Still Confused About What to Eat? Us Too

Today’s NYDaily news has an article that looks into the growing popularity of raw foods for dogs. Interesting. But we have to say, you are not going to sell us with a name like this. Ten years ago, Australian veterinarian Ian Billinghurst developed the raw diet known as BARF, which once stood for “Bones and Raw [...]

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Reading Round Up: Man’s Best Friend, Not ONLY Friend

I just ran across an interesting article in the Vancouver Sun that claims “pets don’t treat loneliness.” It goes on to suggest that people that use dogs (and cats) to fill human roles in their lives might be worse off. Uh Oh. You mean like, blogging with Raleigh all day is not encouraged? Well, it’s [...]

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Reading Round Up: Oh Humans.

Do you bitches ever read the human news and think that they are running about 7 years behind? No wonder the dog year equation works out so well for us. Here are some clips we came across when we took the laptop to the coffee shop. Breaking! Dogs do talk to each other! Um? Yeah? [...]

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Why Moby Doesn’t Have a Dog, Child, (Friends?)

In yesterday’s Sunday Times, Moby explains why he plays with the neighbors dogs, but does not have one: I travel too much. And I’m content to deal with the good side of other people’s dogs and the good side of other people’s children. Then I don’t have to pick up poo. Well, its a valid [...]

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Dogs That Work: Bedbug Sniffing Gigs

As a blogging dog, we’ve taken an interest in other dogs whose Owners require them to work. This week, we ran across an article in the Times about Cruiser, a puggle employed by The Bed Bug Inspectors. It’s his job to sniff out the pests and, apparently, he’s pretty good at it. The article reports [...]

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Reading Round Up: Working World of Dogs Reflects Stupid Human Gender Bias

It sounds like an easy job: sniff for drugs. Sure, why not? We sniff everything anyway. But it turns out that a trained German Shepard drug-sniffing dog is quite an investment. According to the Times, the MTA pays $6,000 for each male German shepherd and $5,800 for each female. Yes, that is right. Even in [...]

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Reading Round Up: Yappy Hour Makes Us Really Need a Drink

We like a party. But when it comes to going out, we do not dress up and we do not pass out our card (’cause we don’t have clothes or cards!). So it’s no wonder we were not on the VIP list for a book party to celebrate the publication of It’s a Dog’s World: [...]

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Reading Round Up: JSF Annoys Us, May Eat Us

We’ve made a concerted effort to like Jonathan Safran Foer. We bought his first book and read it. We bought his second book and gave it away. However, we’re not going anywhere near book three, thanks to this. Yes, it’s a satire about eating dogs (and you can tell it’s a satire because JSF felt [...]

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Raspy Smoker’s Bark?

We are alarmed by this clip from the Times: “Dr. Marder, a veterinarian, tells those who are curious that Nestlé, a dachshund-terrier mix, is hoarse from too much barking. But that is not true. The Marders had Nestlé’s vocal cords cut by a veterinary surgeon after a neighbor in the family’s apartment building on the [...]

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