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Norman the dog is already pretty famous, listing on his resume appearances on David Letterman and on Animal Planet. His latest trick is that of riding a bicycle.Check out the video above if you don't believe us. Owner and mom Karen Cobb says that the biggest challenge in getting two-and-a-half-year-old Norman to... |
17 May 2012
11:14 GMT |
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If you ever had pets, be they dogs or cats, chances are you know how they react whenever you take out the vacuum to do some cleaning around the house. Hint: it can get pretty nasty. This doesn't apply to the apparently overweight cat in the video above, which constitutes the object of our new “viral of t... |
17 May 2012
11:06 GMT |
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People can be remarkably protective, or big worrywarts, or unbelievable control freaks so, naturally, companies want to cash in on those tendencies.
Fujitsu has introduced a special collar meant to be worn by dogs.
Light enough to be comfortably worn all the time, the collar counts how many steps the dog takes, the... |
14 May 2012
10:37 GMT |
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Another adorable pet is taking over the Internet with his cute antics: Boo the cat hates so much being alone he's devised a very smart way of getting noticed.
Check out the video above to see what we mean by that.
Whenever he's put out of the room, Boo slowly reaches to the door stop by extending one pa... |
18 April 2012
11:55 GMT |
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Have you ever seen a robotic dog with an expressive face? Neither have I, and they most likely are still a few years away. But you can console yourself with the machine shown in the video above, provided that you have an iPhone. Engineers at the Japanese company that created Tamagotchi – Bandai – have re... |
28 March 2012
09:43 GMT |
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Nothing beats a funny viral video with a dog as its main star – except, of course, a video with two dogs. Check out the one above and we can guarantee it will be the most fun you'll have today.Shot and posted online in January last year, the video sees two dogs dining out in a crowded restaurant. They have... |
7 March 2012
11:17 GMT |
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University of British Columbia (UBC) researchers are currently working on a way to integrate advanced biometric sensors into the fur covering robotic pets. They say that this will help the synthetic animals sense the moods of their owners, and act accordingly.
The team has already developed a bunny that can do that... |
6 March 2012
15:01 GMT |
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The other day, a talk show host for a Denver television station, Kyle Dyer, was bit on the lip by a Dogo Argentino while trying to kiss him, live on air. Fresh reports suggest that Max, the Argentinian Mastiff, won't be put down.
As we also reported shortly after shocking video of the incident emerged online (... |
10 February 2012
10:34 GMT |
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Kyle Dyer, an anchorwoman for a Denver TV station for 15 years, has been hospitalized after an accident that took place live, on air, during her morning show. An adult Dogo Argentino (Argentine Mastiff) bit her in the face, as she leaned in for a kiss.
Video of the incident is below, but *please note that it contai... |
9 February 2012
07:53 GMT |
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If you're not a fan of football but still want to feel included in this whole Super Bowl madness, here's something that could probably make do, assuming, of course, you don't overdose on the cuteness. Each year, Animal Planet holds the animal correspondent of the Super Bowl. It's called the Pu... |
7 February 2012
10:49 GMT |
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A video that was shot a little over a year ago has just gone viral. It has puppies, it has cows and it has lots of cuteness, so it's no wonder it did, even if a bit later.
You can see it in full above.
Lucy is a 6-month boxer (or was at the time the video was shot) from New Castle. On one of her daily walks i... |
23 January 2012
09:27 GMT |
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The Super Bowl frenzy can officially kick off now. Volkswagen has just released an awesome new teaser for the major sporting event, featuring 12 dogs and one very familiar song. You can see it in full above. The 12 canines (a chorus, if you will), some of them even dressed in proper “Star Wars” attire, do... |
19 January 2012
08:32 GMT |
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If you happen to be at work, casually browsing the net for something to amuse yourself with (only briefly, because there's work to do too), here's something to lighten up your day. Check out the video above. Kimba and Bella were caught on camera as they were about to investigate what was at the bottom of a ... |
27 December 2011
11:53 GMT |
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Connar the baby and Stewie the cat share a very special bond – so special it is that Stewie can literally put Connar to sleep by simply patting him on the head, as the video above will confirm. 35-year-old Aaron Grant from Canada uploaded the clip earlier this year, but it's just now that it's being c... |
20 December 2011
11:02 GMT |
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Bizzle the dog likes to eat. Luckily, his owners knows that he likes to eat, just like they know how great he'd look if he had a pair of human hands to feed himself with. Thus, the latest video to go viral came to be. Bizzle's owners are a couple from Northampton, Guy Jenkins and Bec Medri. They have long w... |
13 December 2011
09:13 GMT |
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Those who hear stories of owners mourning for their pets for months on end will probably not understand how the latest report came to be: a childless widow died and left her entire fortune to her cat, making him the richest kitty in the world. Some time ago, Tommaso was no different from the millions of stray cats po... |
