dogs

​This Bulldog Hates Being Called "ButtKiss"

Taylor Berman · 01/28/14 03:32PM

Meet Ellie, an English bulldog that hates being called "ButtKiss." Yes, it's unusual for a dog to react so strongly to a name but also: That's a terrible name. Don't let your owner bully you like that, Ellie.

Tom Scocca · 01/22/14 04:23PM

Science has solved the eternal mystery of why many dogs like to romp in the snow: Experts in canine psychology and behavior report that it's because the dogs find it "fun and exciting."

Did That Execution-By-Hungry-Dogs Story All Start With a Twitter Joke?

Adam Weinstein · 01/06/14 09:09AM

North Korean dear leader Kim Jong Un is a sonofabitch who offed his uncle last month. But he likely didn't strip naked Uncle Jang and slowly feed him alive to a pack of 120 starving dogs, as the media excitedly reported last week. In fact, that entire frenzy may have originated in a tweeter's dark-humored imagination.

New York City's Dressed-Up Dogs of Winter

Ken Layne · 12/18/13 01:36PM

It's so cold outside, on the freezing streets of Manhattan. Yet the dogs must have their walks. They are city dogs, after all, and it takes an army of dog-walkers to get these beasts out of the apartments at regular intervals. We headed up to Central Park West to meet America's most pampered canines, all dressed up in their winter coats. Here's our first NYC dog of winter, in his red knitted sweater. It's Oliver, the French Bulldog!

Corgi on a Carousel Is the Only Video You Need to Watch

Neetzan Zimmerman · 12/09/13 11:43AM

If there is one video on the entire Internet that you desperately need in your life right now, it's the one of a five-year-old Corgi named Meatball merrily scampering around a homemade merry-go-round.

Lacey Donohue · 11/29/13 03:45PM

[Six-month-old puppy Dexter was reunited with his owner, Guardsman Spc. Jacob Montgomery, nine days after a tornado destroyed their apartment in Washington, Ill. Buried in the rubble, Dexter was found by a neighbor and coaxed out with hot dogs. Photo by Illinois National Guard via AP]

The Remarkable Tale of Hunter, the Real-Life Rescue Dog

Ken Layne · 11/19/13 11:38AM

Wives and husbands come and go, children leave, friends fade into abstractions on Facebook. The dog is generally there for life, all of his or all of yours, whichever comes first. Hunter, who died Sunday night at home and surrounded by his people, was there for life. It was really his second life, which began when I pulled his numb body from a freezing, half-empty swimming pool 10 years ago this month.

Hamilton Nolan · 11/04/13 04:03PM

Yes, macadamia nuts are poisonous to your dog, and your dog will die from eating them. But is it not more cruel to deny your dog macadamia nuts?