Archive for December, 2008
Tuesday, December 30th, 2008
Standing seven feet high on his hind legs , Gibson, a 170-pound Harlequin Great Dane, is the world's tallest dog. He holds the Guinness World Record for that distinction.
Boo Boo is four inches tall on all fours and weighs one and a half pounds. She and Gibson met in November ...
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Tuesday, December 30th, 2008
Rasa of Starseed Music sent some bittersweet news about a wild deer that is a frequent visitor to his yard:
Our wild deer friend Rosie visits often to eat leaves and fruits from many plants in the yard, to drink from the bird bath, and to receive an occasional massage. Recently ...
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Saturday, December 27th, 2008
In a daring Christmas Eve heist, an unidentified dog walked into Smith's Food & Drug in Murray, Utah, went straight to the pet food on aisle 16, grabbed a rawhide bone off the shelf, and blithely strode towards the exit.
Before leaving, the dog was confronted by store manager Roger Adamson, ...
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Wednesday, December 24th, 2008
A new video with music by Starseed Music was emailed to me by Rasa at Pelorian Digital with this note:
Our wild deer friends in our snowy yard! We normally don't get more than a dusting of snow once a year in this desert plateau. The deer don't seem to mind. ...
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Friday, December 19th, 2008
Socks the Cat, adopted in Little Rock, Arkansas by Chelsea Clinton in 1991, lived in the Clinton White House until the photo-ops ended, then moved to Maryland with Bill Clinton's former secretary Betty Curry. The 18-year-old Socks has been diagnosed with terminal cancer.
"The president, Mrs. Clinton and Chelsea ...
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Wednesday, December 17th, 2008
His wife Jill promised him that if Barack Hussein* Obama won the election, then he could get a puppy. Now that he is vice-president elect, Joe Biden has purchased a male German Shepherd puppy from a kennel in Chester County, Pennsylvania. Four days after Mr. Biden picked out his pooch, ...
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Tuesday, December 16th, 2008
This Christmas will be the last one in the White House for first dog Barney. BarneyCam 2008 features President George W. Bush, Mrs. Laura Bush, their daughters Barbara and Jenna, Jenna's husband Henry Hager, and Willard the cat. Some special friends, including Olympic gold-medalists Michael Phelps and Nastia Liukin, also ...
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Friday, December 12th, 2008
After a dog was struck and killed by a car on a busy highway in Santiago, Chile on December 4, 2008, another homeless dog ran into the street and dragged the limp canine body to the median strip. A highway crew arrived and removed the dead dog. The dog hero ...
Posted in Animal Heroes, Animal News, Dogs, Street Dogs, Video | 1 Comment »
Friday, December 12th, 2008
When thieves stole the SUV belonging to actor John Schneider of Dukes of Hazzard and Smallville fame from a Los Angeles shopping mall last Saturday, they also got away with two 10-week old puppies. The Cadillac Escalade has been found, but Marley, a Yorkie-poo, and Paisley, a Yorkie, are still ...
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Tuesday, December 9th, 2008
A three-year-old boy, lost in the Virginia woods since the afternoon of Friday, December 5, 2008, was found alive and well under a tree by rescuers about 20 hours after he disappeared. The toddler had wandered away from a relative's house with his aunt's two puppies. The puppies snuggled with ...
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