Modern Furniture for Your Four-Legged Friends!

In the tiny lofts and cramped railroad apartments of New York, even a purse-size pooch can take over your space. You want your pets to live comfortably without surrendering your apartment to crazy cat lady status, so pump up your pet-friendly pad with some modern furniture.

Jax and Bones will hook you up for all of your canine needs from bowls to bedding. Check them out online for a huge selection of their signature dog beds. Top picks include their lounge beds ($89-$179) in different colors in corduroy or microvelvet that look like little couches and their custom bedding ($99-$199): pillows in square, rectangle and circle and in every fabric choice imaginable. No matter what your taste – zebra print or retro geometric shapes, Jax & Bones will add the perfect accent for your home.

While you’re on their website, add a Good Karma Rope Toy ($14-$16) to your shopping cart. The brightly colored toys are made from natural dyed cotton and a portion of each purchase is donated to www.therescuetrain.org to help homeless animals. Good karma and better than your average chewed up tennis ball!

To keep the cat in your life from leaving hair all over your laundry pile or lap, try this cat bed in the shape of a cat’s head! It looks modern and chic and will provide your feline friend with a comfy place to curl up (about $50.)

Turning the dog run into a cat walk!

Take it from me, as a dogsitter for the greater Washington Square area for the past couple years – it’s hard to look good picking up poop. But thanks to new lines from devoted doggie designers, there’s a breath of fresh air for such a dirty job.

Bowchies is a line perfect for just that promising, “a stylish day at the park!” Outfitting both you and your dogs, they strive to achieve a fashionable approach to function. For you, they have stylish messenger bags ($99) in a variety of fun fabrics. Bowchies hooks you up by including with their bags a collapsible bowl for water, cell phone holder, a water bottle holder and enough pockets to fit all of your necessities. If you’re out for a quick walk, try the Mini Bow Pouch ($15) that attaches to your dog’s leash and can hold keys, treats or a phone.

For your dogs, there are dozens of different colorful collars for every mood from preppy to playful for pooches big and small ($26-$28.)

Besides their expansive collections of doggie bling and graphic tees, modern pet accessory superstar 26 Bars and a Band grabs dogwalker chic by the reigns with their retractable leashes in leopard print, camouflage and pink plaid ($39.)

Casual Fridays for Fido

My weekend was devoted to the Park Avenue pooches and the Miami Beach bitches from across the country – all convening at Pet Fashion Week in New York City. Believe it or not, there’s more to the event than dogs trotting around in rhinestone collars and ornate costumes. Well…
There’s a lot the pet industry has to offer for a girl and her fabulous four-legged friend! This week, here are a few of the finest finds – for felines to Fidos!

You wouldn’t want to wear a sequined ball gown every day, so why parade your pup around in one? Especially when there are so many fun tees for all of Spot’s many moods!
One of this year’s stand out exhibitors was Bullyware, an NYC based company that outfits the chicest Chihuahuas and other smaller dogs in their space-age punk rock designs. Striped tees trimmed in silver make up the Urban Martian line while the Super’Fly shirts are cut like muscle tank tops and adorned with decorative solar panels.
And for the outspoken barkers in the dog run, there is the “Auntie” line including an Auntie-War and Auntie-Fur shirt with the phrase: “be it ever so hunted, there’s no coat like home.”
Check out their website for more unique designs for the urban dog.