It's New Orleans: Out To Lunch

Last year Americans spent over 55 billion dollars on their pets. To put that in some sort of perspective, that's more than most countries in the world spend on their military. In New Orleans, Zeus Place is one of a number of 21st Century pet boarding and day care facilities where pets are treated somewhere between kindergarten kids and rest home residents, with activities, walks, naps and even their own apartment. Michelle Ingram, founder and owner of Zeus' Place, sits down with Peter Ricchiuti to talk cats, dogs, daycare, webcams and pet apartments named for vacation spots where the pet s human owners have gone after dropping their pets off for days of fun, pampering video surveillance. In the US and specially in New Orleans, we keep spending money on our pets even after they're dead. Heaven's Pets is a post life pet care business a joint venture with Stewart Enterprises, the largest provider of funeral and cemetery services in the United States. Based at Lake Lawn Cemetery in Metairie, Heaven's Pets will ar