Tails of the Week!

Issue #64

May 9th, 2024

Quick Hits:

☢️ Fluoroscopy X-ray of a dog swallowing food is more hypnotizing than it should be

🚗 53% of dog owners who drive with their dogs say they would rather take a long road trip with their dog vs. a family member

🍊 Are orange cats different? Testing the Orange Cat Theory

🐱 If you want a cat that is going to live a long time, don’t get a Sphynx

• The future is here - Boehringer Ingelheim recently celebrated the opening of its state-of-the-art facility that is set to revolutionize the development of future products, including biotherapeutics.

• Chinese cats want salmon - Seafood sales in the Chinese pet food market are skyrocketing due to clever marketing.

• When two leaders meet - Rover, the world’s leading online marketplace and Wagmo, a leading provider of employer-based pet wellness plans have announced a strategic partnership.

• Bow Wow Wow Yippie Yo Yippie Yay- Camp Bow Wow had a great Q1.

• First step in pet - Borgman Capital just made its first acquisition in the pet space by acquiring Buck Bone Organics.

• Offleash’d on point - The AI-powered platform just secured $700k in funding.

• Sprouting cash - Blue Sky Nutrition LLC just acquired Maltwerks’ Food & Feed division to bolster its offerings for the pet food, feed, food, and supplement markets.

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• Zoom for pets - Scientists suggest that parrots prefer live chats vs pre-recorded videos and can tell the difference.

• New Rule - Dogs entering the US must be 6 months old and microchipped.

• Deadly eye drops - Two dogs tested positive last year for a dreaded, extensively drug-resistant bacterial strain spread by contaminated artificial eye drops manufactured in India which have killed at least 4 people.

• Puppy dog eyes - Maybe it’s not only the domesticated dog that can make the “irresistible puppy dog eyes.”

• Toxic or not - A full list of plants that are, and are not toxic for your cats.

• Raw milk = Bird flu - A few cats have died in Texas after drinking raw milk affected by bird flu.

• The zoo is growing - Interzoo, which is currently happening in Germany just set a new international exhibitor record.

For AAPI month we wanted to highlight an entrepreneur with an impressive story and a brand new company!

Ivana spent 8 years at Google before quitting her six-figure job to pursue entrepreneurship in 2021. That same year, she welcomed Bailey, a spunky labrador and basset hound mix, into her life. As a newly minted dog mom on the go, Ivana found that most products in the pet market offered limited functionality, poor design, and in many cases, poor quality. Her disappointment as a consumer turned to passion for creating better solutions for pets and their people. In April 2024, Ivana officially launched Playfield with The Bailey Kit - their patent-pending, modular, multifunctional dog walking kit - the first in a series of premium solutions. 

• Ultra premium is evolving - Ziwi has worked tirelessly on developing the Z-MicroSteam™ process to improve their air drying technology.

• First of its kind - Just announced at Interzoo, Dr. Clauder’s has partnered with Calysta to launch the world’s first dog treats made with FeedKind® Pet protein, a revolutionary new pet food ingredient.

• Manager of Clinical Growth & Development at Nightingale

• AI Operations Specialist at Groom Club

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