Posts tagged "puppies"

Rare Black Penguin, Hens Hatching Hounds and More

by Evan Jacobs (Subscribe to Evan Jacobs's posts): Mar 12th 2010 6:00PM Filed Under: Chew on This

Rounding up our favorite photos, entertaining videos and compelling stories from the Web each week!

Penguin Noir

Onlookers were stunned to see a rare all-black penguin. Turns out the bird was just going through a goth phase. [via The Daily Mail]
Worth More Than Gold

Olympian Steven Holcomb isn't satisfied with one gold. Now he has another one: a rescued golden retriever he met on the set of Today.[via People Pets]
No Service Dogs At Subway?

Subway sandwiches refused to allow a man and his seeing-eye dog into the building. The dog just wanted a $5 footlong![via CBC News]
Eagle vs. Deer
One man not only sees an amazing act of nature, he photo-documents it. Watch as a very hungry eagle tries to nab a deer. Yes, a deer..[via Chicago Wildlife News]
Hen Raises Puppies

Some people believe that this chicken, who has bonded with a litter of puppies, thinks she's a dog. But maybe the dogs think they're chickens.[via The Daily Mail]

Ask the AKC Animal Behaviorist: Introducing a Puppy to an Older Dog

by Paw Nation Staff (Subscribe to Paw Nation Staff's posts): Mar 3rd 2010 3:54PM Filed Under: Dogs

American Kennel Club

Meet Mary Burch, American Kennel Club Canine Good Citizen Director and Paw Nation's new expert columnist addressing your questions on animal behavior. Dr. Burch has over 25 years of experience working with dogs and she is one of less than 50 Certified Applied Animal Behaviorists based in the United States. She is the author of nine books, more than 200 articles and has been a lobbyist on legislation concerning hazardous dogs and responsible dog ownership.

Dear Dr. Burch,
We have an 11-year old pit bull/heeler mix and a small three-year-old mixed breed. I'd like to adopt a Doberman pinscher puppy -- I've had two in the past and I love the breed. We are an older couple and this will probably be our last dog. Is it fair to our older dog to bring in a puppy? Am I being selfish? I am retired and have a lot of time on my hands, but I worry that our big dog might get depressed if I bring in another big dog. I don't want our dogs to think that they are being replaced.

Dr. Burch Says: This is a situation that could turn out fine or it could be a real mess. First, you mention that you will be adding a puppy to your home. In many ways, this makes it easier for older dogs to adapt. The key is making sure you aren't so caught up with a new puppy that the older dogs no longer receive attention. Ask yourself if you will have the time for the new pup as well as to provide play time, walks, and special individual time minus the puppy for the two older dogs. Since you are retired, this may not be a problem.

The Doberman won't be a puppy forever. He or she will soon get bigger. Dobes are working dogs. They are active and need a lot of activity and training. You'll want to think about if you are prepared for this level of activity. Finally, even though you have a big dog to show the pup the ropes, the person raising the puppy will be you. We suggest that all puppies have some basic training. The AKC S.T.A.R. Puppy Program is a great place to start. You and your puppy can earn a gold Olympics style medal and have a lot of fun.

Do you have an animal behavior question for Dr. Burch? E-mail your questions to mary@pawnation.com.

Chihuahua Cares for Newborn Orphaned Kittens

by Helena Sung (Subscribe to Helena Sung's posts): Feb 22nd 2010 3:00PM Filed Under: Dogs, Cats, Pets News

Angela Reynolds

Tinkerbell the Chihuahua may be a tiny dog, but she's got a big heart. Not only is she nursing her own four newborn puppies, she has extended her maternal instinct to care for three orphaned newborn kittens, the (U.K.) Daily Mail reported recently.

"Tinkerbell was delivering her puppies by Cesarean section at Hobart Animal Hospital when a man brought in three abandoned kittens," Angela Reynolds tells Paw Nation from her home in Tasmania, Australia. The tiny kittens were just days old and very wet and cold. They had been found under the man's house. When Reynolds learned the hospital was going to euthanize the kittens, she intervened. "I said, 'No, I won't allow that. I'll take them home,'" Reynolds told us.