12 December 2011
17:01 GMT |
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If you had times when you wished your dog could join you on the couch with a beer for the game, Bowser Beer has just the thing for you. It's beer for dogs and, most importantly, it's good for their health. Selling beer for dogs might not seem like such a smart idea, but that's before you find out from ... |
15 November 2011
16:01 GMT |
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And they said it wouldn't last: coming to shut down talk of breaking up, Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez have moved on to the next stage in their relationship – by adopting a pet together. The twosome were recently spotted being very affectionate towards each other during a recent game and now, People magaz... |
26 October 2011
16:11 GMT |
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Video game publisher Electronic Arts has put out another seven screenshots of The Sims 3 Pets for the Xbox 360 from Microsoft and the PlayStation 3 from Sony.The game looks pretty good and will allow players to experience a whole new set of adventures built around their pet animals.EA has also released the new Karma ... |
11 October 2011
08:36 GMT |
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Each year, at the Sonoma-Marin Fair in Petaluma, the world’s ugliest dog is named and, believe it or not, competition is fierce. For 2011, the much-coveted title, along with the winner’s cup and the prize money, goes to Yoda. As you can see, Yoda is small: she barely weighs 1.8 pounds, can’t hold he... |
27 June 2011
15:01 GMT |
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In a new study, experts found that exposure to cats and dogs during infants' first year of life is positively correlated to a decrease in the little ones' risk of developing allergies to pets later on. Until now, scientists believed that exposing infants to cats or dogs had no significant influence on the w... |
13 June 2011
09:53 GMT |
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We’ve become accustomed to referring to our pooches and cats and whatever other animal we keep around the house as “pets,” while we identify ourselves as their “owners.” These are the very words a new “animal language” aims to make obsolete. The problem with these terms is th... |
28 April 2011
17:01 GMT |
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If you thought paying a small fortune on micro piglets, or teacup pigs, as they’re called, you should know there are far weirder choices for a pet possible. One trend that is picking up these days, in the UK at least, is that of skunks as pets.Many owners claim that skunks, while more exotic than cats and dogs ... |
11 April 2011
16:51 GMT |
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There’s loving your pet, and then there’s Louise Harris’ affection for her pooch Lola. Harris coughed up an estimated £20,000 on a lavish wedding ceremony for Lola and Mugly, who also happens to hold the title of Britain’s ugliest dog.Harris has never made a secret of her love for L... |
7 April 2011
17:01 GMT |
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He may be one of the most popular young actors of the day but, when he’s not surrounded by his screaming fans, Robert Pattinson is actually a very lonely guy. In order to be less alone when he’s on the road, staying at hotels, the British star has adopted a puppy.
The Daily Record has a very extensive i... |
26 February 2011
05:51 GMT |
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Will sheds a lot of hair on the pillows and the sheets, and his weight may also prove he’s quite a troublesome sleeping companion. However, what has turned Will into an overnight star is the fact that he’s a Bengal tiger – who shares the same bed as his owner, teen Felicia Frisco from Florida. Frisc... |
10 February 2011
13:51 GMT |
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People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has gotten involved in the Egypt protests, pleading with US authorities to allow US citizens being evacuated from there to take their companion animals with them on the plane. As most of you must already know, Egypt is now the theater of violence as protesters are as... |
5 February 2011
09:01 GMT |
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New archaeological evidences would appear to suggest that the dog became man's best friend millennia after it was first domesticated. Data collected from a prehistoric burial ground in Jordan indicated that early humans preferred the company of foxes to that of dogs.The conclusion was drawn after investigators l... |
28 January 2011
06:46 GMT |
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It’s the seventh year in a row that Animal Planet is getting ready for the Puppy Bowl, the furrier, cuter and funnier counterpart of the sports event the Super Bowl. The official lineup has been announced: 21 puppies from shelters from all across the US.For those not familiar with the Puppy Bowl, suffice it to ... |
28 January 2011
02:50 GMT |
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Domestic goddess Martha Stewart has always been very open about her love of dogs; in fact, hers even have their own blog. The other day, Stewart was rushed to the emergency room after pup Francesca busted open her lip.
The incident occurred as Martha was getting ready to head out to work, TMZ reports, which also ... |
15 January 2011
09:11 GMT |
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We all know that owners can tattoo house pets (dogs or cats) for identification purposes, but getting ink on the pooch or the cat for “art purposes” is not uncommon either. Despite cries of animal cruelty, the debate on whether the act is unspeakable cruelty or not is still raging on online. Take, for ins... |
15 December 2010
13:21 GMT |
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If you ever had the “pleasure” of stepping into dog poop on your way to work or when out for a jog / walk, you should be happy to know you will soon be able to admonish the owner who didn’t scoop it, thanks to a new program called PooPrints.
