A Fictional Story of Everyday Folks

Yes folks the first episode of my soap opera. completely made up, total fiction but it may in places have germs of truth.
The setting is a pet store in the fictional town of Inverleven. A once thriving town centre has been reduced to the level of a shopping area in the former eastern bloc.
This [...]

Those Latest Dog Breed Combinations

As regular readers know our dog here at Bigrab Towers is what I call a Staffrador – i.e. she’s a cross between a Staffordshire Bull Terrier and a exocet missile labrador. TBLFP contributor Smiler has a Labradoodle (originally these dogs were a cross between a labrador and a poodle but have now been selectively bred [...]

For the Dog Who Has Everything!

Indeed and now available at my shop. The latest range of dog toys from Sharples Marketing. I think I’d take some perverse pleasure in seeing my dog rip into Bono, Cowell and Ramsey. I’ve still got a soft spot for the good ol’ prince of darkness though!
And there’s more!!! As if things couldn’t get worse [...]

Feline Good.

I wrote here about one of my suppliers’ more unusual pet products.
The same manufacturer produces and markets this item:

Non alcoholic of course and a novelty item.
One wonders however if the marketing bods have spent enough time developing the product below:

Dog Update

Regular readers will remember we got a dog a while back. Sally is a cross between a Staffordshire Bull Terrier and a labrador an Exocet missile.
She is just so energetic. This was amply demonstrated when one day after having the operation to get her dressed (part of the deal for taking a rescue dog from [...]

Cleaning Tip!

Kenny the sales rep from a company called Beaphar has just been in the shop.
Beaphar have a good range of products and we stock quite a few of them.
They’re known for their innovations and niche marketing.
After all any company producing consumables is in the “solutions” business.
“You’ve got a problem? we have the answer!”
Painstaking research involving [...]

Pet Shop Malaprops

There are literally hundreds of common malapropisms in retailing.
In the pet trade they multiply.
Breed like carrots so they do.
Yesterday in the shop a big strapping fellow in his twenties came in with a pup in his arms. “Is it a rottweiler?” I asked.
“It’s actually a ROCKweiler” said the chap – and who was I to [...]

Dog Day

When I went to work this morning I had a vague notion that I might go to the Scottish SPCA Animal Rescue Centre at Milton.
I thought I might see what dogs were there.
This wasn’t of course to get a dog today, absolutely not – just to have a look then sensibly go and consider [...]

Mystery Object Answer!

So I asked what this mystery object for pet dogs and, as it turns out, cats is?

There were a few good attempts at answers but alas none came close. Perhaps the news that the information on this product was first brought to me by Stu Who? would suggest that it would be unusual! I also [...]

Mystery Object

This is an item which is available in the USA for your pet dog. Can I have your suggestions as to what it may be?
The correct answer will be posted tonight along with the incredible story of this innovative product.