Word: pet
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With more single people now than in the past 30 years, a lot of human affection, and cash, is being spent on pets. "For people who don't have children, animals are as dear," says Steve Cohen, the owner of Miami Beach's Dog Bar, which offers organic food for dogs, such as $30-per-lb. beef patties. Less than a decade ago, Americans spent $17 billion a year on pet products and services. But that was an era before Animal Planet and its famous pet psychic, before Judge Joseph Wapner moved from The People's to the Animal Court...
...love your dog. Sure, you may take him for walks, pet him and even give him special snacks, but did you buy him a $190 designer shearling coat? Do you get him regular massages and manicures? Take him to dog singles mixers? Does he have a PetBrella? Do you have a heart...
...leap from pet to companion has occurred not just in minds but in the legal system as well. A San Francisco city ordinance passed in January adds the word guardian to the designation of pet owner to acknowledge that pets are more than mere property, and a 2001 Oregon measure protects bequests left to dogs. You can forget leash laws; animal lovers are now lobbying their city councils for more dog parks. "This is part of a civil rights movement," says Alan Beck, professor of animal ecology and director of the Center for the Human-Animal Bond at Purdue University...
...solidify the point that the dog has emerged--above expensive restaurants, home furnishings and even security--as the status symbol of the times, Martha Stewart's company will launch this fall a weekly pet-keeping show with Marc Marrone as host. No one in the canine cognoscenti will want to miss the episode on how to brush a dog's teeth. --Reported by Jeanne DeQuine/Miami, Jeanne McDowell/Los Angeles and Deirdre van Dyk/New York
...dozen current or upcoming talent shows offer Americans the chance to sing, dance, joke or pose their way to stardom. We have USA network's Nashville Star (country music), CBS's Star Search (singing, comedy, dancing), ABC's All-American Girl (beauty, brains and athletics), even Animal Planet's Pet Star (self-explanatory). This week VH1 launches Born to Diva, and in May, UPN airs America's Next Top Model. NBC is airing or planning searches for talented kids, seniors, comics and action-movie actors, plus a reality-show reconception of the teen-musicians drama Fame. Jeff Gaspin...