Dogtor Tess

Never say I don’t do anything for you. I spent last Saturday afternoon in downtown Los Angeles cruising the aisles of the Luxury Pet Pavilion , a trade show for, yes, luxury pet goods. Clearly, this isn’t the best of times for breaking into the multibillion-dollar pet market, especially at the high end. Were attendees concerned that the economy would severely affect their business? You bet. Many of them had just begun their businesses in the past year or two. More than once people told me

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As Deb Palmer and Bonita Vickery washed stainless-steel dog bowls at the MetraPark shelter, the clang of the bowls added to the raucous sounds of feeding time. More than 250 English shepherds are sheltered there in refurbished horse barns. When volunteers push the wheelbarrow down the aisles, the dogs bark, yip and howl until their bowls are filled.

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As Deb Palmer and Bonita Vickery washed stainless-steel dog bowls at the MetraPark shelter, the clang of the bowls added to the raucous sounds of feeding time. More than 250 English shepherds are sheltered there in refurbished horse barns. When volunteers push the wheelbarrow down the aisles, the dogs bark, yip and howl until their bowls are filled.

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Customers have noticed gaps between the canned goods, the ice cream and the paper towels. Some aisles, such as pet food and baby items, have only a few products, while others have items lined up on the edge of the shelves, but contain nothing behind the first row.

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Yesterday I had to go to the grocery store for some supplies. The aisles were so crowded, I almost had to fight my way through. There was no 1% milk in gallon jugs, the bread aisle was sparse, I had to stand in line for the longest time to get a prescription. What’s up with this, I wondered. This morning, when we woke up to this snowy scene, I realized that the grocery store problem was caused by snow panic. Weather forecasters were predicting snow. Folks around here go ape-poop when the wor

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