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Monthly Archives: August 2009

Look Alikes: Dogs and Their Owners

The New York Times has a great slideshow of reader-submitted photos — it’s a visual response to the question of whether dogs and their humans resemble each other. Take a look here.

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Puppies Behind Bars

The name sounds sinister, but the purpose behind the nonprofit group called Puppies Behind Bars is purely altruistic: pairing puppies with prison inmates who train them to become bomb-sniffing or service dogs. A win-win scenario. Read more about it here.

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Pet Matchmaking Trend Alert

Matchmaking has always played an important role in India, where the majority of marriages are arranged. Apparently it is now extending to dogs. What’s next? The Indian version of The Bachelor, featuring Fido?

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The Daily Puppy!

Somehow, we just learned about the canine adorableness delivered every day by the website The Daily Puppy. We can’t believe we’ve been missing out all this time!

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The Skateboarding Dog Rides Again

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Walter’s Desk Job

We’ve posted this before, but we love it so much, we’re posting it again. It’s our dog Walter. Hard at work.

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Dog Poetry

Fool’s Errands by Kay Ryan, published in this week’s New Yorker A thing cannot be delivered enough times: this is the rule of dogs for whom there are no fool’s errands. To loop out and come back is good all … Continue reading

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The Pet Psychic Is In

We first heard about pet psychics about ten years ago in Santa Fe, New Mexico. And yes, we were skeptical. Now, Los Angeles pet emporium The Urban Pet is jumping on the pet-psychic bandwagon with an event this Saturday, August … Continue reading

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Cute Dog Photos

This is one of our favorite galleries of dog pics (other than our own).

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Rattlesnake Avoidance Training

Zoe (above) was the victim of a rattlesnake bite in Marin a few months ago – a scenario we worry about every time we take our dachshund Walter on a hike. Recently we had our vet give Walter a rattlesnake … Continue reading

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