Edgewater company delves into puppy matchmaking
December 12, 2007
Have you been searching for a pair of big, brown eyes that will make your heart melt? Unable to find perfect puppy love?
Next Day Pets, LLC, is hoping you’ll try PuppyMatch, their new online service, to connect with “top breeders from across the country.”
Within four days, the service promises, you’ll be contacted by five breeders - all offering pups that match your breed and gender preference and lifestyle. And you won’t be the only one: PuppyMatch is already receiving 750 profiles each day.
PuppyMatch Partner Brenden Salta says: “These profiles hold important information not only for the dog breeders … but for companies who offer important retail products and services for new puppies such as insurance and microchips.”
It’s no wonder the Edgewater company is enjoying success: NextDayPets.com has almost 2.5 million visitors each month.
JACKIE SAUTER, Multimedia Editor
Sphere: Related ContentDog owner gets $3,100 tab for bitten bark
November 24, 2007
A Pennsylvania man and his canine companion are being held accountable for the cost of three trees that fell victim to her penchant for bark.
The story, from the AP:
This summer, Tyler Port allowed his dog, Rossman, to run loose in a park. The dog apparently had a habit of chewing bark off trees, and Port was cited for failure to keep the dog under control.
John Iorio, the city’s dog law officer, also is seeking $3,100 to cover the cost of replacing three honey locust trees, which a consultant said may die.
“Rossman,” a pit bull, apparently also likes to hang from tree limbs by her teeth.
Do you think the dog and her 22 year-old owner should have to buy the Altoona park new trees?
Can’t wait to see what area dogs will do to the artificial turf fields that are on the way in Howard and Anne Arundel counties.
-JACKIE SAUTER, Multimedia Editor
Sphere: Related ContentMan’s best friend gets royal treatment
September 14, 2007
As I recently discovered in my quest for the perfect kennel, the time of cold, concrete dog runs and warden-style kennel owners has … well … gone to the dogs. Where once you would simply drag Fluffy to a prison-style cell while you vacationed on the beach, now dog owners — with the inclination and the budget — can find such amenities as puppy massage, hydro-sessions and even “pawdicures” in many kennels.
Of course, you pay for what you get — and this kind of care does not come cheap. But for peace of mind and ease of guilt, more and more “parents” are checking their “children” in for a week of fun and frolic.
No heir, apparently…
September 4, 2007
The white Maltese dog that Leona Helmsley loved so much ($12 million much) might become a stray.
Now it’s up to Leona’s second choice—her grandson, David Panzirer. No word so far on whether he is a friend to the animals.
Heir of the Dog?
August 29, 2007
Two of Leona Helmsley’s grandchildren will inherit $5M each now that the Queen of Mean has passed into the other realm, but the true winner in her death is Trouble, a white Maltese toy dog.
The dog was bequeathed $12M (or between $1M and $2M per pound – you should pardon the expression). No word on whether this is multiplied by 7 when converted to canine currency.
The downside: the fluffy heir’s own remains must be interred alongside Leona in the Helmsley mausoleum once the 8-year-old Trouble kicks it (likely around age 14). Tough break, Fido.
Leona’s other two grandchildren from her son Jay will inherit nothing, “for reasons that are known to them,” she wrote in her will.
Putting aside the preposterous directives, here’s my serious question:
Leona famously snarled “only the little people pay taxes” when she was convicted of tax evasion two decades ago. Unfortunately for Leona, the federal government does impose an estate tax on U.S. citizens and residents.
You have to wonder: does an estate tax apply to a Maltese? And if so, who has to pony up for the pooch and file Trouble’s taxes?
And then, yes, there’s the heir-of-the-dog problem: once Trouble’s gone to that great boneyard in the sky, who gets the leftovers?
Any estate attorneys out there had to arrange for assets left to a pet? (Subscriber-only link.)
-JACKIE SAUTER, Multimedia Editor
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