Marketing Musings of a Dog Enthusiast
I’ll admit being a sucker for marketing featuring photos of Bull Terriers! I found Fetching Tags through their social media outreach on Twitter. The company sells premium custom dog tags, made of brushed aluminum. While lacking a bit in the amount of information they contain compared to other, more practical tags like those from Boomerang … Read more
An alert on the Eurodogtraining blog led me to news of a new product announcement from Mattel: Puppy Tweets, a device that allows your dog to send tweets via a collar tag. The tag responds to noise and motion and sends one of several tweets in response to your dog’s activity (or lack thereof.) Details … Read more
The Humane Society of the United States has entered the pet food business with the launch of Humane Choice, a vegetarian dog food made from United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) organic-certified ingredients. Manufactured in Uruguay, this product is sold through select PETCO and Whole Foods stores. A kibble which meets the American Association of … Read more
A veterinary study reported on dogchannel.com found that dog foods labelled low-calorie had inconsistent labeling and feeding recommendations. Content analysis showed that the food in the container did not always match package claims. Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University did an analysis of 44 different dog foods with labels indicating they would support … Read more