This season's must-have: Dog-hair jumpers

Ever find yourself rolling your eyes and shaking your head at all the Sammy hair in your house, car, closet, shoe inserts? Turn that frown upside down, buddy. Now you can make some cash with all that fur. Above is an enterprising couple who love being around their dogs so much that they knitted "jumpers" (they're British) out of their dog's fur.

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Ah, but they are not alone... Barking Maria turns dog hair into cardie. Read article.

Pet therapy: Fido might be the next paid health-care professional

"Pearl Salotto was first introduced to the practice in the late 1980s. Her children had given her a Samoyed as a gift. She named it DJ, to replace another dog that had just passed away. She signed up for a pet-assisted therapy program at Mercy College in Dobbs Ferry, N.Y., where she took four courses that led to a certificate in 1987.

From the moment she brought DJ into a nursing home for his first visit, she knew: “I wanted to do this full-time.”

In fact, she said, she believed that every person in America had a right to a loving dog. And she believed that every medical and social service institution in the country should have a pet-assisted therapist on staff, to help make that happen."

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