Entries from September 2009

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

Vote for dogs! Not for cats!

OK, dogs, it’s time to settle the age-old debate: Who’s better: Dogs or cats? We all know the answer to the question, of course, but it seems there are some people who just aren’t that quick on the uptake, and need a reminder. So we have to vote to let it be known, in no [...]

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

Hopelessly lost dog gathers clues that help find her family

Here’s one for the books. To your left is a dog who went through a terrible trauma, but never gave up hope of seeing her people. Her name is Ella. Ella, meet a lucky reader. Lucky reader, meet Ella.
Ella is a Rottweiler who surely has a touch of Good Dog, Carl in her. According to [...]

Monday, September 28th, 2009

Man bites dog

“When a dog bites a man, that is not news, because it happens so often. But if a man bites a dog, that is news.”
– John B. Bogart, New York Sun editor of long, long ago
I was thrilled when I read the above quote. I had been wanting to write about something I read in [...]

Monday, September 28th, 2009

Video: Orangutan and hound become best friends

We are hankering to give you another video today. That’s two days in a row for videos. It must be the influence of Jasper, our illiterate staff member. He is beside himself. “Finally, something I can sink my teeth into,” he gleefully exclaimed this morning when he saw we were fixing to show another video [...]

Sunday, September 27th, 2009

For your Sunday viewing pleasure: GoD and DoG

Although we rarely get our tails to church, we thought this video was beautiful for a Sunday morning. Whether you’re religious or not, you can’t help but identify with the video — especially if you’re a human. (Dogs tend to blush and say things like “aw, shucks,” when we watch it.)
In case you’re wondering where [...]

Saturday, September 26th, 2009

2 resort areas ban 2 "bad" old dogs

See that panting bit of fluff on the left? His name is Gizmo. And he has a bounty on his head. (Actually, does he even have a head? Looks to us like he’s just one piece.) If he’s ever seen in Aspen, Colo., again, it’s curtains for the 13-year-old canine.
You see, Gizmo has been in [...]

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009

Sewage sniffing dogs: Oh we are SO jealous!

A lot of dogs are jealous of us canine staffers of Dog Daily News. They think we have great jobs, and except when Zulu starts flipping out on deadline and we have to restrain him from throwing his computer through the window, we really do.
But this morning while perusing the Detroit Free Press, we happened [...]

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009

Dog yoga hits Manhattan (Lord help us)

This “best friend” thing has gone too far. It was great when people just hugged their dogs, or confided in them, or took them on vacation. But now the love of our humans has turned us dogs into glorified yoga props.
A story on NBC New York features a twisted yoga class called “Dog-a.” And as [...]

Monday, September 21st, 2009

It's National Dog Week!

Dogs, it’s time to strip off your leash and enjoy life! Your people should be cooking steak and chicken for you all week. They should be taking you to work with them. They should be letting you sleep on their beds, even if you kind of smell.
My new online friend, Zipper Dog, told me about [...]

Sunday, September 20th, 2009

NY dog uses Moammar Ghadafi's red carpet as toilet

Maggie the Boxer was out on a stroll this weekend when she was struck by the urge to empty her bladder a bit. The urge happened to hit as she was passing by the Libyan Mission, where a red carpet was rolled out for Libyan leader Moammar Ghadafi, according to a story in the NY [...]