Cosmos Magazine has a story regarding researchers that have been using a test to measure intelligence among two year old children, primates, and other animals. Monkeys, dolphins and cats have been known to fail the test while dogs have actually done really well.From Cosmos“Dogs were a surprising exception, repeatedly passing the task in several studies […]

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I just received an email from a wholesaler this morning and this is the report:There has been a recall of the Greenies Dental products. These items are no longer available for ordering through our wholesale site. At this time we don’t have any information as to when they will be available again, but […]

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From nwflvr’s forum thread AWESOME video! Incredible interaction between man and dog!!!

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This picture of Teddy is bound to drive my mother wild with excitement. She just loves Airedales. And Teddy is such a cute Airedale, don’t you think? All those gorgeous curls!Teddy lives in the Geelong area (not far from Melbourne) with his human mum and dad. His mum Judith is the web […]

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My friend Poppy has a secret. She’s writing a book. But she doesn’t want anyone to know. Poppy has been working on her book for about 3 months now. It’s an autofidography. She even has a publisher interested (Pluto Press). Poppy only gets to work on her book when she stays with […]

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My friend Poppy is quite the girl around town. Here she’s pictured at the recently-opened My Dog Cafe at Station Pier in Port Melbourne (that’s in Australia - in case my American pooch pals don’t know).Poppy’s been there 3 times now (gee, I’d never even heard of it). She hasn’t met anyone famous, […]

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Hey there everyone. You remember my pal Poppy. Well, she’s not really my pal. She isn’t anybody’s pal. Except for Uncle Chris. Poppy loooooooves Uncle Chris. With everyone else, she’s a bit snarly usually.Anyhow, Uncle Chris brought Poppy a prayer wheel home from Nepal. And he’s taught Poppy how […]

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Attention! Attention! It’s that time again!Here are the contestants for the Big Paws Only Teacher’s Pet Contest. Each contestant has worked long and hard to get into shape and hold still for that perfect shot. The proud moms and dads have worked tirelessly to make their pooch the best they can […]

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Hey everyone, this is Suzie. She’s a retired racing greyhound (her racing name was Emtpy Sapphire) who lives in the UK with her mum, ‘Hampshire Hippy’. There are lots of photos of Suzie on Flickr.My mum has been talking about adopting an ex-racing greyhound. I wouldn’t mind as long as s/he didn’t […]

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This is Melanie (on the left, about to steal the stick) and Merlin. They are two very, very lucky dogs. They get to walk on this great beach every morning. It’s just up the road from where they live, in warm and sunny Townsville.Merlin is a black labrador and Melanie is a […]

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