What you see before you is perhaps the greatest piece of pooch costumery every to grace the pages of these hallowed tubes.
The Redneck Pooch. Complete with flannel, redneck pride t-shirt, and, for the love of kibble, A BEER GUT.
Friends, my work here is done.

The Ashville Citizen Times has a great article on pet safety for this Halloween.
“Halloween can be a weird time for dogs,” said Susan Wilson, dog trainer and co-owner of A Good Dog’s Like, in Asheville. “Especially young dogs that haven’t seen a lot of change in people — they will get freaked out. They don’t [...]

Mornin’, folks! Sorry about the lack of posting yesterday; I was feeling under the weather and made it out of bed only to walk my pups in the MISERABLE rain. But now posting will resume as normal!
This article has been making the rounds on the ol’ internet, and I think it’s pretty awesome.

Woman [...]

Good morning, Doggy Bloggers!
It’s gray and rainy here in the City (just how all walkers like it, right? ugh), but if this video of the world’s oldest dog doesn’t make it at least a little better, I don’t know what will.
Otto, a Dachshund/terrier mix, is almost 21 years old! And he is ridiculously adorable. [...]

Good morning, Doggy Bloggers!
This ain’t exactly the most riveting readin’ early in the morning on a Monday, but I liked the title of this article from the Cape Cod Times:
Elvis the police dog foils break-in attempt
Elvis the K-9 sniffed out a man who was running from police for an attempted robbery of a cruiser; when [...]

Halloween is almost upon us, and you know what that means — pictures of dogs in costumes! Eeee!
We’ll be posting pictures of pooch costumes every day until Halloween, so you can get those gears turning for how you’d like to dress up your furry friend. Then it’s YOUR turn! After [...]

Stories like this make us unbelievably sad.
The Gazette featured this article on Wednesday. An Iowa City man was petsitting a friend’s 4-month old Puggle pup and allegedly fed him straight vodka, enough to almost kill him. This happened while the man was watching the dog for 30 minutes. WHAT?!?!
The first [...]

If there’s one thing we know at NYC Pooch, it’s that New Yorkers LOVE their dogs. They dress them up, put them in handbags, and shell out big bucks for food, grooming, vet care, and more. But how safe are your beloved pups?

Petside.com has a great article summarizing the results of a pet [...]

Embedded video from CNN Video
Check out this video from CNN about the “Sit, Stay, and Read” program. The sound quality’s not that great, but the idea is that kids come into the library and read out loud to an attentive pooch.
Jim Wilmouth (the people-partner of Bailey, the adorable Goldie in the video) [...]