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Pet Substitutes

Pet Substitutes

From the Chia Pet to a handheld digital Tamagotchi, pet rocks to virtual pets, eHow offers expert How To information on a variety of pet substitutes. Not sure you can handle the responsibility of a living, breathing animal? Maybe practicing on a plant, rock or digital device before getting a dog or cat is the right idea. Allergic to everything with fur or feathers? Let eHow show you how online or virtual pets can enrich you life.

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  • Pet Rock Instructions

    A pet rock is a pet substitute. This fad introduced by advertising executive Gary Dahl in the 1970s had a short lived run, but made Dahl a millionaire. He wrote an instruction manual to accompany...

  • How to Make Pet Rocks

    Pet rocks were in high demand in the late 1970s. Advertising executive Gary Dahl invented the pet that wasn't when he determined that conventional pets were too much hassle. Dahl began selling the...

  • How to Make a Pet Rock

    Animal, vegetable or mineral? In 1975 Seattle advertiser Gary Dahl began selling pet rocks. They sit. They stay. They roll over (with a little help). They came with a care manual. Dahl sold 5...

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