After the family dog passed away last year, Philip Michaels knew he would have to wait a while to allow his father time to grieve before bringing a new puppy into the house.

Between this morning's tragic mass shooting in Webster, the news that thousands have hijacked a federal petitioning system in order to demand the deportation of a journalist exercising his right to free speech on the subject of gun control, and the death of a surfer who selflessly rescued six of his neighbors from certain doom during Hurricane Sandy, it's easy to forget that not everything sucks.

Well, how about that: Turns out the homophobes were right all along. Letting gay people get married really does lead to dog-on-kangaroo make out sessions!

To help promote the idea that rescue dogs are just as good if not better than the breeder set, trainers from New Zealand's "premiere animal talent agency" Animals on Q have been spending the past eight weeks teaching three abandoned dogs how to drive at the behest of Auckland's Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

Just look at that face! Benny is clearly ecstatic about bathtime! Or he's experiencing a horror known only to those who have seen the true face of Samael, the evil angel of death and destruction.

Bo Obama, the First Family's loyal Portuguese Water Dog, conducts "a final inspection of the 2012 White House Christmas decorations before 90,000 visitors come through the doors of the People's House this holiday season."

Sloopy's owner Devin Contreras says his chihuahua broke out a few impromptu dance moves after spotting the family's leftover turkey on the kitchen counter.

When Maniek climbed up the attic stairs an adult St. Bernard, little did his Polish family know he would be coming down a big baby.

Oh, your cat did something cute? Sorry, I was distracted by something cute this baby tiger did.

Fetching the remote, getting stuff from the fridge, opening and closing doors — Jackson the Australian Shepherd mix does it all.

Despite being exhausted from having paddled nearly 600 miles from Cornwall on his way to London, an extreme rower from the Isle of Wight had to take an unplanned detour to save a Shih Tzu puppy that had become stranded at sea off the coast of Kent.

This (extremely patient) dog's owner has way too much time on their hands — literally — and God bless them for it, otherwise this video would never have been made and the world would have been that much poorer for it.

God bless Kai's rapidly beating dog heart, he tries and tries and tries but that "stick" just won't budge.

Dogshaming is all the rage, and Maymo the Lemon Beagle has a lot to feel bad about.

As the old saying goes: "Teach a man to fish and you'll feed him for a day. Teach your dog to fish and he'll feed you for a lifetime."

Bentley the fussy bulldog puppy is everywhere today, and with good reason: He's obscenely adorable.

TreT the Super Dog is an American Staffordshire Terrier who enjoys spending his time eating stuff off the floor, chasing after tail, and, oh yeah — pulling off some seriously legit parkour moves.

Just call him Richard Dean Anderpuss: An incredibly resourceful feline manages to flee a pursuing pup using the ol' surfboard across the pool trick.

Have you not heard? It's hotter than Hell out there.

The Pet Collective — which bills itself as "the only Youtube destination for enriching, quality pet videos" — has just launched what it claims is the video-sharing site's first-ever 24-hour animal stream: The Corgi Cam.