Fido chic
Several years ago, after furnishing her San Francisco loft with hip, modern furniture, Diana Flynn bought some “not-so-attractive” dog toys. “The old dog toys looked lackluster next to my stylish new furniture,” she explains.
So she founded Otis and Claude and started a new trend: companies offering great-looking, functional dog products ― from toys and dog beds to bowls and feeding mats.
Alpha Dog, a store in Mill Valley, California, has dozens of fabrics to choose from for its dog beds. It will even have a bed custom-made to match your favorite chair.
Alpha Dog also sells Bodhi Toys ― which include such exotic chew forms as lotus buds and sections of bamboo.