When Tinkerbell awoke from her surgery, Reynolds rolled the newborn puppies and orphaned kittens in a towel together and presented the bundle to Tinkerbell. "She accepted them straight away," says Reynolds. "Tinkerbell is a wonderful mother. She treats them all the same. If a kitten cries, she runs to them. If a puppy cries, she runs to them."

Reynolds is unable to work due to disabilities but has chosen to share the the little money she gets from public assistance with the animals she rescues. Tinkerbell, in fact, was rescued by Reynolds 18 months ago. "Various people had used her for breeding and gotten rid of her once they got a litter out of her," says Reynolds.

The Doggie Diaries: Poop Everywhere

by Ben Westhoff (Subscribe to Ben Westhoff's posts): Feb 11th 2010 11:00AM Filed Under: Dogs, Pet Health

Anna Westhoff

Looking back, I had no idea what to expect. When my wife Anna and I adopted Pippi a couple of months ago, I anticipated some dog walking, the destruction of socks, and some muddy paw prints on the finery. But I never thought I'd have to deal with puddles of diarrhea all over the house.

My first encounter with the poo was after a fairly late evening in the city. Getting home at around 1 a.m., I walked into the kitchen, where we keep Pippi at night. The smell hit me first, and then I saw the awful mess. This was odd, because Pippi is fairly well house-trained at this point, and almost never goes number two indoors.

I cleaned it up and then, the next morning, Anna awoke to more puddles. This continued for a few days. Whenever we took her out she relieved herself, but her consistently upset stomach ensured that she couldn't hold out for more than a couple of hours. I feared she was seriously sick, but after consulting with her sister and reading up on the subject, Anna concluded that Pippi had acute, rather than chronic, diarrhea. She was not lethargic, for one thing, which would point towards a chronic case, as would watery, mucus-coated or blood-coated stools. So instead of taking her to the vet we simply cut her food portions in half as our research had recommended and hoped for the best.

English Bulldog Puppy Party!

by Eliot Glazer (Subscribe to Eliot Glazer's posts): Feb 10th 2010 5:00PM Filed Under: Funny Animal Videos

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With so many puppy videos and so little time, we've gone the extra mile and begun cataloging some of the finest YouTube offerings, separating each collection by breed in a feature called Puppy Party!

Today's round-up features the effervescent English bulldog!

Martha Stewart's New Chow Chow Puppy

by Eliot Glazer (Subscribe to Eliot Glazer's posts): Feb 9th 2010 5:00PM Filed Under: Dogs, Celebrity Pets

Watch out, Ghenghis Khan has come to town.

That's the name of the chow chow cutie Martha Stewart recently brought home to her beloved French bulldogs Francesca and Sharkey (who maintain their own blog at the Daily Wag). If these photos of the Frenchies and G.K. (as he's been nicknamed) are any indication, it is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.

This joyful addition is particularly heartwarming when you consider that the name is an homage to Stewart's former chow chow puppy named Ghenghis Khan, who perished along with 16 other dogs in a Pennsylvania kennel fire in 2008.

dailywag.marthastewart.com

What To Expect At Puppy Bowl VI

by Emily Richmond (Subscribe to Emily Richmond's posts): Feb 5th 2010 11:00AM Filed Under: Dogs, Pets News

Animal Planet

The "ruff," tough and utterly adorable players take the field Sunday for Animal Planet's Puppy Bowl VI, and referee Andrew Schechter will be back to keep the canine chaos in check. The Brooklyn native (and associate producer) of Puppy Bowl talks with Paw Nation about the big game for pet fans, including some exiting new additions for this year's match-up.

What will be familiar to viewers on Sunday?
The famous kitten halftime show is back again, as well as what we like to call the most innovative camera shot in sports: The water-bowl shot.

What are some of the new features for Puppy Bowl VI?
We're going to have hamsters piloting a miniature blimp above the field, which will give viewers a bird's eye view of the action. And for the first time ever we're going to have bunny-rabbit cheerleaders on the sidelines.

Was it hard to get the bunnies into the outfits?
Actually, none of the animals on Puppy Bowl wear clothes.

It sounds like that's a deliberate decision.
Absolutely. We like to keep them as natural as possible in a comfortable environment. That's what people tune in to see: Puppies being puppies.

