dogs
Stephen Colbert's Pet-Friendly Economic Fix for America
Matt Cherette · 11/03/11 12:17AMEven though the cost of having a pet in the U.S. is skyrocketing, Americans aren't abandoning their cute little companions. In fact, many pets are now living more comfortably than unemployed humans and on tonight's Report, Stephen Colbert proposed a pretty unique solution to the financial problems plaguing so many Americans: If you can't beat the pets, be the pets.
Pets No Longer Worth It
Hamilton Nolan · 11/02/11 11:56AMIt's Time to Stop Dressing Up Your Pets for Halloween
Leah Beckmann · 10/27/11 03:21PMAccording to Wendy Williams and this other lady whose parents must be very proud of her for becoming a "pet fashion stylist," it is very trendy and important to dress your dog up for Halloween because there are a lot of events you both should be attending.
Dude: Cop Slapped My Dog
Hamilton Nolan · 10/24/11 08:31AMWhat would cause a heartless jack-booted armed thug cop to heartlessly slap a tiny little bitty dog? (What!) A wee little Pomeranian mix, slapped out of a third story window? (No!) A tiny sweet little pet trying to protect his precious family, only to be heartlessly—heartlessly—slapped, by a cop, out of a window, falling three stories, its tiny body twisting as it plummeted to the hard, heartless ground below? (I never!) Outrageous!
Jill Abramson Vows to Manage Newsroom Like Dogs
Hamilton Nolan · 10/17/11 11:57AMComment of the Day: In Defense of Dogs
Richard Lawson · 10/14/11 06:30PMYour Fascination With Your Dog Is an Embarrassment (To You)
Hamilton Nolan · 10/14/11 11:57AMLet's say you're a woman who's worked hard, climbed the ladder, and risen to the very pinnacle of your profession—a historic achievement. You're taken seriously as a writer, a thinker, and a boss; you alone have the power to set the agenda for how many of our most important issues are covered by the national and international media. You have made it. Why—hypothetically speaking—would you not shut up about your stupid dog?
French Bulldogs Suffer Airline Dogscrimination
Hamilton Nolan · 10/07/11 08:31AMHere's an interesting little "factoid," meaning "discriminatory outrage of Apartheid proportions:" in the year 2011 in the world's most free country (USA), many airlines do not allow bulldogs to fly. I mean, sure, those six bulldogs were indicted in connection with the 9/11 plot, but let's not paint the rest of them with such a broad brush, okay?
Woman Upset That Six Flags Rescued Her Dog From Her Hot Car, Then Lost Him
Seth Abramovitch · 09/13/11 02:20AMMeet Shalanon Brooks, the kind of functionally retarded person you encounter frequently in Southern California. Shalanon is the owner of a Pomeranian whom she named "Malibu." (See first sentence.) She didn't just buy Malibu, but was actually prescribed Malibu for "emotional support." (See first sentence again.) Shalanon went to spend a day riding roller coasters at Six Flags Magic Mountain, but when she realized the strap of her Louis Vuitton dog carrying-case had broken, she opted to leave Malibu in her car with the windows cracked open and some water and food. (See— Enh. You know the drill by now.)
Meet the Woman Who Punched a Bear to Save Her Dog
Max Read · 08/31/11 06:25PMThe Air You Breathe Is Laced With Dog Poop Bacteria
Lauri Apple · 08/20/11 12:36PMDogs Can Smell Lung Cancer
Seth Abramovitch · 08/19/11 02:35AMDoggie Day Cares Are the New Private Preschools
Hamilton Nolan · 08/11/11 01:28PMSouth Korean Scientists Clone Glowing Dog
Max Read · 07/30/11 03:40PMAlexander McQueen Left $82,000 to His Dogs
Seth Abramovitch · 07/27/11 01:01AMInternet Addiction Just as Bad as Real Addiction, But Not Cool
Hamilton Nolan · 07/25/11 04:24PMMother, Daughter Both Receive DUIs in Space of an Hour
Max Read · 07/19/11 08:54PMChihuahua Humiliates Smoke Shop Robbers
Jeff Neumann · 07/19/11 04:15AMSo it turns out that yappy little accessory dogs actually might be good for something! In today's wacky animal video, security camera footage from Ace Smoke Shop in Altadena, California shows armed robbers being chased out of the store by the shop owner's raging Chihuahua. The robbers did manage to make off with some cash, but the LA Times notes that it was "less money than they could've gotten."
Swedish Police Have a Sperm-Sniffing Dog
Jeff Neumann · 07/18/11 06:27AMPolice in southern Sweden have a new tool for fighting sex crimes — a dog named Rapports Opus that is trained to sniff out sperm at crime scenes. According to English-language newspaper The Local, police in the town of Karlskrona have arrested a 23-year-old man and charged him with rape after Rapports Opus was brought to a park in the town where a woman was sexually assaulted: