If Crunch won't let the lab onto the treadmill, there may soon be an alternative. New York Animal is seeking space for a 60,000 square foot center with with climbing walls (for cats) and agility courses with tents, tunnels and see-saw ramps (for dogs). Which sounds like much more fun than human gyms.

In other news what on earth did they put in the New York Times's dogbowl this morning? homeless dogs are allowed the run of Carl Schurz Park for two hours a week. "It gets them used to socializing with other dogs,'' says an animal behaviorist, "but it also gets them used to other people, and to the outside world. It gives them a sense of normalcy." Meanwhile, functionally homeless New York humans, with shoeboxes too small for a pet, are now able to rent animal affection for a suggested $25 a month fee.
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