Beds, for example, offer a wide selection of pet bedding using a combination of furniture-quality fill, upholstery fabric and practical designs.
Covers are available in two fabrics: heavy-duty denim with paw prints and plush fleece. The denim is ideal for warm climate traveling. Fleece covers provide a plush surface for pets. Both fabrics help keep your vehicle cleaner by collecting dog hair and are machine washable. Because of the nonskid backing, installation is as simple as positioning the Kozy K-9 on the seat. The Junior K-9 is designed for front bucket seats and measures 27 inches by 54 inches. The Deluxe and Deluxe XL Kozy K-9s are identical in size to Original K-9s with the added benefit of a seat belt slot. The feature is perfect for harnessing your dog or for use with child safety seats. Looking for a new fashion statement for your cat or dog, or looking for the perfect holiday gift for your pet? How about a new collar, harness or lead? Lupine Collars and Leads offers an inventive choice in designs to fit every season. Cotton candy, watermelon or ladybugs during warm weather and let it snow when the temperature dips. Lupine’s guarantee is an added gift in and of itself! Should anything happen to damage your Lupine product including chewing, your pet’s collar, harness or lead is replaced by returning it to the retailer or Lupine headquarters in Conway, NH. For smaller dogs, like our Emma, Lupine offers ½ inch collars and leads. Lighter in weight while still very strong ensures comfort. The ½ inch collar also features a slightly oversized side-release clasp for easier fastening and unfastening. Also great for small dogs is the Roman-Style Harness. The non-restrictive harness helps reduce strain on the neck and back of fragile pets. Owners of medium-sized dogs have a different pallet of collar, lead and harness design options. How about willow, good heavens or peacock. These ¾ inch products are the most versatile width and appropriate for many of the more rugged small breeds such as Jacks and Westies. It's also popular with owners of larger dogs and those who prefer minimal collar mark. The ¾ inch product line also offers the dual-action collar for walking or training and the only design for greyhounds and similar dogs that back out of regular collars. This Martingale-style collar has an additional sewn-in D-ring so it can be used either as a limited-slip choker or as a regular flat collar. The ¾ inch lead is available in 4 and 6 foot lengths, and features a padded handle and a gate-style snap.
And for your favorite feline, Lupine offers cat products designed with safety and style in mind.
For walking your cat, the H-Style harness features an adjustable collar that buckles around the neck and is joined to an adjustable girth strap. We have the car all set, our pets are wearing the latest in fashion and function with Lupine collars and leads, and we’ve arrived at the hotel. Luckily, many hotels accept pets for overnight stays. But what happens when Rover wants to go out and he scratches the room door?
A durable ribbon connects four bells. Hung from a doorknob, all your dog has to do is nudge the bells or anywhere on the ribbon and you know they want to go outside. Made of durable grosgrain ribbon available in a myriad of colors and designs, you’ll find Poochie-Bells are perfect for your home as well. Just slip your Poochie-Bells over the doorknob and you're all set. With a slider or other type of door handle such as one with a push-handle type opener, you can unsnap the top hanging loop and loop through the door and re-snap into place.
Poochie-Bells offer engraved charms to personalize your bells or for your pet’s collar. The holidays are about family and friends. Being able to take our canine and feline friends along when we travel simply makes the season merrier. For more information check the websites: www.bowsers.com, www.kozyk-9.com, www.lupinepet.com and www.poochiebells.com. | |||||||||||||
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Our little Emma is a member of the family. Of course we want to take our Maltese with us whenever possible — 
Included in the collection is an all-weather crate bed made of durable, waterproof nylon. Available in different sizes, the beds are made with a 2-inch Orthopaedic foam insert wrapped in a zippered cover that’s easy to take off and machine wash.
Bowser’s quilted pet mats, and single seat and SUV covers also are ideal for 
Kozy K-9 specializes in pet-friendly covers for front seats, back seats and SUV/minivan cargo areas.
Larger dog owners can pick from designs including moose mania, outback and brook trout. The 1-inch collection includes collars, dual-action collars for walking or training, harnesses and leads in 4 and 6 foot lengths. {place Lupine large dog here}
Flutterby and little fishes are only two of the many kitty designs featured in the ½ inch collection which includes a Cat Breakaway Collar featuring a breakaway buckle — available with or without a bell.
Poochie-Bells to the rescue.
A feature I appreciate is the bells are at a tone and noise level that indicates your dog wants to go out, but are in no way intrusive or irritating.