While millions of people tune in for the Superbowl this Sunday, there’s a growing movement of the gentler (and cuter) variety–The Puppy Bowl. Yes, it’s as adorable as it sounds. Animal Planet has taken a silly idea and turned it into a winner. It all started in 2004, when Animal Planet’s first annual Puppy Bowl [...]

Show your team prde this Sunday. Or have Fido do it for you! Check out this Arizona Cardinals doggie jersey priced at $29.95 and available in small, medium, large and x-large. Not to be left out, Steelers fans can also get in on the game with this Pittsburgh Steelers doggie jersey also the same price [...]

The recently-released film, Hotel For Dogs, features a young cast of up and coming actors/actresses, but the real stars are of the four-legged variety. The film features Friday, a white Benji-esque Jack Russell Terrier; Lenny, a Bullmastiff; Georgia, a Boston Terrier; hairless Chinese Crested Romeo; Cooper the English Bulldog; Shep the Border Collie; Juliet the [...]

In December 2008, a five-month-old pit bull, Gigi, was hit by a car. Gigi and her owner were crossing the street near their Staten Island home when a car struck the dog. According to Gigi’s owner, the car was on the wrong side of the street. The driver left the scene of the accident. Gigi [...]

There are several things to consider when selecting a vet to treat your pooch. I speak from experience learned the hard way when I say that you get what you pay for, and even in tight economic times, money should only be one of many factors you consider when choosing a vet for your fury friend(s). Here [...]

Last summer, 9-year-old Calli Vanderaa found seven-week-old puppies in the garbage dumpster behind her house. In November, she wrote a letter to her local newspaper, the Winnipeg Free Press, detailing her rescue efforts. Here is the letter: Dear Sir My name is Calli Vanderaa. I’m 9 years old and I live with my daddy. One day we [...]

According to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA), the danger of stray voltage on city streets can turn walking, biking or running your dog into a dangerous and devastating event. The occurrence seems to be most common in northern climates and urban areas. What happens is stray voltage occurs when dormant utilities [...]

Increasing travel — global travel in particular — is leading to new diseases spreading from country to country. Chronic Wasting Disease, Monkeypox, Avian Influenza — you name it and chances are it moved quickly from one country to the next. One of the latest diseases starting to show up in the United States is Chagas [...]

While the new film Marely & Me may be hot at the box office, and surely it portrays puppies in all their glory, there’s a chance that it might be glamorizing puppies and encouraging dog lovers to get a pup without thinking things through. That’s why the American Veterinary Society of Animal Behavior (AVSAB) sent out a press [...]

Over here, I often talk about my greyhound, Greta. And just last week, I shared a story on this blog about an amazing greyhound in the U.K. If I had property and enough money and a husband who would let me, I would most likely have adopted a dozen greyhounds by now. Until I win [...]