Pawsome air travel, gemstones just lying on the ground & total silence

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Who Is A Howl-ishly Good Dog?

The 2024 Dog Halloween Costume Contest is now accepting entries!

• One winner will receive a $30 USD digital Amazon gift certificate. That could pay for next year’s costume, a new toy, or (let’s be real) some treats.

• The winner will be chosen by you! Entries are added to this voting website daily. One vote per email address. Real-time vote tallies are displayed after each vote.

• It’s free to enter one photo of your dog or dogs showing off their Halloween outfits. Sweet? Spooky? We can’t wait to see your photo.

• Entries will be accepted now through October 21, 2024.

• Voting closes on October 22, 2024.

• The winner will be notified by email on October 23, 2024.

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Culture

Flights Gone Furry

Ready for your first-class treatment? Oh, ummm, awkward… I was actually talking to your dog. But you can come along too. Many times, the gripes about flying with your dog is your dog has to stay in the carrier under the seat in front of you (or in the cargo!) and this may cause you more stress as well. Enter BARK Air. 

Your dog will have the seat next to you - and not in a carrier - just tethered in the seat. Hungry? No problem. In-flight snacks and meals that are healthy and vet-approved await your dog. There are even cozy lounging areas designed for your dog complete with soft blankets and a window view. Look at the clouds while you are on cloud nine. Also, your dog will have endless entertainment thanks to the complimentary Wi-Fi. If tennis balls or squirrels aren't your dog's thing, there are calming music options. 

Your dog will even have a pet concierge to cater to his needs such as needing a toy, water bowl, or an emergency belly rub. And did I mention that before you even get on the plane, it is an amazing experience as well. They have pre-flight play areas so your dog can get his energy out while you sip a beverage. The boarding process is also smooth thanks to the separate gates for that calm and quiet environment. 

This all sounds amazing. Most airlines don't have these luxuries. Enjoy your stress--free flight as well. I'm on board for that.

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Environment

The Ants Go Marching for Sparkling

Ants are always busy doing "ant stuff" - I don't know what it is either other than crawling in my house sometimes. They could at least have the decency to bring me garnet. Anthill Garnet is the only gem in the world that has ants as its miners. When the tiny harvester ants do their daily tiny chores in southwestern U.S., particularly Arizona, they push garnets up to the surface (sometimes called "Arizona Ruby"). 

The ants tend to build their hills over areas that are rich in garnet deposits. While they do their tiny chores of excavating tunnels, they toss out tiny crimson stones like they're spring cleaning their homes. I'll take it!  Once on the surface, the rain and wind help to clean up the gems so they are vivid red and clear they are garnets. Then you or I can just walk by and casually pick up the garnets. Keep in mind these garnets tend to be small because these ants aren't bodybuilders ya know, but still cool. So if you're looking to add a conversation starter to your jeans and t-shirt attire, you may want to pick up an anthill garnet - not just rich in color but rich in its story. I would love to walk around and tell people that my jewelry was "mined" by ants. Good price for the mining too.

Cuddling gone extreme, dog math clarified, and what could have been a picture from my own home

Cuddling?: This dog really demands snuggles.
Dog logic: Dog math is interesting.
Yep: Is this my dog’s cousin?

Say What?

Quiet Enough to Hear Yourself Think (literally!)

Shhhhh... how many times per day do we wish we had a moment of silence? Careful what you wish for. The world's quietest room is in Minnesota and the silence is taken to such an extreme that it might just drive you nuts. The chamber at Orfield Laboratories absorbs 99.99% of all sound due to its thick fiberglass acoustic wedges and double walls of steel and concrete. Remember the saying it's so quiet that you can hear a pin drop? You wouldn't even hear a pin drop in the chamber. The level of silence is measured at -9.4 decibels, which is below the threshold of normal human hearing. The extreme silence lends your body to take center stage as the noisiest thing in the room - you will hear your own heartbeat, your stomach making strange sounds, blood pumping, and the sounds of your lungs. You may just hear your body's orchestra for the first time. 

But these bodily sounds are really just the start. Stay in that chamber longer and your brain might just start playing tricks on you. Get ready for hallucinations, feeling off-balance, and being disoriented so people find it hard to stay in that chamber for longer than 45 minutes. The chamber wasn't set up to spook you though - it's used to test products for sound quality and also to help astronauts get used to the eerie silence of space. 

Is silence golden? Maybe, sometimes. But it's all relative and visiting this chamber may give you a different perspective. The world's quietest room may be the loudest experience you'll ever have. 

We LOVE Halloween!

The costumes, special treats, and of course everything that glows in the dark make fabulous parties in the evening.

Pumpkin spice lattes, caramel apples, and cider make the days equally fun. This is the time of year when we test our dogs’ patience with those costumes and photos so treats and toys are included for motivation.

We spent the past few weeks evaluating over 10,000 items on Amazon to find the coolest Halloween stuff this year. To save you from having to spend that much time, we compiled our absolute favorites in a free Halloween eCatalog.

It’s crazy that some items are already selling out of inventory so if you love Halloween as much as we do, now is a good time to browse for something new.

Happy Halloween 

Chuckle

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