The Noelle Cotton Rope Dog Leash is handcrafted and hand-dyed, and a part of the purchase price is donated to animal welfare and rescue organizations. $64, foundmyanimal.com Customize the limited-edition Pet Portrait Luncher with a hand-painted illustration of your dog or cat. Just send a photo of your pet and a personalized lunch box will soon follow. $210, modernpicnic.com Reduce the strain of a dirty job with the TallPooPail Pack, a scoop-and-store (for up to a week) waterproof and smell-proof pail with compostable bags. $99, indiegogo.com The Soy Wax Candle from Bluewine Studio is available in 11 scents, including lavender and lemon verbena, and comes in adorable bichon, goldendoodle and poodle dog shapes. $15, etsy.com Get free engraving on the Main Squeeze, Monstera Leaf and Hello, My Name Is Pet ID Tag. $24, twotailspetcompany.com Loohoo’s 100 percent wool braided Wooly Tug Toy will have your good boy or girl begging for tug-of-war. $22, loo-hoo.com Designed to support adventure-loving dogs, Ruffwear specializes in harnesses (with pockets and day packs) and outdoor gear, like the Swamp Cooler Dog Cooling Vest, which reflects solar radiation and uses evaporative cooling to pull heat from your dog. $60, ruffwear.com
On Your Screen
Housebroken: From the writers of Veep, an offbeat group of neighborhood pets work through their issues during therapy in this animated comedy series (May 31 on Fox), staring Lisa Kudrow (a standard poodle and therapy leader), Nat Faxon (the sock-eating Saint Bernard she’s married to), Will Forte (a tortoise with intimacy issues) and Tony Hale (an anxious, sweater-wearing terrier). Cruella: Emma Stone’s Cruella de Vil spirals into madness in the live-action backstory (May 28 on Disney+ and in theaters) of the iconic 101 Dalmatians villain. Paw Patrol: The Movie: This animated adventure film (August 20) based on the beloved kids’ TV series stars a handful of grownup celebs, including Kim Kardashian, Jimmy Kimmel, Tyler Perry and Dax Shepard.
On Your Shelf
Horrified that his lovelorn owner Julie might end up a spinster, rescue pug Doug tries to find the perfect match for his heartbroken human in Pug Actually, the latest rom-com by Matt Dunn. (June 29, Mira) Cadaver dog handler Mace Reid and his golden retriever colleague uncover a murder and a Chicago-wide web of corruption in The Keepers by Jeffrey B. Burton. (June 29, Minotaur Books) An improvised career change brought Kate MacDougall face to face with affectionate, pampered English pooches and their hapless humans in London’s Number One Dog-Walking Agency, a charming coming-of-age memoir for the canine-lover. (July 6, William Morrow) Find out how speech-language pathologist Christina Hunger taught her pup to “speak” using paw-size buttons and prerecorded words in How Stella Learned to Talk: The Groundbreaking Story of the World’s First Talking Dog. (William Morrow)
