The bed of her dreams
Instead of relegating that ratty old dog bed to the trash, turn it into a bone-a-fide throne with a stylish cotton cover from Molly Mutt, an online business launched earlier this year in Emeryville. Or construct a new bed by buying one of the covers and filling it with anything soft that might otherwise end up in a landfill, like holey sheets, limbless stuffed animals, and T-shirts too grubby to give away. The comforting smell of your tattered sweats might even help your pup sleep better. 510-428-2900, mollymutt.com

The 9-to-5 pooch
Even if you’re not going to an office anymore, at least your dog can look like a corporate honcho. Started by two San Francisco couples, the Good Life sells one-of-a-kind collars made from reused neckties the owners found by scouring garage and estate sales and rummaging through Goodwill bins (your cast-off donations are also accepted). For each collar it sells, the company contributes 50 cents to national and local organizations that benefit animals, their owners, and the environment. thegoodlifesf.com

Swank gear
Cheengoo—which means friend in Korean—is the new brick-and-mortar version of Liz Paik’s online specialty cat-and-dog boutique. Paik’s products are a bit pricey, but the designs are ultrachic. Her Kitty Cubby Condominium, for example, looks like an Eames chair bent into the shape of the letter C. La Table, a structure made of two red pottery feeding bowls on a slab of dark brown wood, looks like it comes from a classy sushi joint, despite its French name. Cheengoo’s monthly, free Bark ’n’ Wine events supplement typical pet-and-owner socializing with special guests and activities, such as an animal portraitist or last month’s “AmeriCanine Idol” contest. 1101 Clay St., S.F., 415-337-8481, cheengoo.com

Find your canine soul mate
DogTime.com, which launched in San Fran­cisco in late 2007, is the ultimate one-stop shop for anyone who needs help buying, adopting, or caring for a pet. But its most unusual offering by far is the DogFinder Matchup Program, which uses a 26-question test to help match your personality to a particular breed of dog (ideally, one available at a shelter). Questions range from the obvious—“What size dog do you want?”—to the endearingly personal, like “What’s your party style?” and “How do you react when another driver cuts you off on the highway?” Your test results are fed into the DogFinder search tool, which accesses records of thousands of shelter dogs and matches your profile to a specific breed or mix of breeds, also taking into account age and distance from your location. Of course, the site also has plenty of adorable dog pictures to peruse. dogtime.com

Tech-savvy trainer
Dynamite Doggies owner Jennifer Joyce will walk or train your dog—or do both. She’ll even post pictures throughout the day on Flickr, so you can see how Rover is progressing with his agoraphobia or his irrational fear of trash cans. (Her online record of one particularly anxious dog, Skittles, attracted a worldwide following of well-wishers.) As a graduate of the SF SPCA’s Academy of Dog Trainers, Joyce really knows her way around rescue dogs, which are prone to emotional problems. Owners of these pets are especially grateful for her walking-training combo. “Fearful and aggressive dogs often don’t get the exercise they need, because their owners are wary about taking them out,” Joyce says. Once the pets have gotten control of their issues, they graduate to one of Joyce’s daily playgroups, and your already modest bill shrinks significantly. 415-845-8299, dynamitedoggies.com