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A white glazed ceramic bowl on a black wire cone stand. The inside is moulded into a ring of raised shapes — flower, cross, big mouth or paw print — so kibble drops into the gaps instead of sitting in one heap. The stand lifts the bowl off the floor, and the bowl lifts out of the ring for filling and washing.

One line: A large scissor-style metal clipper for cats and dogs, with a semicircular notch, a guard plate and a lock clasp, in blue or green.

The problem it answers: the hard part of trimming a nail is how much to take off — too much reaches the quick, too little leaves the nail long.

A triangle of buffalo-check polyester, printed with a white 'Merry Christmas' script, antler line art and a small figure at the point. The 63 cm top edge knots at the back of the neck, so there is no buckle, no velcro and nothing rigid against the coat — just one soft piece of twill that ties to the size of the dog wearing it.

A raised bowl that meets your pet halfway. The ROADREIGN Tilt Pet Bowl stands 10 cm tall on an 18 cm scalloped base, and its rim slopes 15° from a high back edge down to a low front lip, so cats and small dogs eat with the head level instead of dropped to the floor. The arc-shaped bottom gathers kibble and water toward the centre of the bowl, and the stainless steel insert lifts straight out for a quick rinse. PP shell, 150 ml capacity, four colours.

One line: A round pin brush with its own water tank — mist while you brush, then press once and the collected hair lifts off in one piece.

The problem it answers: loose hair drifting off the coat and onto your hands, and picking that hair out of the pins afterwards.

One line: A retractable lead with the water and the bags built into the same grip, plus a bowl that presses flat.

The problem it answers: a walk needs three things — a lead, water and bags — and two hands.

One line: A chest-worn carrier for cats and small dogs — mesh body panel, four zipped leg openings, a drawstring collar and two padded straps. The same listing also carries a mesh sling bag.

The problem it answers: when a small pet stops walking you end up carrying it, which uses both hands, and a plain tote is not built for the job.

ROADREIGN™ Pocket Poop Bag Dispenser — a small cylinder that hangs on the leash and gives you a bag in one pull.

The annoying part of a walk is not the picking up, it is finding the bag: loose bags lost in a pocket, a roll crushed into a lump, a torn edge that will not come apart. This cylinder clips to a leash or a belt, a strip-shaped outlet runs down one side, and a bag tears off cleanly against it. A bone-shaped window in the base shows how many are left.

ROADREIGN™ Paw-Shaped Pet Water Bottle — a travel bottle you fill by pressing, for walks, hikes and car trips.

The hard part of taking a dog out is not the water, it is what the water sits in: a plain bottle needs a bowl you did not bring, a folding bowl is awkward to clean, and an open cup spills on the way. Here the bowl is part of the bottle — a wide paw-shaped trough sits on top, filled by pressing the button on the collar, and the water left over can flow back in, so nothing else has to be carried or washed.

Water-and-food version: 400 ml water + 200 ml food cup, 290 g per piece. Material PP (attribute table). Item number:LL-2820

One line: A square silicone pet mat that packs four jobs — licking, slow feeding, puzzling and wet food — onto one 20.2 cm moulding, with 36 suction cups underneath.

The problem it addresses: On a flat mat, dry kibble or wet food can be taken in a single mouthful and pushed around the floor. Here the face is divided into four separate textures, so food pressed into the grooves and pockets between them has to be worked out a piece at a time. The mat itself is a single soft-silicone pressing that folds for storage.

In one line: An octagonal bowl with nine bone-shaped pegs — fit 0, 3, 6 or 9 of them and the same bowl gives you four different speeds.

What it fixes: Dogs that eat too fast get sick. Most slow-feeders fix the difficulty at the factory — buy the hard one and your dog learns it anyway. Here the difficulty is something you change: the pegs pull out and push back in, and with none fitted it's an ordinary bowl.

In one line: An egg-shaped handle with a short-stroke brake slider on top — a 3 m or 5 m white woven nylon lead retracting into an ABS shell, ending in a chrome-plated swivel snap hook.

What it fixes: The old problem with a retractable lead is stopping it. When a car or another dog appears, the lock is not where the thumb expects it. Here the brake is a single short-stroke slider set into a recessed track along the top of the shell — right under the thumb.