Your One-Stop Fido Shop
“Unleash the love” is the fitting motto of Maine-based retailer FetchDog. We found a lot to love at this smart attractive well-designed site that carries practical and sturdy items from blankets, couch covers and dog gates to interactive dog toys, including a brilliant SmartyPants. (You’ll have to venture to the site to see how cute that one is). Eco-friendly products as well as personalized items (including beds) are available along with innovative items such as a portable soft-sided dog crate REI would be in awe of. We were impressed with the selection of plush toys, including the fun I-Bone and the I-Paw. Strong graphics and contemporary designs are offered via Fashion Forward collars, which are handcrafted in a historic turn-of-the century mill. Holiday shoppers will find it hard to resist the cuddly ARFgyle Bone or the Deck the Dog sleigh-bell Collar. Particularly wag-worthy are the Charitable Shops. If you shop from a select page of recommendations from dog-lover celebs like Debra Messing and Lauren Bacall, a percentage of the total of all your purchases will be donated to select dog charities, such as Puppies Behind Bars and Animal Rescue New Orleans. Top all that off with a place to explore health questions and find training tips and advice, and you have found yourself a real tail-wagger of a unique Rover resource.
A Tall Drink of Water
Sassy, classy, polka-dotted, striped, plaid, preppy,…you’ll find a plethora of cool stuff at Fun Dog Fred. We love the modern stylish quality designs of their products and their unique selections. In the Halloween costume category they offer a medieval Knight costume “Sir Barks-A-Lot”, a monster outfit “Barkenstein”, and a Crocodile costume that cracks us up. Their selection of harnesses, collars, and leashes are fabulously fun. They carry a line of engrave-able ID tags with a variety of strong colorful graphic symbols such as a heart, a paw, a bone, that your pooch would be doggone proud to sport. For an array of whimsical and graphically pleasing bowls, this is where you want to shop. Their website is well-organized, easy to navigate, and like their company name – fun is prominent. So treat yourself and your pet to a stroll through the aisles of Fun Dog Fred.
Classic Canine
Think Martha’s Vineyard or Nantucket in Summertime and you get the feel for the Harry Barker product line. Crisp, clean, classic style with refreshing colors give us something to bark about. This haute apparel and accessories doggy store carries a handsome line of dog bowls and treat containers, spa worthy dog robes, and eco-friendly dog beds that look as stylish as comfortable. Their hemp striped bone toys and stuffed dachshund dogs are one-of-kind fun finds to pamper your preppy pooch. They carry various treats and natural biscuits whose packaging is vintage wonderful. If you are into Oxford’s, loafers, and Seersucker then you will be pleased with the style and fare of Harry Barker. Budget-conscious shoppers – be sure to check out their Outlet.
Guaranteed Giggles
Do you want to add some contemporary fresh fun dog art to your Fido-focused home? Sara England has been creating whimsical art for 25 years and is now offering her pick of the litter designs in matted or framed Giclee prints. Giclee prints images are generated from high-resolution digital scans and printed with archival quality inks. The giclee printing process provides better color accuracy than other means of reproduction and the quality rivals traditional printing processes. Giclee prints are often found in museums and photographic galleries. Her amusing body of work includes popular breeds from Black Labradors and Beagles to Basset Hounds and Bichons. Her fun styling has her pooches posed with martinis and a lampshade hat, on a road trip in a Radio Flyer wagon, and several breeds in a hula skirt. She offers two sizes her original signed prints to bowwow-tize your walls. With her own shop located in historic New Market, MD this creative owner artist of Barefoot Boutique also offers unique clothing, handmade jewelry and accessories, as well as her original art. Gal pals will especially appreciate her Girls Weekend designs. Prints are now available in retail outlets in Nantucket, Kennebunkport, Annapolis, and Carmel. But you don’t need to travel far. Check out her designs at saraenglanddesigns.com to order your 11″x14″ or 16″x20 masterpooch favorite today.
Is Your Dog a Democrat or Republican?
Your pooch can show their political support in the upcoming election by sporting a tank with an elephant or donkey symbol. These are just two examples of doggy duds you can outfit Fido in at this online dog boutique. A Bone To Pick is a delightful canine-centric dog shop that carries unique beds, bowls, clothing, collars, leads, harnesses, toys, treats, spa products as well as items for humans. We found this online retailer a cut above the rest with its uncluttered graphics, appealing layout and colors, easy navigation, and quality merchandise. Their soft and fuzzy alphabet blocks for new puppies are precious. Practical, fun, and down-to-earth, rather than fu-fu, their products include a well-balanced selection of merchandise sure to appeal to the stylish, but sensible shoppers of all things Dog. Be sure to check out their Eco-friendly and Dogs for Cause section. Well done!
