"I thought it would be a good opportunity to give people something goodto eat and buy something for their dogs before they go home," Martinexplains."
The Black Dog Café is a restaurant and pet gift shop in DowntownRaleigh.Mary Hunter Martin sells pet toys that rank as national favorites.Rawhide candy canes rank number one. They're good for both big dogs andlittle dogs too.
Second in puppy popularity are cookies not fit for human consumption. Number three on the survey are stockings. Always number one on a cat'slist. anything with cat nip inside.
Mary admits, many of her gifts are really for the animal lovers themselves.
"We find that lots of people whose dogs have died get by things for thetop of their trees for some sort of memorial," says Martin.
WRAL put many of the toys to the test with some pets from the Wake CountySPCA. They don't care very much about the toys, they'd rather have ownersinstead.
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