Creative dog styling: Mighty Dog meets Rainbow Barbie... AR Creative dog styling contests pit groomers against each other and the winning dogs are often dyed (vegetable color only please) in outrageous punk colors with themes to 'dye for:' Think 'poodle dyed green and yellow like a caterpillar'  or a goldfish or 'a poodle that looks like a Harley-Davidson motorcycle, or a dog 'gilded with scrollwork to look like Cinderella’s carriage... Groomers enter a creative styling contest with a borrowed dog  or even a rented dog... Most often, the dog is a white standard poodle. To the stylist, a white poodle is like a blank canvas, ready for art to happen. What does the dog think of this? Kumpe, who has been grooming dogs professionally for seven years, says most dogs seem to like it...'  To DYE for [Arkansas Democrat Gazette] (I wouldn't do this to our dog... he would definitely object...)

Compulsive behavior disorder in dogs: don't punish it, treat it IN ' 'The longer people allow their pet's behavior to be ignored, the more difficult treatment can be,' said Luescher, associate professor of veterinary clinical sciences at Purdue's School of Veterinary Medicine...' Punishing a dog for compulsive behavior only makes it worse...  Purdue Veterinarian Studies Compulsive Behavior In Dogs  [Science Daily Magazine]

Related: Curing your dog's mounting behavior. When you've had it with your dog's embarrassing behavior, you can: a) get used to it and capitalize on it aka Chris Pirillo or b) get some help to see what's causing the behavior and how to stop it. Some dog behaviorists recommend neutering a dog to take the edge of his excessive energy.

Dog Secrets recommends a number of approaches: kneeing the dog when he/she humps (not very nice), isolating the dog when he/she humps (takes time, but works), neutering the dog (helps), and diverting their attention by spraying them with water or lemon juice. [Yes, females hump too - humping can also signal dominant behavior or even obsessive compulsive behavior.] The website has other interesting topics too: 'should your dog take Prozac?' and 'the most dangerous dogs to kiss.'

Chris Pirillo has found a good use for his dog's constant humping - he put up a hilarious web page and in his own words:  'UPDATE! My Humping Dog is now the number one hit page for Google if you searche for "humping dog." But you have to find for humping dog or else it won't come up stupid.'

The patron saint of pit bulls... a wild child of animal rescue MD 'Tia Maria Torres rescues pit bulls, dogs so notorious that many shelters immediately kill them. Torres provides sanctuary and training in Agua Dulce for about 80 dogs at the Villalobos Rescue Center, one of the nation's largest pit bull rescue efforts. She takes in dogs no one else wants. She gives priority to the hard luck cases... like Piglet, who was stabbed and then doused with battery acid.. Peanut, whose face resembled hamburger after being confiscated from a man suspected of staging dog fights. And Poppy, one of 39 emaciated dogs found chained to a barn in Bakersfield ...Tia does the dirty work that no one else will do.. Her dog runs are spotless, her dogs are quiet...'  Pit bulls' bullish rescuer  [LA Times via Baltimore Sun]