Dog Stuff In A National Department Store

I have accumulated a good deal of dog stuff through the years, thats because I have three dogs and I include them in my of my famliy activites. It amazes me with the amount of advertising that gets geared to the dog and pet owners in the world. These marketers know that pet owners just love their pets and will spend just about any amount of money on their anaimals.It seems like with each holiday season that passes there are more and more dog stuff to pick from in the stores.

This past holiday season I could not believe my eyes when I was in the accessory section of a national department store. At first I thought there was a new section of doll clothing that was placed in this section. Upon closer examination I realized that the clothes were for dogs. Along with the clothes there were beds, toys, designer dishes and other dog stuff. This is a store that does not ordinarily have a pet section. I asked one of the sales clerks when this section of dog stuff had been added. She stated that it was part of their holiday campaign nation wide.

It seems that people were requesting more items that they could purchase, not only for their dog, but for the dogs of their friends. I jokingly asked if this did not snub cat owners, but I was told that the cat merchandize was on the opposite side of the display I was looking at.

I knew that there were specialty stores and catalogs that handled this kind of dog stuff, but I never thought that it would be featured in a national department store. The clerk mentioned that they had a large display of Halloween costumes in the fall along with special treats for the four legged trick or treater’s.

The dog stuff included is very elaborate outfits for the holidays. Velvet dresses, satin off the shoulder cocktail dresses, and the more traditional knit sweaters. There were also collars that were studded with sequins and stones.

I could tell that the sales clerk was not thrilled with this new merchandize. I commented that our female dog would certainly prefer precious stones. When I said this, she lead me over to the fine jewelry counter and showed me a display of precious and semi precious collars. I could not believe what I was seeing, so for fun I asked the clerk to show me something in a 18 carat gold collar with a black pearl pendant.