Disaster planning for man's best friend CA With yet another hurricane barreling down on the US, tips for keeping pets safe include:

'Even if you don't normally use one, get a collapsable pen large enough to allow your dog to stand up and turn around. It doesn't need to be huge, but please get one. Store it with a three-day supply of food, water and medicine...' [Sonoma Index Tribune]

Suspicious... Oregon beach dog poisonings Deaths of six dogs, killed by a toxic pesticide, Paraquat, are under investigation for similarities to last year's Portland park dog poisonings. [KGW.com]

World's smallest dog enters the Guinness Book  A 7 inch tall, 26 ounce Chihuahua from Slovakia finds fame and fortune at the tender age of one.

Plenty of weird dog news today:

• Snoring dog and tenent evicted [Ireland News]
• Police dog goes berserk, attacks granny [Liverpool Echo] 
• Dog Attack Ends in Gunfire [WFIE-TV] Two attacking pit bulls were finally subdued after a man used a rake, a shovel and finally a gun to stop two pit bulls from killing a neighbor's pet.
• Marauding Rottweilers kill pet greyhound [NBC 4]

Dog's Life: Playstation game opens to paws of approval [USA Today] This favorable review of Dog's Life, a playstation 2 game, says you'll be howling for more...

Before you plunk down your money, read other reviews of this dog as adventurer game.Not everyone liked it. A recent game reviewer on tv panned it... Real dogs are so much more interesting.

FBI of animal rights details abuse of puppy mill practices Ever wonder what goes on behind the scenes of a 'puppy mill' store? Puppy Mill Awareness Day, September 18, exposes the awful truths:

'... for every puppy purchased at a retail store or through a breeder in the United States, 3 dogs are euthanized...' [Press Release: Yahoo Business]