------------------------------ OMB APPROVAL ------------------------------ OMB Number: 3235-0287 ------------------------------ Expires: December 31, 2001 ------------------------------ Estimated average burden hours per response...... 0.5 ------------------------------ -------- FORM 4 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION -------- Washington, D.C. 20549 [_] Check this box if no longer subject STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities obligations may Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the continue. See Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Instruction 1(b). Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (Print or Type Responses) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Murchie John G -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Last) (First) (Middle) 1300 East Street -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Street) Fairport Harbor Ohio 44077 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (City) (State) (Zip) 2. Issuer Name and Tickler or Trading Symbol Ourpet's Company OPCO ----------------------------------- 3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (voluntary) ###-##-#### -------------- 4. Statement for Month/Year July 2002 --------------------------------------------------- 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year) --------------------------------- 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) ___ Director X Officer ___ 10% Owner ___ Other --- (give title below) (specify below) Treasurer and Controller ---------------------------------------------------------------- 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person ---- ____ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person Table I--Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Title ~~of Security~~ 2. ~~Transaction~~Trans- 3. ~~Transaction~~Trans- 4. Securities Acquired (A) 5. Amount of 6. ~~Ownership~~Owner- 7. Nature of ~~(Instr.~~action 3)action ~~Date Code Acquired (A) Securities Form: Indirect (Instr. 8)~~ or Disposed ~~Beneficially~~of ~~Direct~~ (D) ~~Beneficial~~Securities ~~(Month/Day/Year)~~ship of ~~(D)~~In- ~~Owned~~Security atDate ~~End~~Code ~~or Indirect Ownership~~ (Instr. 3, 4 ofand ~~Month (I~~5) Beneficially Form: direct (Instr. 43) ~~and~~(Month/ 5) (Instr. 48) Owned at Direct Bene- Day/ ----------------------------------------------- ~~(Instr.~~End 3of ~~and~~ (AD) 4or ficial Year) orMonth Indirect Owner- Code V Amount (DA) or Price (Instr. 3 and 4) (I) ship (D) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock 0207/2811/02 P 1,000 A 0.4514 0207/2831/02 12,000 D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Table II--Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Title of Derivative 2. Conver- 3. Trans- 4. Transac-~~----~~ ~~Table~~5. IINumber of Deriv-- ~~Derivative~~Security (Instr. 3) sion or action tion Code ative Securities Exercise Date (Instr. 8) Acquired, (A) or Price of (Month/ Disposed of, or(D) ~~Beneficially~~Deriv- ~~Owned~~Day/ (eInstr.~~g.,~~ ~~puts~~3, ~~calls~~4, ~~warrants,~~and ~~options,~~5) ~~convertible~~ative ~~securities~~Year) Security --------------------------------------------------- Code V (A) (D) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Option 1.00 Title of 2. Conversion 3. Transaction Date 4. Transaction 5. Number of Derivative 6. Date Exerciseable 7. Title and Derivative or Exercise (Month/Day/Year) Code Securities Acquired (A) and Expiration Date Amount of Security Price of (Instr. 8) or Disposed of (D) (Month/Day/Year) Underlying (Instr. 3) Derivative (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Securities Security (Instr. 3 and 4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~~Amount or Number Date Expiration of Code V (A) (D) Exercisable Date Title Shares~~ ---------------------------------------------- Option 1.25 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~~Option 1.00 01/26/02 01/26/05 * 50,000~~ --------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~~Option 1.25 08/18/03 08/18/06 * 50,000~~ -------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. Date Exer- 7. Title and Amount of 8. Price 9. Number 10. Owner- 11. Na- cisable and Underlying Securities of of Deriv- ship ture Expiration (Instr. 3 and 4) Deriv- ative Form of In- Date ative Secur- of De- direct (Month/Day/ Secur- ities rivative Bene- Year) ity Bene- Securities ficial (Instr. ficially Bene- Owner- -------------------------------------------- 5) Owned ficially ship Date Expira- Amount or at End Owned at (Instr. Exer- tion Title Number of of End of 4) cisable Date Shares Month Month (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 01/26/02 01/26/05 * 50,000 O 50,000 D ---------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------- 8.08/18/03 ~~Price~~08/18/06 of* 9.50,000 ~~Number~~O of50,000 ~~10.~~D Ownership 11. Nature of Derivative Derivative Form of Indirect Security Securities Derivative Beneficial (Instr. 5) Beneficially Securities Ownership Owned at Beneficially (Instr. 4) End of Owned at Month End of (Instr. 4) Month (Instr. 4) ----------------------------------------------------------------- ~~0 50,000 D~~ ------------------------------------------------------------------- ~~0 50,000 D~~ ----------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Explanation of Responses: * - Common Stock /s/ John G. Murchie August 9, 2002 ------------------------------- ----------------- **Signature of Reporting Person Date Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. * If this form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v). ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). Note: File three copies of this Form, on of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure

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