Awesome Pets

For those beloved TA readers who are animal owners and have sarcastic senses of humor, may we present Bad Tags – pet tags that are quite the opposite of cute. Available in a variety of politically incorrect and amusing sayings.

Sean Farley’s One Fast Cat is an affordable exercise wheel for cats and other small pets. You can assemble it in a few minutes without using any tools. Its 48″ diameter and 10″ running tread provides enough space for your pet.

CleverPet helps entertain your dog even when you’re not around. It employs lights and durable rubber touch pads to give your pet increasingly complex puzzles to solve, and automatically rewards them with a treat.

Fellow Chicagoan Manny the Frenchie first rose to fame on Instagram. Now the little sink napper sells his own t-shirts including limited-edition Big Face Tees and models for photo shoots like this Halloween fashion show he put on for RedEye.

Made by Murphy’s Paw Design, this fold-out pet bed is perfect for small apartments. It’s made of mahogany (stained or painted) and comes with a cushion. Videos here. Contact Murphy’s Paw Design to order.

If your mutt’s going to insist on drinking out of the toilet bowl anyhow, why not get them their own, and ensure it has clean water in it? We’re getting one for the cat. And another for our breakfast cereal.

Give your cat or small dog a home that makes you point and laugh at them, while they have no clue why. These shark-shaped pet beds use nanotech to absorb odors and are easy to keep clean.

Architect Paul Kweton’s CNC-milled birch plywood rocker provides a place for pet owners and pets to chill together. While cool, our pets would still opt for jumping on our laps.

Still haven’t found gifts for your pets for the holidays? Dogmeat toys are packaged and shaped like cuts of meat. They’re nontoxic and completely safe. Not safe enough to eat though.

A dog collar with a retractable 36″ leash built in, so you don’t have to do the let’s-put-the-leash-on-the-dog dance every time you take your pet for a walk. Also has 3M Scotchlite reflective accents.

This has to be DJ Kitty’s favorite toy. The Cat Scratch from SUCK UK is a cardboard turntable scratching pad. It even comes with stickers, a spinning deck and a posable tone arm.

Pamper your pet with these well-designed dog mansions. They’re available in different sizes as well as architectural styles, from a cozy Swedish bungalow to a 20th century Bauhaus-inspired cube.

Pamper your little buddies with the Bambu Hammock. Made from solid bamboo, stainless steel anchors and carabiners and washable suede upholstery. Contact Pet Lounge Studios to order.

AtomicAttic turns old junk into new stuff for your house – or your cat’s house. This gutted old Sanyo TV is the perfect bed for Felix, Snowball, Noodles or whatever your cat is called.

…thanks to the awful costumes their owners make them wear. We’re only disappointed that the book went to press after Halloween Cat’s recent humiliation. Based on the equally funny website.

Looking for a new way to humiliate your dog, while at the same time making yourself the center of attention? Help your pup live out their cosplay fantasies with these Leia, Vader and Yoda outfits.

Guaranteed to leave dogs (and their owners) with wagging tails, Pedigree: Catch shows dogs catching treats in super-slow motion; it was shot using a Phantom camera at 1,000 fps.

You’d have to be a few fleas short of a flea bath to think this Dog Remote Control works, but it definitely makes the perfect gift for owners on their last hind legs with a new puppy.

Ruff Wear’s Palisades Dog Pack is Fido-friendly and praised by owners for being both comfortable and secure; it features load compression, water bladders, and removable saddlebags.