Pets

It doesn’t get a lot of press coverage and the banks are still open, but March 23 is National Puppy Day. For the seventh year, we will spend this day reflecting on what it is that we love so much about puppies. Perhaps this is a day we should have more than once a year.

Somewhere along the way, February 28th was declared Public Sleeping Day. There is no record of what tired person made this so, but the fact is that it’s a day. A day when you can go out and sleep in public, if you dare.

It’s been overshadowed by all the Oscar hype, but another pretty important awards show went down recently in Hollywood. That would be the first annual Golden Collar Awards, which honors canine achievement in TV and Film. In what came as a huge surprise, the irascible ‘Conan‘ puppet Triumph The Insult Comic Dog was not nominated in any category. Which just gave  Triumph an excuse to do what he does

Next Tuesday is a big day…literally. This year, February 21st is Mardi Gras, or translated, Fat Tuesday. The day we all party down and do all kinds of sinful things before giving it all up for Lent. Yes, even the dogs.

2012 marks the 136th year of the annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show and the competition has been ferocious! While some canines seemed to shine more than others in the eyes of the judges, they all looked like winners to us.  But the actual winner this year is…

Sloths are a hot commodity right now and name generators (like the blues name generator) have been a constant source of entertainment on the internet. So, imagine our surprise — nay, our unbridled glee — when we discovered a sloth name generator!

They say that beauty is skin deep. Apparently, the same goes for cuteness, which is why the ASPCA’s Meet Your Match pet pairing program — designed to match pet and human personalities — has been such a success.

The waiting is almost over and the competitors are drooling in anticipation. The big game is on Sunday. Rawhide bones are being anxiously destroyed, but soon ears will perk and heads will tilt when the first squeaky toy is tossed for 2012′s Puppy Bowl VIII on Animal Planet, Sunday February 5th at 3PM Eastern/Pacific.

Throughout history, people have believed that animals can make predictions about human fate. The results are often disappointing, but that hasn’t stopped us from turning to them time and time again. And why not? Animals can do many things that we can’t — like fly and live underwater. So why not assume they can see into the future too? Read the rest of Linda Lombardi’s story from Vetstreet after

Lucy the Yorkshire Terrier, who measures only 5.7 inches tall and weighs 2.5 pounds, may be tiny, but she’s got a big reputation. The three-year-old dog was recently named the world’s smallest service dog by the Guinness Book of World Records.

If you’ve ever lost something important, you know the panic an Albuquerque woman felt when she couldn’t find her $4,500 wedding ring. But as it turns out, she wasn’t just absentminded — there was a thief afoot. To be more precise, a thief on four feet.

Thanks to Vetstreet, we already know what to buy our hipster dogs for the holidays, but how should we dress them? Plaid, skinny jeans and ‘Harry Potter’ glasses? Take a look at some trendy pooches who are so over doggy sweaters.