Pet Purchase

The Sunday Age

Sunday January 7, 2007

MIRANDA TAY

Pamper your furry friends - and yourself - with these great ideas.

Part-time teacher Belinda Jennings' stainless-steel cutlery designs for pets was a three-year labour of love. The flat-edged spoon has a handle long enough to reach the bottom of food cans, and the mug is a metric-cup measure. Paw print patterns ensure you won't mistakenly use the utensils for your own food. A percentage of profits goes to the Lort Smith Animal Hopsital. Muttlery & Catlery pet spoon 22cm rrp $16.50, 26cm $19.95, cup $24.95. Visit petspoons.com.au to order or for stockists.

Seven days into the new year and still stuck for a makes-your-heart-melt calendar? Internet forum OzPugs (www.ozpugs.com) still has copies of its 2007 wall calendar, which features photos of the breed sent in by their proud owners; Chi is shown

on the left. All profits go to Pug Rescue, which rehouses neglected or abused

pugs and is manned by volunteers.

Email Phoebe@pugadise.org or tel: (02) 6585 8012 to order, rrp $19.95 each (free postage in Australia).

-- Miranda Tay