Looking for romance? get a dog... Sting recounts how Turdy, his pet dog, brought love and a wife into his life [Belfast Telegraph]

Want to lose weight? get a dog... and  get some extra sleep too... [Yahoo News] (Excuse me... but the two activities are mutually exclusive; our dogs deprive us of sleep just about every night...)

just in case you haven't had enough scatalogical (sp?) humor today: World Toilet Summit: A Flush of Excitement Beijing, China [Wolf Files: ABC News]

New Zealand mom breastfeeds pet dog why? ' ... she wants the dog to protect her baby girl as the pair grow up...' [Exploding Cigar]

Related: Breastfed dog may turn savage, say experts (Stuff) [Yahoo News Search]

Does picking up sloppy poop get you down? Freeze it! Poop-Freeze [coming soon: Animalchattermagazine.com, darn, it's not up yet!]

Animal Chatter Magazine serves the greater Washington DC metro area, including Baltimore and Northern Virginia. You'll find it distributed free of charge to local vet offices. But if you're like me, you may wish to subscribe by writing: Animal Chatter, P.O. Box 31, Mt. Airy Maryland 21771-0031 and enclose your $15 check for a 1 year, six issue subscription, making sure you include your name, address, phone number on a separate note. [disclaimer: I don't work for Animal Chatter. I read it.]

Can't get enough poop humor? : try Robodump (sound track and images) [Live Journal: triggur via Daypop top stories]

More poop humor (okay, so you've read it... it's still funny)

Work on a computer? Don't go blind! (As a precaution, why not get a pet dog or cat: my dogs regularly force downtime from my computer) [ davemania24: NeoWin.Net]

Activist journalism to the rescue: animal shelter mandated to change TX When the San Antonio Express News revealed the deplorable conditions of the San Antonio shelter, including its shocking euthanasia statistics, local citizens, and council members voiced their outrage. In additon, a nationwide response of concerned pet lovers have pledged their support. A city townhall meeting has been called:

'San Antonio will gas nearly 50,000 cats and dogs this year, the highest per capita euthanasia rate of any major city in the nation... ' [San Antonio Express News] (related stories) (Background: questions and answers :

Q.  .. can an individual who is not living in San Antonio get involved? ...

A. Sandberg: I should start by saying that we've been inundated with responses about our series, with most people asking "What can I do?" Let City Council know how you feel... [Animal Shelter Chat]