Entries from October 2009

Thursday, October 15th, 2009

Give us the keys to this vehicle!

This just in from Honda:
The Honda Element lineup expands for the 2010 model year with an all-new “Dog Friendly™” pet accommodation system designed to improve safety, comfort and convenience for dogs and their owners alike, American Honda Motor Co., Inc., announced today. The 2010 Honda Element arrives at dealerships nationwide by mid-October. The Dog Friendly [...]

Tuesday, October 13th, 2009

Monster saves family from flames; will they save him from his bad name?

The dog on the left is named Monster. Monster is a fine name for a brutish dog, but this dog is no brute. He is a hero. This morning, according to NBC Washington, the six-year-old Doberman was outside when fire erupted at his Beltsville, Md., home.  Monster starting barking furiously, and jumping on a sliding [...]

Tuesday, October 13th, 2009

Let Daisy rest in peace, tweets Jessica Simpson

People can be such twits. (We can safely say that, since we are an all-dog staff.) A month after Jessica Simpson’s beloved dog, Daisy, was snatched away by a coyote while Jessica watched in horror, she says friends and relatives are still hearing from imbeciles who say they’ve found her little maltipoo.
Jessica tweeted almost immediately [...]

Monday, October 12th, 2009

We are back up and running!

We’re excited! Our tails are wagging like mad! We have moved our website to our own host. (Ya ya, boring for you, but thrilling for those of us with less exciting lives.) We love WordPress, but there were limitations while they were our host, so with the tremendous help of the staff of ezsitemove, we [...]

Friday, October 9th, 2009

Video: Adorable teacup pigs — More competition for us dogs?

As if cats weren’t enough competition. Now we dogs have to worry about cute little pigs elbowing us away from the center stage as man’s best friend. In England, “teacup pigs” are all the rage these days. Even Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley in Harry Potter films) has a couple.
Teacup pigs are miniature pigs, standing only [...]

Friday, October 9th, 2009

Video: Dog can read. (Big whoop. I can WRITE!)

So an admittedly very cute dog named Willow goes on the Today Show and her person holds up three different signs (they say “wave,” “sit up” and “bang!”) and Willow obeys their commands and everyone is all like “OMG that is the world’s smartest dog! OMG! That dog can read!” (With “bang!” she falls over [...]

Thursday, October 8th, 2009

Did First Dog go number two on Air Force One?

Rumors are swirling around Capitol Hill about First Dog Bo Obama. Some say he did the unthinkable: He went number two on Air Force One. “You can imagine the horror on board when they discovered what it had done,” according to a Wall Street Journal source, who was referring to Bo and his alleged bathroom [...]

Wednesday, October 7th, 2009

A letter to Mayor Gavin Newsom: Paying for dog poop

(I wrote this today based on the previous story in Dog Daily News. I promised I would post the letter to San Francisco’s mayor when I completed it, so here it is.)
Oct. 7, 2009
To the Honorable Mayor Gavin Newsom,
Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Frank. I am editor and publisher of Dog Daily [...]

Wednesday, October 7th, 2009

Get paid for your dog's droppings

If you happen to be in Taiwan, and your dog happens to poo there, and your dog is big, you will find yourself about $100 richer. (It may be worth noting that $100 in Taiwan is a mere $3 in the U.S.  But still!) Zounds! How cool is that?
It’s part of an effort to keep [...]

Tuesday, October 6th, 2009

Nebraska woman throws dog at cop

So some Nebraska  cops investigate a domestic violence call, in which a man accuses his girlfriend of throwing a cell phone at his face. The cops arrive and the girlfriend is holding a small dog. She does what any sensible person trying to convince the police that she didn’t throw an object at a person [...]