Where do the players come from?
The filming takes place near Silver Spring, Md., just outside of D.C. Most of the puppies come from area shelters. We also have shelter dogs from Louisiana, Georgia, Nebraska and Oklahoma.

The Doggie Diaries: How Big Will Our Puppy Grow?

by Ben Westhoff (Subscribe to Ben Westhoff's posts): Feb 4th 2010 11:00AM Filed Under: Dogs, Pet Adoption

Flickr/fazen

Our apartment is not getting any bigger, but Pippi is. Anna and I are wondering: How big will our puppy get?

I was recently out of town for a few weeks, doing research for a book I'm writing, and when I returned she looked bigger. It was not my imagination. When we adopted her in December she was about six months old and weighed 30 to 35 pounds. Now she's closer to 40. Of course, many dogs don't stop growing until they are two years old.

As previously discussed, Pippi seems to be either a Dalmatian, German Shorthaired Pointer, or both (we're going to send away for the doggie DNA test soon). Her paws were (and are) too big for her body in that classic clumsy cute puppy way, but I've heard from numerous sources that it's not a good idea to guess a dog's full-grown size based on the size of her paws. (This can be deceptive.)

I've read that a good rule of thumb for small and medium-sized dogs is to take her weight at four months and double it. From talking with Pippi's foster dad, it's safe to assume she weighed about 25 pounds at four months. That would predict a full-grown size of 50 pounds, which would put her in the range of dogchannel.com's estimations; they say a full-grown Dalmatian can weigh between 40-65 pounds, and that a female German Shorthaired Pointer usually weighs 45-60 pounds as an adult.

Do these seem like good guesses? Have your rescue puppies ever turned out to be much bigger (or much smaller) than you expected?

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Bedlington Terrier Puppy Party!

by Eliot Glazer (Subscribe to Eliot Glazer's posts): Feb 3rd 2010 5:00PM Filed Under: Dogs

YouTube/lucidcontent

With so many puppy videos and so little time, we've gone the extra mile and begun cataloging some of the finest YouTube offerings, separating each collection by breed in a feature called Puppy Party!

Today's round-up features the bubbly Bedlington terrier!

Cyborg Cat; Kiefer's Cattle

by Evan Jacobs (Subscribe to Evan Jacobs's posts): Jan 29th 2010 6:00PM Filed Under: Chew on This

Rounding up our favorite animal stories, photos, and videos on the Web each week!

Kitty: Salvation

She's the first cat to get an artificial knee. Combining cats with machines? This is a slippery slope to Terminator-cats. [via People Pets]
Ancient Egypt Called...

The newest fad is sharing your coffin with your pet. That's going to be awkward in the zombie apocalypse. [via ABC News]
Cattle Con

In the most recent episode of 24, Jack Bauer was roped into a million-dollar scam involving cattle. Oh wait, that was real life! [via USA Today]
Heptakaidecamom

This dog just gave birth to 17 puppies. In your face, Octomom! [via kcra.com]
RIP Pacu

A 62lb fish that's been eating burgers for 30 years is dead. Didn't see that one coming. [via wesh.com]

Kenny Chesney Finds Maltipoo Puppy Love

by Kristen Seymour (Subscribe to Kristen Seymour's posts): Dec 31st 2009 12:00PM Filed Under: Dogs, Celebrity Pets

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Country music star Kenny Chesney has found love with not one, not two, but three gorgeous gals. Of course, there's his girlfriend, Amy Colley (a former Miss Tennessee USA who currently works as a nurse), but now there are two more girls in his life: a pair of teacup maltipoo puppies!

According to CMT, Chesney and Colley flew into Bardstown, Ky. to meet with a breeder and buy a puppy. The breeder told the Kentucky Standard News that she had no idea the man playing with her puppies was a big star because she'd only spoken to Colley, whose name was on the contract.

While the pair had only planned on a single pooch, they ended up with two females, who they named Molly and Dolly. Since they'll only be around four pounds each when fully grown, we're thinking two is probably pretty manageable. And after all, the only thing cuter than a maltipoo puppy is multiple maltipoos!

Puppy Party: Shiba Inus

by Eliot Glazer (Subscribe to Eliot Glazer's posts): Dec 23rd 2009 6:00PM Filed Under: Dogs

Flickr/withoutsound

With so many puppy videos and so little time, we've gone the extra mile and begun cataloging some of the finest YouTube offerings, separating each collection by breed in a feature called Puppy Party!

