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Meet George!

He’s the World’s Tallest Dog, a Great Dane clocking in at 245 pounds and 7 feet 3 inches ohmigosh when standing on his back legs. They should rent him out for toddlers to ride around a small dirt circle.
Giant George is 4 years old. He eats 110 pounds of food every [...]

The Mutt Show!

OK, I swear, after this post, I’m done talking about mutts v. purebreds. But I just thought this was too awesome/cute not to share.
You know The View? Where snarky ladies of all ages and background (maybe not ALL, but you gotta give ‘em props for an honorable attempt at inclusiveness, plus I mean, [...]

Just Give a Dog a Home

“Room for Debate” at NYTimes is a commentary blog which allows outside contributors to post their stances on a particular current issue. With the dog show and PETA’s cockamamie protest on my mind (and as someone who’s owned both mutts and purebred dogs), I was glad to stumble upon this edition: Feeling [...]

Best in Bein’ Goshdarned Cute!

In case you missed it, here’s the video of Best in Show from the Westminster Dog Show. The winner was that super cuteness in the picture, a Scottish terrier named Sadie. She was the favorite from the start–and this is her 112th Best in Show! When do they just give you a [...]

Shouldn’t they be called “Barx” or something?

If you needed another excuse to consider your dog basically human, here it is: Puppy Tweets.
Despite my initial hesitance to hop on the Twitter Train, I’ll admit now that online social networking is one of the most genius things ever to come out of a bored, nerdy college kid’s Friday night. But a [...]

Don’t be a menace to Park Slope while buying your milk in the hood.

 
I bet if you’ve ever been to Brooklyn’s Park Slope, you were met with tree-lined streets and happy families wheeling their 2.5 kids around in strollers. You’d probably think it’s a pretty safe neighborhood, wouldn’t you? Well you’d be wrong!
From WPIX.com, a story about a woman whose 10-year-old Westie was straight [...]