Brad Baxter, owner of Automated Pet Care Products, Inc., (home of the Litter-Robot) will be a guest on the popular daily morning show ‘The Balancing Act’ on Lifetime Network (7:00AM to 8:00AM EST) on March 9, 30 and April 13.  Also on the show will be Ann Kulka, an enthusiatic Mom and business owner who loves her Litter Robot!  Check out the ‘tune-in’ below.

Check out latest review from the House Keeping Channel.

Wow! What great videos of the automatic litter box we all love – the Litter Robot. In total we had approximately 40 entries.  We were so impressed that we added a new prize for 2nd, 3rd, and 4th place – a brand new Bubble Globe, and we’re still giving away 10 Ramps. Actually, all the videos were great and you can tell that they were done with a lot of enthusiasm. Thanks for participating in this contest – fun stuff!

Below are the winners:

Grand Prize (Bubble Unit Litter Robot): The Amazing Litter Robot – The Finer Things in Life
2nd Prize (Bubble Globe): Cat Poop – Blinded by the Light
3rd Prize (Bubble Globe): Kitty Kribs
4th Prize (Bubble Globe): Oli in the Space Ship

Ramp winners in no particular order:

This is Squeebles
Speedie Taking a Break
Love is Strange
Pepper and the Litter Robot
Oh Yeah Felix Loves his Litter Robot
Sacha and her Around the World Litter Robot
Callie the Litter Robot Star
Jasper Fetching and using the Litter Robot
Luna and Her Litter Robot
Little Shirley

There’s still time to submit your video! Contest runs until July 1st (extended from June 1st). Winners announced July 8th. 1st Prize winner gets brand new ‘Bubble’ Unit Litter Robot. (10) 2nd Prize winners get a Litter Robot Ramp. See right hand column below for entry form. If you have submitted a video and don’t see it here, please try to resubmit. We have had several entries without a YouTube link (make sure you enter the link). Thanks!

Nando P.

Howard Hill with Scooter and Litter Robot

Petey and the Litter Robot

Pepper & the Litter Robot

Oh Yeah! Felix Loves his Litter Robot

Cat Poop

Luna and her Gadget

Little Shirley & the Litter Robot

Emma – not very smart

Litter Robot Antics

Alibaba and OUR Champion-Litter Robot

Oli and Litter Robot

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jasper fetching and using litter robot

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Feline PoopyCam

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Cat Using Litter Robot

Litter Robot in Action

Callie loves the litter robot

I, Robot

Mia using Litter Robot!

Tanta and the Litter Robot 2009

Callie, The Litter-Robot Star

Litter-Robot & Sasha

Tigers Litter Robot

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OLI in the space ship…

Litter Robot Demo, starring Stinky the Cat

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Litter Robot

Violet’s back somersault

Maple the Manx uses the Litter Robot

Thank you for all the great comments. It was really refreshing to read about all of the creative ways used to lessen the impact of you and your pet on the environment. I feel sorry for the companies making cat toys since so many of you mentioned that you make your own out of scraps around the house! — and I didn’t realize so many folks were growing their own catnip! Many of you also mentioned spaying and neutering which also is really important. Overall some great ideas shared.

Ok, so we numbered the comments sequentially and then used a random number generator to select the winner. We were so pleased with the overall response that we decided to select an additional (10) 2nd place winners who will receive a free Litter-Robot Ramp.

1st Place Winner:
Katie

2nd Place Winners:
Lisa and Dan
FridrihLop
Laura
Kelly
Laurel Krahn
Amber Wentz
Danny
Cris Bonuso
Miriam
Elena

All winners above will receive email notification as well. Congratulations!

Celebrate Earth Day and enter to win a FREE ECO Unit Litter-Robot^TM made from 100% recycled plastics!

Earth Day was founded in 1970 by Gaylord Nelson (1916-2005), a U.S. Senator from Wisconsin.  At the time (and of course, still today) there was growing concern about population growth and its effect on the environment and April 22^nd was chosen as the day to celebrate the Earth and the environment.

Here at Automated Pet Care Products, Inc., we build our products in Juneau, Wisconsin, USA (county seat of Dodge county).  Building and buying locally helps to reduce carbon emissions from costly transportation from overseas – not to mention keeping jobs here in the USA.  Using recycled materials and designing products for longevity and repair are also big steps toward reducing environmental impact.

To celebrate Earth Day we are giving away a FREE ECO Unit Litter-Robot^TM.   Simply write a paragraph or two (by commenting on this article) on how you and your pet are trying to reduce environmental impact.  Or, if you have any tips or advice on how to be more ‘green’ with your pet, that would be great too.

The winner will be randomly selected from all the comments.  Only pertinent comments will be considered for the drawing.  Make sure to use a valid email address so we can contact you.   Deadline for all comments will be June 1, 2009.  The winner will be announced on this blog (www.litter-robot.com/blog) by June 8, 2009.

So What Makes a Product ‘Green’?

Most agree that using recycled materials (like our ECO Unit) constitutes a green product.  While using recycled materials is great, it’s only part of the story.  It has become the norm to buy cheap throw-away, land-fill clogging products.  If a product is cheap enough, why worry about how long it will last – just buy another one!   And if a product malfunctions or breaks, forget about repairing it – products are rarely designed for repair.

If manufacturers want to be ‘green’, they also have to make quality products that last.  Products also need to be designed for repair and disassembly at the end of their useful life for recycling.  This does not necessarily mean that products have to cost more.  Often, a simple design change can prevent failure and then a consequent trip to the garbage can.   Just imagine the energy and material savings achieved if products lasted longer?  While this philosophy may be in conflict with what some consider economic ‘progress’, the throw-away product model is not sustainable in the long run.

Let’s build clever, durable products, allowing for repair if necessary – and recycling at end of life.  That’s what we call GREEN!

New Bubble Globe and Lip Extender

Due to the many requests for a larger Globe we are pleased to introduce our latest enhancement……the Bubble Globe.

A skylight-type window mounted to the back wall of the Globe adds about 3 inches in the front-to-back depth of the litter chamber and provides natural lighting to the litter chamber. If you already have a Litter-Robot II and want to upgrade you can also just purchase the Bubble Globe alone.

In conjunction with the Bubble Globe, we have introduced an add-on accessory called the Lip Extender

Sometimes larger cats, or cats that have not mastered turning around in the Globe will ‘miss’ their target. The Lip Extender catches these ‘misses’ and redirects the errant liquid back into to the litter. The clever design provides for self-cleaning of any tracked litter on the Lip Extender. During the clean cycle, tracked litter is fed back into the Globe during the rotation. Note that Lip Extender is included with Bubble Unit or Bubble Globe.

Lip Extender shown assembled