Dog Gone Smart Pet Products Partners With International Pet Trade Service (IPTS) of the Netherlands to Distribute Dog Gone Smart(TM) Pet Products

WILTON, Conn. and WAALWIJK, Netherlands, April 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Dog Gone Smart Pet Products has announced a three country (Belgium, Holland, and Luxembourg or BENELUX) partnership with IPTS (International Pet Trade Service) a market leading pet products distributor based in the Netherlands. IPTS is the export division of parent company Van Riel Distripet, a wholesale company that sells to the retail trade in the BENELUX region. IPTS will initially distribute Dog Gone Smart pet beds and crate|bench pads, and will expand to include pet apparel and accessories later this year. Nano Pet Products, LLC, dba Dog Gone Smart Pet Products, is a Wilton, Connecticut-based company dedicated to bringing innovative and healthy nanotechnology-based pet products to pet owners worldwide.

"Since 1969, we have provided our customers with distinctly different premium brand pet products," said Guusje van Riel, IPTS Chief Executive Officer. "Dog Gone Smart™ is a high-quality product line that offers competitive value and is a good fit within our portfolio of pet products." IPTS carries more than 4,500 pet products for dogs, cats, birds, fish, and rodents. In addition to seeking out unique pet products, IPTS also develops and distributes innovative pet products. For more information please visit: www.ipts.nl.

Dog Gone Smart Pet Products is the worldwide exclusive licensee of NanoSphere® Dog Gone Smart™ fabric finishing technology in the pet industry. This certified nanotechnology is impregnated into the fabric without altering the fabric texture and feel, producing a non-visible structured textile surface that coat oil, dirt, and liquids cannot stick to. Residue can easily be rinsed off with water or machine washed. The fabric stands up to frequent washing and is highly abrasion resistant.

NanoSphere® Dog Gone Smart™ technology creates a non-visible structured textile surface so that coat oil, dirt, and liquids run off the surface. Any residue can easily be rinsed off with water or machine washed. The fabric stands up to frequent washing and is highly abrasion resistant. NanoSphere® was developed in Switzerland and carries the label "bluesign® approved". The bluesign® standard is based on the world's strictest EHS (environment, health and safety) stipulations for textiles and examines all the relevant components from the very beginning of the manufacturing process. Dog Gone Smart Pet Products are also bacteriostatic, which inhibits the spread of bacteria that can cause odor.

The Dog Gone Smart family of dog and cat bed, pet apparel and horse wear products can be purchased at large retailers like Pet Food Express, Joyful Honda in Japan, and Fressnaph in Europe, as well as U.S. and international distributors covering 30 countries on 4 continents. For more information please visit: www.doggonesmartbed.com and follow Dog Gone Smart on Twitter at twitter.com/doggonesmart, and on Facebook www.facebook.com/DogGoneSmart.

*NanoSphere® is registered trademark of Schoeller Technologies AG - Switzerland

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