Famous Celebrity Pets

New OK Go video goes to the dogs

admin — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 00:00:31 +0000

In case you haven’t already seen it, or even if you have (it’s definitely worth multiple viewings), check out OK Go’s new video that takes canine obedience — and cuteness — to a whole new level:

According to OK Go’s website, most of the dogs in the White Knuckles video…

OK Go – Dog – Website – Music video – Video
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Rid pet photos of "red eye"

admin — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 06:00:07 +0000

While my pooch Lorna Doone is a total sweetheart in person, she can look like a character straight out of ” Pet Sematary ” in photos.

Thankfully, there’s now a solution (aside from hitting the delete button) for all those cute but disturbing, “I-can-see-dead-people” pet pictures. Kodak’s Pet…

Lorna Doone – Pet Sematary – Pets – Recreation – Loss
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"Spay and Neuter" vanity plates?

admin — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 06:00:10 +0000

What do Pierce Brosnan, vanity plates and snipping pets where it counts have in common?

The California Spay and Neuter Specialty License Plate Program, of course. These pet-focused plates feature original artwork created and donated by Mr. 007 himself, Pierce Brosnan. (It’s a painting of two…

Vanity plate – Recreation – Collecting – license plate – Pierce Brosnan
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"Adopt-a-Less-Adoptable-Pet" week begins!

admin — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 00:00:19 +0000

What if people were denied a loving home just because they had dark-colored hair or were considered “past their prime?”

A recent Petfinder.com survey found that 95 percent of shelters and rescue groups are having a hard time placing some of their furry residents in forever homes, simply…

Petfinder.org – Dog – Rescue group – United States – Rescues and Shelters
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Homeless pets get airlifted out of Gulf

admin — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 00:00:08 +0000

This weekend, pilots from Pilots N Paws , an online forum that connects animal rescue groups with volunteer pilots, and other volunteers will participate in the Pilots N Paws Gulf Coast Rescue Flyway. The goal is to relocate hundreds of animals from high-kill shelters in the Gulf Coast disaster…

Rescue group – Gulf Coast of the United States – Gulf Coast – United States – Homelessness
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Weirdest world records for pets

admin — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 00:00:27 +0000

Fastest, smartest, smallest… longest tongue? Fastest balloon popper? Yep. You read right. The new 2011 edition of the Guinness World Records (which hit bookstores yesterday) is chock full of enough bizarre animal records to fill a zoo.

Here are a few of my favorites:

Most Bottles…

Guinness World Record – World record – Largest body part – Technology – Materials
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Copycats: animals that mimic

admin — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 06:00:43 +0000

It wasn’t until I moved to San Francisco that I first heard a mockingbird imitating a car alarm. (You know, the ones with an endless loop of different patterned beeps, each more frantic sounding than the next). The bird, whom I dubbed “Sir Chirps-a-lot,” held daily 4 a.m. serenading sessions for…

San Francisco – United States – California – Metro Areas – San Francisco Bay Area
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admin — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 06:00:10 +0000

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Six packs for nine lives?

admin — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 06:00:10 +0000

What can a dozen washboard stomachs do for the lives of countless frisky felines? More than you might think.

Found Animals Foundation recently joined forces with fashion photographer Adam Bouska and BrownTrout Publishers to find a creative way to help raise awareness for the millions of…

Photographer – Fashion – Adam Bouska – Arts and Entertainment – Photography
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Pet Myths: Do certain dog breeds have "locking jaws?"

admin — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 18:00:10 +0000

The infamous “locking jaw” myth has been assigned to a variety of dog breeds, including the American Staffordshire Terrier, Bulldog and Boxer, but it’s exactly that — a myth.

No type of dog has been found to have a mechanism that enables them to “lock” their top and bottom jaws together….

American Staffordshire Terrier – Dog – Pet – Dog breed – Recreation
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