"Million Dollar Listing's" Starla (the Chihuahua) is Sitting High

by Ann Brenoff (RSS feed)
Apr 20th 2010 at 11:01AM

After all those years of discouraging my dogs from hovering near the table come meal time, a new product sold by Hammacher-Schlemmer pulls up a chair for them.

The Pet High Chair fastens to the edge of the table and allows dogs up to 10 pounds to sit comfortably suspended while you pass the kibble their way. Retailing for about $50, the chair is constructed of 600-denier nylon fabric and securely clips to tables up to two-inches thick. Its height can be adjusted without tools. The frame is powder-coated 5/8" steel tubing and the arms are rubber-coated so they won't mar table surfaces. Retailing at about $50 from the famed Hammacher Schlemmer -- "America's longest-running catalog offering the best, the only and unexpected for 162 years" -- the chair permits your dog or cat to accompany you at the dinner table at near eye level. I am resisting the urge to ask why this is a good thing and will accept on face value that for many, it apparently is.

From the catalog: "By providing an alternative to sitting on your lap, running disruptively underfoot, or outright banishment, the chair assuages a pet (and its owner's) frustration, and promotes more refined behavior."

The Pet High Chair folds easily for storage and travel and is machine washable. It has adjustable tethers for pet safety and to ensure there will be no leaving the table until excused, not to mention any breaches of table etiquette. It weighs about four pounds and is 12" long, 9.5" wide and 10" high.

Pet Gear Inc., which manufacturers the product, is a division of Vermont Juvenile Furniture -- a company that has been making baby care products since 1936. Pet Gear Inc. also makes pet playpens, bike baskets, ramps, strollers and car seats.

Since my 90-pound Golden Retriever couldn't diet his way down to fit in the chair, we invited Starla, the chihuahua who stars with Chad Rogers on Bravo's "Million Dollar Listing" show to try the product out for us. Starla, all four pounds of her, needed a seat pillow to perch up high enough to reach the table but once settled in, promptly fell asleep. Perhaps there is a dual marketing opportunity here: Suspended pet bed, anyone?

Video by Sophie Johnson

Tags: chad rogers, chihuahua, Chihuahua dogs, chihuahuas, dog high chair, pet, pet high chair, starla

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meanvee Apr 20th 2010 1:16PM

A dog high chair, are you serious?

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al schrader Apr 21st 2010 10:16AM

Oh, I remember that guy. He didn't leave my server a tip & smelled like a dog...Al-

mm Apr 20th 2010 12:23PM

Good lord is that kid horrible.

GlobalDia Apr 20th 2010 3:21PM

that guy is the epitomy of douchebag.

Rae Apr 20th 2010 10:10PM

The dog is precious but no dog should eat from the table. That's just too gross.

nomoedoughhics Apr 20th 2010 10:07PM

I didn't laugh!

MinuteMaed Apr 20th 2010 10:06PM

That is the UGLIEST baby in the table high chair...a product of inbreeding perhaps?

beaconofjoy Apr 20th 2010 10:08PM

Starla is adorable and I like the high chair.

Kitti Apr 21st 2010 1:44AM

LOL LOL how cute ! I adopted an abused dog from a rescue place when she was 2 years old. She wanted to be near me all the time. When I sat at my computer she had her own chair to lay in to be up at my level. Sometimes I would eat at my computer and I started giving her her bowl of food to eat in her chair. Then one time we were at my son's house for Thanksgiving and Carmen was wandering around the table, not knowing what to do. My son got a chair for her and she sat with the family ! She is well behaved, does not beg, and sits there quietly. She's just part of the family and has been the source of enornmous enjoyment for the past 5 years. Everyone loves Carmen, my sweet doxie/spaniel mix.

MARY Apr 20th 2010 11:59PM

'DOGS EAT ON THE FLOOR OR OUTSIDE IN DOG DISH.,said enough

Sandy Apr 20th 2010 11:54PM

I thought I had seen the worst "pet product" made when I saw those stairs that help your dog get on the bed or on the sofa. I mean, don't most of us spend a lot of time trying the teach the dog NOT to get on the furniture? But this doggie high chair takes the prize. Gee, I love my dog a lot, but I hope I never forget that he's a DOG, not a small human in a dog suit.

Angie Apr 21st 2010 10:19AM

But for those of us who enjoy sleeping next to our snoring furkids, that product is a lifesaver.

DanaAngel8 Apr 21st 2010 12:14AM

Good grief! I don't think Victoria Stillwell of Animal Planet's "Me or the Dog" would be amused with this new invention, considering she sometimes has to break dogs humans from feeding them at the table! Dogs should never be allowed to eat at the table, ever!

kikitamurti Apr 21st 2010 10:20AM

That poor dog looks so uncomfortable...she keeps trying to put her paws on the table to reach her food and water easily. She looks like she's having a hard time reaching her water and food.

Debbie Jun 6th 2010 12:45PM

Could not agree with you more. The poor pup can't reach her water, or her food.

msgracie2u2 Apr 21st 2010 10:20AM

I can't understand how they are sitting there and do not notice that Starla is choking because the leash holding her in the chair is preventing her from reaching the food and water. Look at the clip again people and notice her coughing and choking. That's just cruel. Not funny at all.

taebox2002 Apr 21st 2010 10:19AM

Great idea! I love it.

Angie Apr 21st 2010 10:12AM

My rescued dog is 50 lbs. She would look at that and laugh. Of course, at a normal height table, she can put her face up there so I can save $50.

I just let my dog sit on the human furniture. I have a papasan that she appropriated and that saved me money on "dog" furniture when I saved her on Death Day at the pound. Animals are our friends, and while I don't dress my dog in clothes or throw birthday parties for her, I will always support any normal behavior allowing dogs (and cats!) to be a full part of our lives.