Dog Seatbelt
If you have a dog and worry about driving safely with your pet hiding in your car, you might want to get the seatbelt harness that is introduced on this Japanese TV show:
Similar products are being sold on Amazon.co.jp and Amazon.com. The product shown in the video might be produced by a Japanese company, but it looks like companies in other countries have had similar ideas.
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Categories: Animal Videos, Technology
How Much is That Kitty in the Window?
“Nanikore” finds a soba restaurant in Tokyo with something strange in its meal display case:
Many restaurants in Japan attract new customers by displaying example dishes from their menus in glass cases. At this restaurant, there is a live cat inside the display case!
The cat is named Pink. Three years ago, he was a stray cat that liked to hang out around the shop. The owner decided to adopt Pink, and make him the store mascot. One day, the owner let Pink hang out in the display window, and the cat loved it. Pink can now be seen there every day (but only during the two hours before the restaurant opens).
Location of the restaurant on Google Maps:
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Categories: Animal Videos
Dog Castle: The Most Awesome Dog House in Japan
“Nanikore” travels to Hamamatsu in Shizuoka prefecture to show us a truly awesome dog house:
The dog lives in a mini castle! It’s a 2.5-meter-high replica of Matsumoto Castle. The dog’s owner spent 6 months and 50,000 yen to build it. It contains one main room, plus a rear room in which the dog can hide during thunder storms. There is also a separate room with a sand floor, which is meant to offer a surface on which the dog can feel cool during the summer months.
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Categories: Animal Videos, Odd / Strange
Another Smiling Dog in Japan
The “Nani Kore” team finds another dog that can smile, this time in Hyogo Prefecture:
The dog in the video clip is named Rubi, and she seems to show her “smiling” face to people she likes, especially an elderly man who lives in the neighborhood. When he comes by, Rubi’s face turns into a smile and she wags her tail and jumps up on him with affection.
ATV consulted a dog behavior expert about the “smiling” dog and they were told that it is likely that this dog learned to “smile” after noticing the very positive reaction humans give when seeing such a facial expression.
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Categories: Animal Videos
Smiling dog in Japan
Meet Chii, a shiba inu in Okayama prefecture that smiles whenever her master is nearby:
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Categories: Animal Videos
Dog bathing suits and bikinis
As we’re getting towards the end of 2009, it’s about time I did some winter cleaning and finish a few posts I initially planned to make several months ago. Here’s one of a fashion show for dog swimwear that was held in Taiwan but was deemed newsworthy in Japan:
P.S. – If you’re in Japan and want to buy wacky clothes for your dog, head to a big shopping mall and look for Pet Paradise. [shop list here]
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Categories: Animal Videos, Odd / Strange