heh, Exploding Cigar (a source of more bizarre news you can shake a stick at), stuck some Dog News in a sidebar (or is that an RSS feed?) hmmm... like the graphic for Dog News... kinda wacky
The Straight Poop, 'Your Free Weekly Guide to the Best of the Web about Dogs', gave Dog News a thumbs up: "Want to see a slightly zany, refreshing look at just about anything and everything that's in the media about dogs? Try the blog (short for "weblog") called "Dog News: weird, inspiring dog tales".
Rogers Cadenshead is the guy who made the newest features of Dog News possible: we now have indexed the headings of all the posts on this news site (and it took about 3 seconds, thanks to the wizardry of Radioland and Rogers Cadenshead): You can now review all the indexes for Dog News (excludes DC Dog News), DC Dog News and my Radio Questions (nerdy stuff). No more slogging through pages on the website. Of course, searching with PicoSearch is more thorough, when you're searching on a phrase.
Man Accused Killing, Grilling Chow Dog AK "Upon looking inside the grill, under the lid, (the officer) saw two canine paws inside a Ziplock bag along with blood stained paper towels." [Local6.com] (grrr... as the companion of two adorable chows chows, this makes me mad.)
$1000 Reward for Bonfield Dog-Dragger Canada The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) has offered a $1000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the person who dragged a dog behind a vehicle for 700 metres (2,297 feet)... the poor dog was euthanized... Some outraged Canadians are seeking tougher animal cruelty laws.
'IFAW's reward will be taken from their Krista Reward Fund, established after a six-week-old kitten was set on fire and thrown from a moving car near Toronto. The kitten, Krista, later died from her injuries. Anyone wishing to contribute to the Krista Reward Fund may call 1-888-500-4329...' [CCNMatthews]
Just when you think it can't get any worse, it does: Drug turns crime victims into zombies [Reuters Health] (that's it... taking the dogs for a nice long outdoor, away from the computer, walk...
Move over, Rover and RoboDog... Robot vacuum cleaners... the latest craze in pets People who talk to their robovacs aren't crazy... turns out it's hardwired into their brains. Explore the world of normal people, who are normal if they're wacky...
"We have people who actually consider them their companion, even though it's just vacuuming their floor. People get attached to them and think of them as part of their family. It's almost a pet. It makes them feel like they're not alone. It's really interesting how they've taken to their robots...." [Wired News]
okay, but there are distinct advantages to having a dog or dogs...
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your vacuum cleaner will never be empty (and you'll have to use your robovac more; good news for robovac junkies).
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you will never worry about a house that's too clean.
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your lawn will never need mowing because the dog(s) have destroyed it.
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ditto, your garden will never need weeding (because the dogs dug it up).
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your mail gets efficiently shredded (before you even read it).
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your ego never grows too large ... because you have to pick up and dispose of all that dog poop.
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your dog will insist on a walk, even when you don't feel like it (forcing you to exercise)
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your dog will try, occasionally, to understand what the heck you are saying: 'blah, blah, blah, TREAT, blah, blah blah'
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your neighbors won't want a ride anywhere because your car is a smelly dogmobile.
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you can indulge your hypochondriac nature because you're constantly
finding dog ticks on your dogs and you're wondering what diseases your dogs have passed on to you.
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hoity-toity people don't bother taking to you because they see you talking to your dogs. (Meanwhile, a few of them are secretly talking to and caressing their inert little Robovacs.)
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you learn compassion when you have to take care of your very sick, terminally ill dog.
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you don't have to worry about who gets your money when you die because you've spent it all on your dog.
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if you do have money left over after you die, you can leave it all to your dog, thereby ensuring your surviving relatives will know just what you think of them...
take that, Robovac!
Phoenix Bishop Charged in Fatal Crash AZ Unfortunately for Bishop O'Brien, his fatal hit-and-run killed a person, not a dog as he claimed... even so, he should have stopped... [Daily Courier] Why do people think it's okay to hit a dog with their car and just keep driving... Related: Dogs can hit cars too, If your pet gets hit by a car (take it to a vet immediately, even if it seems unharmed.)
For dogs who watch TV: tv dinners UK Doggy tv dinners are undergoing trial testing in Germany and France, yet have already received the Gold Can of the Year Award, a coveted honor at the annual Cannex Asia packaging expo in Singapore. (sounds good, if they promise no dogs will be served to dogs ... )
"The dog dinner includes light steel container can be self adhered to the floor. With its peel-back lid the tin turns into a single-serve throw away pet food bowl..." [UK Pet Industry News] (now if there was only something good on television... )
9 yr-old girl marries stray dog to ward off evil India When Karnamoni Hasda's first tooth appeared in her upper gum, an evil omen of disaster for the child, her parents knew what to do to ward off the impending evil ... [News.com au]
US gyms offer yoga for dogs Traditional yoga for the human and a dog as partner are the cure for a crazy world according to yoga instructor Bruce Van Horn... [World Tribune Ananova.com]
Woman says dog's welfare worth jail SC [Post and Courier]
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