Entries Tagged as 'Celebrities'

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 [...]

Saturday, October 3rd, 2009

New Nintendo Wii Fit makes dogs plump!

We dogs already dislike Wii Fit. Why? Because instead of our people taking us for  big long walks, they are jumping up and down in front of their TVs, huffing and puffing and getting fit without having to set foot outside to get some exercise with us. That means they are getting trim and happy [...]

Friday, September 18th, 2009

Former Vick dog, Sweet Jasmine, hit by car and killed

Sweet Jasmine, one of the dogs rescued from Michael Vick’s vast dogfighting ring, has died after being hit by a car, a report in the Baltimore Sun says.
Sweet Jasmine rose to fame in late 2008 when she was chosen as the “cover girl” for Sports Illustrated’s fabulous story on Vick’s dogs. Writer Jim Gorant described [...]

Friday, September 18th, 2009

Jessica Simpson starting to give up hope of finding Daisy

It looks like Jessica Simpson is getting realistic about the chances of finding her beloved Malti-Poo, Daisy, after a coyote snatched the dog away in front of a horrified Jessica on Monday.
According to TMZ, sources close to the singer say she has exhausted every option for finding her 5-year-old dog. She enlisted the help of [...]

Thursday, September 17th, 2009

Family dogs get discarded in Gosselin divorce

Here’s just one more example of what a class act Jon and Kate Gosselin are. They’ve sent their German Shepherds, Shoka and Nala, back to the breeder as part of the fallout from their divorce, according to a story on Fox News.
This makes no sense. They’ve already got eight kids. How much more work could [...]

Thursday, September 17th, 2009

Martha Stewart has dog advice for Jessica Simpson

Martha Stewart knows what it’s like to lose a dog under traumatic circumstances. In March, her chow dog, Ghenghis Khan, died  in a propane explosion at a kennel.
She has advice for Jessica Simpson, who watched in horror Monday as a coyote absconded with her little Malti-Poo, Daisy. “Get another dog…it’s very important to get another [...]

Wednesday, September 16th, 2009

Jessica Simpson's dog not the first celeb pup to be snatched by a coyote

Jessica Simpson’s dog, Daisy, is not the first celebrity dog to be eaten by a coyote in LA this year. (We are assuming Daisy’s story does not have a happy ending.)
In July, a coyote made a meal of Ozzy Osbourne’s Pomeranian, Little Bit. (We hate to call attention to this, but in hindsight, Little [...]