In 2008, American pet owners spent $43 billion on their animals. Walk into any pet store and it is easy to see how — $60 brushes, $200 designer cat scratchers, $450 midcentury dog beds. But the market for pet gadgets has been dismal, in large part because of the abundance of novelty goods that are more expensive than practical. I mean, who needs a gizmo that can translate your dog’s barks?
Read the full article here: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/21/technology/personaltech/21basics.html?_r=1&hp
I would LOVE a gizmo that translated by dog's barks, as long as it really worked. Read the full article, linked above, for some other really great pet-related gadgets. The doggy treadmill, Jog a Dog, seems like the most useful one. You should walk your dog daily, but sometimes you may not have the time to do it -- in which case, the Jog a Dog would be very handy to have around. Exercising your dog indoors might make the difference between a fat, miserable pup and slim, healthy one.
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The pet industry has really become a very large industry. People don’t look at their pets like animals they look at them like family.