Tear-jerking moment lab beagles see sunlight for the first time as they are released from cages

Link to the MailOnline story.



Rescued beagles available for adoption in Los Angeles. For more information on the rescue operations or adopting one of the beagles, go to ARME's website.

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Cyclist Shoots Dog on Thanksgiving Day

The UPI article.

Please keep your dogs under control. This may have been a wonderful, frieldly animal that was just following it's natural instinct to protect his home and territory.

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Buyingapuppy's Top 10 Comic Strip Dogs

Here are my 10 favorite comic strip dogs. Let me know what your favorites are.

10) Snert from Hagar the Horrible

9) Blondie's Daisy

8) Little Orphan Annie's Sandy

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7) Superman's Krypto


6) Grimmy from Mother Goose and Grimm


5) Satchel from Get Fuzzy


4) Dogbert from Scott Adams' Dilbert

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3) Brad Andersons' Marmaduke


2) Odie from Garfield

1) Charles Schultz' Snoopy from Peanuts - Are you kidding? Who else?

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Bikini-Clad Woman Searches for Dog

http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/134404603.html


I'm not sure about her method, but I wish her luck in finding her little dog.

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Chicken jerky treats linked to mystery illnesses, deaths in dogs

http://vitals.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/11/21/8885427-chicken-jerky-treats-linked-to-mystery-illnesses-deaths-in-dogs

There are a LOT of unknowns and speculation in this article.  It would be nice if someone comes up with a few definitive facts on the situation.  Dogs get sick for many reasons.  Ancedotal evidence can be VERY unreliable.  I hope someone with some real data gets to the bottom of this.

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Bringing pups home from a war zone.

Puppy love: Stray dogs befriended by soldiers on duty in Afghanistan are flown thousands of miles to be reunited.

I LOVE this story! Great friends, these dogs and soldiers. The soldiers and dogs are all my heros. Soldiers for protecting the dogs and the dogs for comforting these great soldiers.

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Couple spend £2,000 flying stray dog to Britain after falling in love with her on Caribbean holiday

Go to article.


Great, heartwarming story.

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Accused puppy killer once found insane

Accused puppy killer once found insane

Horrible story of a sadistic and disturbed man who killed a defenseless puppy. Silly line from article: Other than previously killing his father, he has no criminal record. That's like: Other than that Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?

Dogs to help in rescue efforts in Japan

Los Angeles Firefighters, Dogs Aid Rescue Efforts in Japan

Dog Adoption Nazis Getting Bolder

I am a huge fan of shelter adoption for dogs. Growing up, we NEVER had a pure-bred dog and never even considered it. There was ALWAYS a neighbor somewhere trying to get rid of a litter of puppies. My parents even had a theory that each female dog needed (deserved?) to have one litter of puppies before she was "fixed". I have grown up with dogs of every type and flavor (always multiple flavors in every dog) sleeping at my feet (and everywhere else.)

My parents still operate their home as almost a shelter. Anyone who needs to get rid of a small dog seems to find them and they take on another. (I'm not talking hundreds or even dozens, but they seem to aquire a new one ever year or so. That can add up.)

I, on the other hand, have become a hobby breeder of Maltese. I love the little white dogs and have made MANY people happy by selling them a perky little pure-bred Malty. I believe that responsible breeding is important for the preservation of helath breeds. Mixed-breeds are wonderful, but I don't believe a world of ONLY mixed-breeds is what we really want. The same people who fret over the loss of a sub-species of some obscure fish have no trouble with the loss of pure-bred Poodles, Bassets or Collies.

Many people now castigate people for buying any pure-bred puppy (see Zuckerberg story here). Insisting that people ONLY adopt shelter dogs is heavy-handed. Taking on an older dog is not for everyone. Many people want the thrill and experience of raising a dog from a puppy. Many people simply want the choice to live their lives as they see fit.

The idea that the purchase of any puppy is a direct cause of some other homeless animal's suffering is silly. See here. for this line,

"Although Beast is plenty adorable, Zuckerberg’s purchase from a breeder means that somewhere in the world, a homeless puppy will go another day without being adopted. Dislike!"

Really? If you think about it, both puppies had no owner on the day Mark aquired Beast. It is frightening that these same people would love to extend this same logic to people. Many of the people who are against purchasing a puppy while other dogs are in shelters are against couples having their own children as long as there are children needing adoption. These people are annoying when they lecture us, they are downright frightening when they have political power.

I am convinced that many people get a lot of satisfaction not from "saving the world", as they maintain, but from acting "holier-than-thou" and forcing their personal convictions on everyone else. If the Obamas and the Bidens have the right to have a dog of their own choosing, it would seem that the rest of us should have that right too.

Facebook Page for Beast?

Mark Zuckerberg’s Puppy Gets a Facebook Page

Some great pics here!

Mark Zuckerberg’s puppy "Beast" on Facebook

Mark Zuckerberg’s puppy debuts on Facebook

"The puppy, named Beast, is a Puli, a type of Hungarian sheepdog."

"Some Facebook fans, while estatic that there was a new cute thing on the Internet, chided Zuckerberg for not adopting a mixed-breed dog from a shelter."

Adopting shelter dogs is a WONDERFUL thing! Thinking that you should chastise other people for not adopting a shelter dog is a bit heavy-handed...

The Governor's New Puppy

New puppy arrives at Governor's Residence
"...the black German shepherd has been named Wanamingo, or "Mingo" for short."

Happy Ending for Puppy Mill Victims

Puppies attract crowds of volunteers

Wonderful people of Mississippi - 1
Disgusting puppy mill owner - 0

Man Stabbed Puppy During Argument, Police Say

Man Stabbed Puppy During Argument, Police Say

Way too many of my news posts seem to involve animal cruelty. I'm not a huge fan of Pit Bulls, but they deserve to be treated well and cared for. There is just no justification for killing a pet this way.

I hope they throw the book at him.

Puppy Discovered Nearly Frozen In Dumpster

Puppy Discovered Nearly Frozen In Dumpster

Bittersweet story. Sad for the abuse and miserable cold the puppy endured, joy for its survival and recovery. You can judge a person by how he treats his animals. The person who left this puppy alive in a dumpster in the freezing cold is a horrible, wretched piece of human debris.

Update: Puppy Recovering, Given The Name 'Mia'

Martha Stewart Head-Butted by Her Own Dog

Martha Stewart Head-Butted by Her Own Dog

Any dog can snap at you like this. Getting your face right in their face can be dangerous. I LOVE my dogs, but this is a natural instinct for them. They will do it playfully.

I'm not sure if this was a real head-butt, or if the dog nipped her with her teeth. Either way, Martha is probably covering for francesca, like any good owner would do.

A Hitler-Mocking Dog

Bizarre tale of dog trained to mock Hitler with Nazi salute

An interesting historical tale from the Nazi archives. Hitler's henchmen obsessed over a dog that mocked Hitler.

Hero saves pregnant woman from attack by dogs

Pregnant woman rescued after attack by dogs

Please take care of your dogs. Have them vaccinated and keep control over them.

These dogs will likely be destroyed, but the fault lies with the owner.

Puppy Friendly Pet Store Puppy Policy

Pet store puppy policy helps dogs across U.S.

A nice blog post from San Fran. I believe in breeding healthy pups. I believe that the key to that is committed breeders who deal directly with their customers and who have nothing to hide concerning how their dogs are treated and cared for.