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Woman Builds $20,000 Dog House for 3 Pampered Pets

Filed under: Pets

What does a $20,000 dog house look like? A lot like a regular house, only smaller and with furniture lower to the ground. 42 year old Tammy Kassis lives with her husband outside of Los Angeles and when an owl almost carried one of her 3 dogs away she decided to give them, Chelsea, Coco Puff, and Darla, a home of their own. She commissioned Alan Mowrer of La Petite Maison in Denver for the job and the result is an 11ft replica of the family home with luxury features like hardwood floors, heat, A/C, screened doors and windows, mini-blinds, handmade curtains, and landscaping complete with a white picket fence. She's even planning to install a plasma TV so the dogs can all watch Animal Planet together, their favorite show.

Mrs. Kassis was quoted as saying "My dogs are my life," but I can't help but wonder how much time are the dogs spending in this $20,000 doghouse instead of in the regular house with the family? Regardless, it's quite the accomplishment. See more shot, including the interior, in the gallery below.

Gallery: Tammy Kassis' $20,000 Dog House

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Paris Hilton's Dog House Costs More Than Many Homes

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Pets, Celebrity Shopping

Last season J.C. Penney built one of their major ad campaigns on exhorting men to do what they could to stay out of the dog house. But if you are one of Paris Hilton's many pets the dog house is the place to be. Hilton recently shared photos of her new designer doghouse on Twitter. Paris's pinkified pet playhouse has two floors. Downstairs there is a living room and upstairs there is a bedroom and a closet to stash the many outfits she has purchased for her small pets. Hilton's dogs, which bear names like Tinkerbell, Marilyn Monroe, Prince Baby Bear, Harajuku, Dolce and Prada, will feel right at home because the mini-mansion, outfitted by interior decorator Faye Resnick was designed to resemble Hilton's own home in all its pink majesty and includes miniature Philippe Starck furniture, heat, air conditioning and even a black crystal chandelier and black ceiling moldings. At a price of $325,000, as Perez Hilton points out, such extavagance might not sit well with the many people in the U.S. struggling to hold on to their homes. But then again, would we expect anything less of Paris Hilton?

Gallery: Pet Bling

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Tags: celebrity pets, CelebrityPets, dog house, DogHouse, paris hilton, ParisHilton, pets

Enormous, Expensive Victorian Dog House

by Rigel Celeste (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Pets

The title of this post does a good job at explaining exactly what this product is: it's a very large, very pricey house for your dog. I would argue that it's really more of a kennel because it has both a 6' x 8' fence-enclosed play area with a separate sleeping nook that's actually the dog house. The exterior is Victorian-themed with gables, gingerbread trim, and darling little shutters on the windows. Be careful if you have kids -- they'll probably want to take it over as a playhouse! $4,300

Via Bornrich

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Ceramic and Platinum Travel Suitcase for Dogs

by Rigel Celeste (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Pets

A pet carrier for people who don't want to necessarily look like they're carrying a pet, this Ceramic Travel Doghouse looks more like a suitcase than a carrier. I like its crisp contemporary design, but can't help but wonder about two things: I don't see any openings other than the door, is there really enough airflow? And being made of ceramic and platinum, how much does the darn thing weigh?

I have to admit that as pet carriers go this one does have style appeal. Designed by Marco Morosini for Bosa, €670.

Via Bornrich

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Green Pet Homes from Sustainable Pet

by Rigel Celeste (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Pets

It's all about being green lately, and if you're like many people you probably even made a New Years resolution this year that had something to do with being friendlier to the environment. Green Pet Homes from Sustainable Pet can help you (and your pet) be greener while not sacrificing in the beauty or style departments. I do a lot of container gardening so I'm loving these pet houses/garden combinations -- very earthy and natural without looking cheap or shabby. Not to mention it's always nice to have fresh herbs in the kitchen! $1000-$6000.

Via Trendhunter

Gallery: Green Pet Homes from Sustainable Pet

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The Cape Dog House

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Pets

The Cape Dog House from Bella Dogga is a traditional dog house on a slant. The dog house is constructed of heavy-duty 1/2 inch birch plywood that is painted a dark blue-gray, and topped with classic New England cedar shake shingles. The walls lean out slightly so that it is wider at the top than at the bottom giving your dog a sense of spaciousness in his new home. It also has cute oddly-shaped windows. Your dog's quirky new home sells for $675.

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Custom Pet Mansions

by Nicole Weston (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Pets

Pets deserve as much luxury as their owners, but when your house is finally decorated perfectly, it might not turn out to be dog or cat friendly. The solution is to get Fido his own house - a custom-built pet mansion. The colonial version ($6,160) is pictured, but the houses can be made to any scale or design. You can ever get a miniature replica of your own home! Once the house is build, it can be furnished and decorated in any manner you choose. If you fence in the house and add a pool, you can turn a (relatively) simple dog house into a doggie estate

[via Cribcandy]

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Tags: cat, custom doghouse, CustomDoghouse, dog, dog house, doghouse, dogs, estate, pet, pet mansion, pets

Pet Pavilions by David Salmon

by Matthew Collins (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Decor, Pets

David Salmon makes fine custom furniture that would be suitable for any manor home or palazzo. Spanning ages in design, from Jacobean to Napoleonic, Salmon is capable of crafting incredibly intricate pieces that bring the grandeur of bygone eras to the modern furnishings world. But it's not his grand beds that conjure scenes from fairy tales, nor his Georgian banqueting tables that capture our fancy. No, it's his doggie beds, more finely called "Pet Pavilions." Available in several styles to match your decor, these pampered pooch perches will enable your precious pets the ability to sleep in the lap of luxury. I love the Louis Pavilion with French Rosewood and gilding. You may prefer the Queen Charlotte Tester Bed with brass finials and luxurious drapes. I'd say the dog's life just got a little easier.

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