Angry Birds?!

I have to be one of a handful of people who has never played Angry Birds. Really. It was offered to me as a freebie on my e-reader. I declined. Why? Well, the thought of angry birds was just sort of irritating to me. Birds are really nice. I have friends who have pet birds. Their birds are anything but angry. But when the Hartz Company came to me with an offer to test drive their new Angry Birds toys for cats and dogs, well, who could resist?

Let's face it, pet toys are created for the owners as much as the pets. We buy them so we want something appealing and for the pet owner who plays Angry Birds it's probably very amusing to have Angry Birds toys for their cats and/or dogs.

The box arrived, filled with cat and dog toys, angry birds that anyone but me would recognize. Cats are notorious for playing with toys only when the owner is out of sight so while putting one of the jingle ball toys on the floor for Aimee's perusal, out came the interactive cat wand. Toy attached to a string, for some rousing interactive play.

Not having a dog in residence, another Angry Bird, this time a dog toy, went off to my grandpuppy, Karma, an adorable Flatcoat Retriever who will be a year old in January. The holiday season is for children, the four-legged ones included, so what better way to celebrate than with a new toy? Karma was immediately enchanted, squeaking it, playing with it, and hardly getting it out of her mouth long enough to be photographed with it by her "mom" Veronique Schejtman.

Two very happy four-legged kids. Oh, and those other Angry Bird cat toys? When I came in from running errands they were not where they had been. She had been playing with them. No images are available - some things a kitty girl obviously likes to keep private.

Hartz products are easily accessible and according to Aimee and Karma, they make good gift choices for the holidays, birthdays or any day.