Booger World’s first commercial cloned pet dog
A Korean biomedical company RNL Bio has received an order to clone a pet dog, the first commercial dog cloning in the world.
The company, said earlier this week that it is cloning a pit bull-terrier for a Bernann McKinney, a woman living in California, using tissue from her dead pet named Booger for $150,000. It is planning to deliver the clone in February next year.
Bernann McKinney had preserved the ear tissue for more than a year at minus 200 degrees in a U.S. laboratory, while seeking firms that could clone the dog. To clone Booger, the researchers have used cells taken from its ear tissue and inserted them into ova which were then implanted into eight female dogs, Ra said.

 

 

Bubble Gold and Bubble Silver are pimped out pet beds
Lavishness and opulence are no more restricted to humans only. In fact these days we have a stiff competition from none other then our very own pets.
These days if you’ve got wealth and panache, then not only you but your mutt ought to be au fait. So here’s a flamboyant bed for your darling from B.pet. The folks at pupstyle bought these Gold and Silver Bubbles to our notice. Both pet beds are glazed from the outside and polished from the inside. Bejeweled with Swarovski crystals and laced with 24 karat gold all over along with 100% silk fabric, only 99 Bubble Gold pet beds will be available worldwide.

 

Pawsitively Posh Elegance Fab Imperial Bed

The world has gone to the dogs. Literally. Just have a look at this incredibly posh dog bed.
The Fab Imperial Dog Bed from Pawsitively Posh features a handcrafted faux jewel incrusted bed made in soft foam covered with deep royal red velvet and gold velour lining. The 23″ long by 17″ wide will fit any spoilt pets under 15 lbs while the machine washable Velour cushion can be tumble dried and comes personally hand numbered and signed by award-winning designer Joyce Reavey.
The Faberge-inspired luxury dog bed with a cute crown for your little princess will cost you $295. Only 500 have been put into production.

 

 

Florida Couple Pays $150,000 for Cloned Dog

A couple in Boca Raton, Florida, just took ownership of their new puppy, which just happens to be a clone of their old yellow lab, Sir Lancelot, who died last year. The couple had Lancelot's DNA frozen 6 years ago, and then paid $150,000 to have the dog brought back to life as a clone. It's the first time the procedure has been performed commercially.

I love my Maltese, but I don't think I would ever choose to have her cloned. I don't think I could ever look at the clone and not get a weird feeling! Someday I'll have to find some other way to cherish her memory.

 

 

Ceramic and Platinum Travel Suitcase for Dogs
A pet carrier for people who don't want to necessarily look like they're carrying a pet, this Ceramic Travel Doghouse looks more like a suitcase than a carrier. I like its crisp contemporary design, but can't help but wonder about two things: I don't see any openings other than the door, is there really enough airflow? And being made of ceramic and platinum, how much does the darn thing weigh?

I have to admit that as pet carriers go this one does have style appeal. Designed by Marco Morosini for Bosa, €670.

 

 

 

Lux Q & A: Amy Harris, Creator of "Puppy Love" on L Studio

Puppy love is in the air. It's in the White House (or will be soon enough), it's on the big screen, and now it's online in the new original series from Sex & the City writer-producer Amy B. Harris.

Hosted by Lexus's just-launched L Studio, home to original films, interviews and musings on everything from high heels to desk design, Puppy Love is all about New Yorkers and their dogs -- dogs who might be gay, dogs who warrant more attention than their owners, dogs as stand-in boyfriends (in Famke Janssen's case, a boyfriend who doesn't let a real man get in the way).

Actors including Janssen, Ally Sheedy and Janel Moloney jumped to be part of the series once they heard Lexus would donate $50,000 to the ASPCA on their behalf.
In fact all the actors, writers and directors on the show donated their time to the project in support of the ASPCA.
I chatted with the show's creator, Amy B. Harris, about developing the show and working with her dog, Oscar, shown above.
How did you come to collaborate with L Studio on Puppy Love?
I thought the series would work best on the web, as it's a shorter form of storytelling. [Each episode hovers around the 10 minute mark.] L Studio was very generous with its donation to the ASPCA, and everyone said they loved working on the project, even the crew who loved their dogs, and my production partner who had just lost her dog and was excited to express her puppy love.

How has it been different to work on the web as opposed to television or the big screen?
I'm still trying to figure it out -- the medium is very interesting for me. I explain it by saying, there's no opening weekend. In film, you know exactly what the numbers are. With the web, people can find it whenever they want to, and I'm adjusting to that thought process. I kind of love it.

New York featured so prominently in Sex & the City. Does it do so again in Puppy Love?
I could have shot either in New York or LA, but it was very important for me to do it here. It's surprising in a place with no backyards that so many people have dogs. The city can become very anonymous, but having a dog, suddenly you know people by their first names. When I first got Oscar [who stars in two webisodes and is pictured above], I didn't speak to one neighbor. Now everyone's coming to talk to us when I'm walking him in my pajamas.

New episodes in the 10-part series are added to the site each Tuesday. And the finale? That's when we'll see Heidi Klum and her pup in a mockumentary of New York fashion week -- for dogs. Be sure to watch straight through to the end of every webisode -- one of the best parts of the series is the When Harry Met Sally-like post-show interviews asking the actors how they fell in love with their dogs.