One of the best news readers on the scene FeedDemon 1.0 released today by Nick Bradbury. Turn off the TV, download FeedDemon and then go walk the dog, assured that you can keep up with all of the news...

Throwaway email addresses [Boing Boing] Dodge the spam! You'll need this when you  subscribe to feeds

FastBuzz, an extremely fast online newsreader [Dave Winer Scripting.com] RSS and newsreaders gives you more time to walk the dog, blog the dog, and pick up the poop (the news has gone to the dogs lately, hasn't it... ).

funny dog photos [coolios, not altogether work-safe, but funny. Pick your links carefully... ]

Staffyblue.com, Pennsylvania Dog Rescue,  has chosen Dog News as a feed. Okay, you're doing rescue work and  all your profits go to helping homeless dogs find homes. Rescue organizations and non-profits who benefit animals are welcome to use Dog News stories and feed, especially if you link back and contribute your stories! Central Pennsylvania Dog Rescue, send stories please!

Tired of shopping for your fussy dog or cat? Want to take a break from the unending stream of news stories in very bad taste on network television? If so, Urban Legends Reference Pages is just the place for you to waste your time and pick up some useless, but sure to amuse, stories for your holiday party. They even have a bulletin board where you can post questions and get answers on just about any topic related to an 'urban legend.'

Topics range from: Computers: what's your favorite virus, Critter Country: the wild kingdom in fact and lore (that's where we'll be).

Search the Dog News Database for the hair-raising and hilarious facts before you go... (PicoSearch provides superb, free, indexing service for web sites.)

(This morning I left the TV on for the dogs, who refused to watch it. CNN, Fox News and MSNBC ... Even a dog has limits. Both dogs left the TV room for the furthest regions of the house. How many times can you watch that Saddam, the homeless vagrant, comes out of a hole video? Does anyone really care that legal pundits are debating where or not the woman in the Kobe Bryant case has a torn v*g? Last night, CNN displayed video of people being brutally tortured by Saddam's henchmen and all of us, including the dogs, ran out of the room... I don't think it's fair to the victims or to anyone to have the videotaped excision of their body parts on network news... )

doggie fun resources,

dog images  is republishing Dog News our feed without our permission and until today, without our knowledge and without attribution. It's time to create a doghouse of shame, for all the dot com companies who simply lift feeds and use them as their own. not fair. Read the Creative Commons License posted here on every page of  Dog News, this site and abide by it. If dot com for-profit companies continue to rip off dog news, my hard work, I will simply STOP producing it. Write your own feed. You don't have permission to make money off this one. period.

Dog get competitions from ... rats Giant rats sniff out tuberculosis. 'Giant rats in Sub-Saharan Africa are being trained to sniff out tuberculosis in humans...' [Bizarre Sci-Tech News]

Canine Racism? Harvard professor says it ain't so Harvard professor Frederick Schauer differs with animal breed experts on canine racism: 'society has become so obsessed with avoiding any stereotypes that it ignores reality. Pit bulls are more aggressive than other breeds...:'

'I defend the morality of decisions by categories and by generalizations...'  [NY Times] (oops, he gave himself away) Related: Dog Attacks

Best Christmas presents for your pet dog or cat Just in time.. The American Pet Products Manufacturers Association Announces Hottest Holiday Pet Products and Holiday Pet Safety Tips - APPMA 2003 "Best New Holiday Product [APPMA Press Release] For starters, how about an edible dog greeting card?

Euthanized dog in dumpster case... investigation may lead to charges 'I love my animals. I'd do anything for my four-legged friends...' said person under investigation for the botched euthanasia...  [Home News Tribune]

Exploding litter boxes and the downside of giving pet gifts NY Advice from someone who's experienced litter box failure: 'It was the biggest disaster of my life in here...' [New York Times] Related: For the dog who has everything, how about silver nail polish [STL Today]

Dog trapped in drum for 5 days survives 'worst case of animal abuse'  [Gallatin News Examiner, TN] Related: Miracle Dog rescued

Dog rescuers sue each other in court MI There's nothing like a euthanasia for things to get nasty between friends... [Click on Detroit]

Putin's popular puppies seek good home ... preferably with heads of foreign states but even heads of states  must pass Vladimir Putin's questions for ownership worthiness before receiving one of his prized Black Lab puppies... [Russian Information Agency Novasti]

Dog prepares to greet Santa Claus at the door... Rat terrier photo [Bogalusa Daily News]

Stray dog rescues family from fireThis Christmas finds at least one family with good reason to splurge on their adopted rescue dog.

'So many people just don't treat animals right, but if you bond with them and take care of them, you may owe your life one day to a dog or cat...' home owner save from fire by her adopted dog. [Sun Herald]

Dog Shot Because Owner Couldn't Pay Up NJ In a robbery attempt, robbers shot a pit bull dead when money wasn't forthcoming. The robbers shot the dog in the head when they couldn't drag it out into a yard.... [1010Wins.com]

Taiwan bans dog meat trade Lawmakers introduced heavy fines for dog meat trading for killing pets for fur or food... [CNEWS World]

Equal rights assured for dogs pooping in Paris France Although homeless men, women, and children can't find decent facilities for taking care of business, Parisian dogs have free dog toilets....

'The fight centers on the provision of free toilets in Paris, an endangered item of urban furniture that has left the poor and the homeless chronically disadvantaged compared to the capital's pooches, who have access to free dog toilets...' [International Herald Tribune] (This article must enter the Poop Hall of Fame) Related: Paris fights the war... on dog poop

Dog on a chain It's common practice for some dog owners to routinely chain their dogs up in the yard, every day, before going off to work or leaving for the day. It gives one pause, as eloquently portrayed by R. H. Dorst of Notes from the Microcosm [thanks for the tip from Slat Rat Chronicles author, Stephanie Kesler, who has the flu... gee, first the Aardvark, Horst Prillinger...  now Stephanie... Steph and her dog, Clemmie, help animal rescue organizations. ]

'A dog should be family, and cared for the same
You don't give a gift, then put it on a chain...' [ A night before Christmas at Live Journal's Humane Friends]