The SNIF Tag: Big master is watching
Cool or creepy? You decide. SNIF Tag is a device you attach to your dog’s collar, allowing you to go online and monitor his activity. It doesn’t tell you where your dog is — only what he’s doing,...
View ArticleGiant dogfighting ring broken up in Texas
Texas officials have begun making arrests in an investigation into what authorities describe as one of the largest dogfighting rings in the country. Eight people were arrested and 187 dogs were seized...
View ArticleVeggie love: PETA ad banned by Super Bowl
‘Veggie Love’: PETA’s Banned Super Bowl Ad. OK, sports fans, here’s the PETA ad deemed too hot for the Super Bowl. According to a PETA blog, NBC found the pro-vegetarianism ad depicted “a level of...
View ArticlePuppy Bowl V: More super than ever
It’s Puppy Bowl time again. A perennial favorite for those seeking an alternative to the Super Bowl, the Puppy Bowl is basically two hours of watching rambunctious puppies frolic on the gridiron of...
View ArticleReconsidering my stance on debarking
Up until now, I’ve been pretty much against debarking — a surgical procedure whose proponents like to call it “bark softening.” But this video makes me realize that, possibly, in some cases, it may be...
View ArticleCouchsurfing in Albuquerque
At 56, it’s not every day I spend the night with a 25-year-old woman, and if it ever did happen, you’d normally be the last person I’d tell. But, on Thursday night, that’s exactly what I did. A...
View ArticleHighway Haiku: “All a Twitter”
“All a Twitter” My word for the day: When you Tweet the same thing twice You “tweeiterate” (Highway Haiku is a regular feature of “Dog’s Country,” the continuing tale of one man and one dog spending...
View ArticleCar accident kills dog rescuer and pup
That amazing network of humans that transports dogs from places they are not wanted to places where they might find a better life has lost one of its members. Catherine Bugg, while driving an...
View ArticleDog TV: A network just for dogs?
A TV network just for dogs? One part of me asks why? One part asks why not? Dog TV – which offers programming not about dogs, but for them – is a fledgling project, now airing only on a trial basis in...
View ArticleAnd now we bring you … DogTV
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy As of this week, we can add one more item to the growing list of once uniquely human things that we have, with mostly good...
View ArticleSomething different on Saturday morning
As part of its continuing effort to make Saturday morning television less cartoony and more educational, CBS is premiering a show whose host rescues a dog every week. We applaud (almost) everything...
View ArticleReconsidering my stance on debarking
Up until now, I’ve been pretty much against debarking — a surgical procedure whose proponents like to call it “bark softening.” But this video makes me realize that, possibly, in some cases, it may be...
View ArticleCouchsurfing in Albuquerque
At 56, it’s not every day I spend the night with a 25-year-old woman, and if it ever did happen, you’d normally be the last person I’d tell. But, on Thursday night, that’s exactly what I did. A...
View ArticleHighway Haiku: “All a Twitter”
“All a Twitter” My word for the day: When you Tweet the same thing twice You “tweeiterate” (Highway Haiku is a regular feature of “Dog’s Country,” the continuing tale of one man and one dog spending...
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