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We love watching videos set to popular music. We love watching videos with dogs and other animals, especially interspecies play videos. And we adored The Mamas and The Papas in their day. But setting the video below to "I Saw Her Again"  just doesn't work. There's nothing about this video that ... More

We'd like to congratulate the St. Louis Cardinals, whose amazing run was capped last night with a Game 7 World Series victory. Fact is, we've long had a soft spot for the Cards, because their manager, Tony La Russa, is an unabashed animal lover who puts his money where his ... More

We recently took a couple of rides on Amtrak's Northeast Corridor, and were struck by how often we saw dogs in the railway stations.  However, none of these canines were pets. They were the four-legged members of Amtrak's police force, and their job is to detect explosives in luggage. Of course, dogs ... More

That winner would be whomever wrote the headline on the Washington Post's website about the latest developments in the Fairfax Poopgate Affair:  "Jury Pooh-poohs Scoopergate Case." We've written for a long time about doggie bathroom issues -- not just for this blog but also in articles and books.  So we totally ... More

We've often blogged about dog poop scofflaws in other parts of the country and even across the Atlantic, using these reports to decry people's failures to pick up after their pooches. Apparently some dog owners in Fairfax County have not been paying attention. According to today's edition of The Washington Post, a ... More

Our earlier post today compiled a list of Halloween-related events for dogs and their people on October 29 and 30. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention another event also occurring on October 29, even though that event has nothing to do with Halloween. The event is the annual 3K ... More

Long-time readers of this blog know that we are not too crazy about putting dogs into Halloween costumes. That said, we realize that other perfectly responsible dog owners might disagree with that stance. So, in the interest of serving all of our readers, we share with you the following All ... More

Not us -- at least not after we saw this video:

If you're of a certain age, you probably remember exactly to whom those words were uttered. But no matter what your age, if you're a dog lover you can't help but enjoy a mostly engaging biography by Susan Orlean about the canine in question: Rin Tin Tin. In Rin Tin Tin: ... More

Hah! That got your attention, didn't it? Believe it or not, we didn't put that title to this post just to get you wondering what on earth we could mean. We have discovered a link between a certain cell phone commercial and the willingness of some people to put their dogs' ... More