Today's round-up features the shuper-duper Shiba Inu!

The Doggie Diaries: Should We Get a Puppy or an Adult Dog?

by Ben Westhoff (Subscribe to Ben Westhoff's posts): Dec 10th 2009 11:00AM Filed Under: Dogs, Pet Adoption

Flickr/tambako

Anna and I continue to pursue a pooch that will make the planets and constellations align for us. Question: Should we get a puppy, or an adult dog?

I adopted my cat Nora ten years ago when she was a kitten, and as everyone knows there is nothing more adorable than a clumsy, excitable kitten. I'm sure the same is true for puppies, though I've never had one. It seems unlikely that Earth offers anything much cuter than a tiny dog with oversized paws.

Plus, as Anna points out, there are other advantages to adopting a puppy. To the extent environment determines behavior, she says, you can teach puppies to be appropriately-mannered. You can't teach an old dog new tricks, of course, but you can teach old tricks to a new dog.

Then again, puppies have their drawbacks. With puppies, you don't really know how big they'll get, and they have that pesky habit of peeing on rugs. Then there's the chewing. I fear a puppy will go to town on that knockoff, um, I mean totally legit Fendi bag I'm planning to buy Anna for Christmas

Adults dogs, on the other hand, often come potty trained and crate trained, and they're more likely to make it through the night without crying like newborn babies. They're less energetic, less prone to wearing you down, and probably won't go around knocking all my bottles of cologne off the shelves. On the other hand, the bad habits of adult dogs may be harder to break.

What does everybody think? Should we go all cute overload on everybody and get an impressionable little puppy, or stick with a tried (if not necessarily true) older dog?

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Shih Tzu Puppy Party!

by Eliot Glazer (Subscribe to Eliot Glazer's posts): Nov 25th 2009 5:00PM Filed Under: Dogs

Flickr/Jennifer McCready Photography

Schnoodle Puppy Party!

by Eliot Glazer (Subscribe to Eliot Glazer's posts): Nov 18th 2009 5:00PM Filed Under: Dogs

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Miniature Dogs

Miniature Poodle
Miniature Poodles, like all Poodles, are excellent swimmers who originated as a water retrievers. All Poodles, Standard, Miniature and Toy are actually one breed, just different sizes. Miniature Poodles, who can be white, black, apricot or gray, are usually 15 inches or under, according to the American Kennel Club.

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Miniature Dogs

Miniature Dachshund
The Miniature Daschund, only 11 pounds or under, is not a separate classification of the Daschund -- it's just a smaller version of the Standard. The miniature dog, with its long bodies and strong sense of smell, are both hunters and lapdogs, according to the American Kennel Club.

Miniature Dogs

Miniature Schnauzer
The Miniature Schnauzer is of German descent and was originally bred to be a small farm dog. The most popular of the three Schnauzer breeds, the Miniature Schnauzer is a attentive, lively and a favorite among celebrities like Mary Tyler Moore and Bill Cosby. The strongly built miniature dog is between 12 to 14 inches, according to the American Kennel Club.

Miniature Dogs

Miniature Bull Terrier
Just like the playful Bull Terrier, the Miniature Bull Terrier, who originated in England, has a similar personality. Don't let its size fool you – the Miniature Bull Terrier is strong, energetic and audacious. Miniature Bull Terriers are between 10 to 15 inches and can be solid white or colored, according to the American Kennel Club.

Miniature Dogs

Miniature American Eskimo Dog
The American Eskimo Dog is one of three separate categories of the American Eskimo Dog. Between 12 to 15 inches, the bright white dog is loving, protecting and sociable. Now a great companion dog, the miniature dog was once a circus dog, according to the American Kennel Club.

Miniature Dogs

Miniature Pinscher
Also known as the "Min Pin," the Miniature Pinscher is a German Breed whose ancestry includes the Daschund, Italian Greyhound and the shorthaired German Pinscher. The quick, curious dog is the perfect apartment dog. Despite its small size, the compact pooch makes a wonderful watchdog. The spirited miniature dog, about 10 inches to 12 1/2 inches, can be red, black, or chocolate with tan, according to the American Kennel Club.

Miniature Dogs