PooPrints is developed by Bio Pet Vet Lab on the premis... |
4 December 2010
09:31 GMT |
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While some would give an arm and a leg to be allowed to have a pet dog, and others adopt one but would like to be able to have more, one Chinese woman is apparently single-handedly trying to rescue all stray animals. As a report on Orange.UK informs, a Chinese woman has adopted no less than 1,500 dogs in one shelter ... |
1 December 2010
15:01 GMT |
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Animal activists are fuming – and so are animal lovers – because of a new “product” made available on The Cheeky. For $4,000, the website offers the ultimate piggy bank: one made from a real piglet. The Cheeky is a website that professes to “challenge pointlessness” by ridiculing a... |
18 November 2010
13:31 GMT |
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We're going through what some people might call “social media hell” right now, with just about every single person that uses the Internet having at least one social service account and most actually logging-in to multiple such services (after all, if you're not on Facebook, you don't exist)... |
4 November 2010
06:22 GMT |
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A new study carried out by Queen's University researchers, has found that being allergic to cats or dogs can worsen your ragweed allergies.Assistant professor Anne Ellis was the lead researcher of this recent study and her team discovered that people with pet allergies often develop ragweed allergy symptoms muc... |
29 September 2010
06:17 GMT |
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Because having a Twitter account is simply not enough for some, rapper 50 Cent has also set up one for his dog, Oprah Whine Free, with whom he also got into a foul-mouthed public spat.As E! Online puts it, it could be a little more than a simple coincidence that Fiddy has chosen to name his dog after one of his most ... |
22 September 2010
11:28 GMT |
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A new video is going viral: over 40 seconds long, it shows a long-haired girl in a red hoodie, taking squealing puppies out of a white bucket and hurling them into a river, one by one. As outrage cries continue to pour in from all sides, director Michael Bay has also chosen to speak out on the incident, even offering... |
3 September 2010
08:36 GMT |
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Mary Bale, the woman caught by a CCTV camera petting a cat and then throwing it in a wheelie trash bin, is apologizing “profusely” for her gesture – but still doesn’t understand what she did wrong. Following severe criticism in the media and even direct death threats, Bale has decided to break... |
27 August 2010
03:34 GMT |
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Mary Bale from Coventry has been identified as the woman seen on CCTV footage petting a cat and then taking it by the back of the neck and throwing it in a wheelie bin, where it remained for 15 hours. Faced with severe backlash online and an RSPCA investigation, Bale defends herself. People are seriously exaggerating... |
25 August 2010
06:37 GMT |
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Though many people are convinced before they have children that a newborn baby would not influence the way they take care of their pets, that is seldom the case. According to a new investigation, it would appear that new parents oftentimes change their feelings and behaviors towards their pets, even if without notic... |
16 August 2010
01:54 GMT |
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Investigators at the Pennsylvania State University argue in a new paper that our love and compassion for all furry creatures may have had a very important influence on how we evolved, as a species. They say that our pets may have been one of the driving forces that made humans learn language and other hallmarks we no... |
3 August 2010
04:39 GMT |
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A scientific study carried out by veterinary researchers at the University of Glasgow, concluded that six out of ten pet dogs were overweight or obese. This phenomenon is determined by pets' alimentary habits, lack of exercise and their owners' age and fortune. The research was published in the Journal of S... |
30 July 2010
10:50 GMT |
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In the summer of 2009, most airline companies in Canada reversed a ban prohibiting small animals from a person’s company, thus allowing people who could not live without their (small) pets travel with them wherever they went. An editorial published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) and cited by... |
17 February 2010
14:01 GMT |
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The question of which makes a better pet, a cat or a dog, has been on the table for years, with defenders of each camp going to great lengths to show how one pet is better than the other. Speaking strictly from a scientific point of view, it seems dogs are much better friends to man than cats are, therefore the battl... |
10 December 2009
14:31 GMT |
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Many pet owners do not look at their animals as simple distractions, but consider them indispensable members of the family. They are irreplaceable companions and many people cannot imagine having their little ball of fur, or scales in some cases, being taken away from them. And a growing body of research is also show... |
30 November 2009
10:48 GMT |
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Some celebrities really do like pets, which is by now a well known fact. Actually, a single look at Paris Hilton or Britney Spears shows how much some stars love animals of all kinds, as well as the lengths they’d go to just to have one to their liking. The Beckhams, for instance, have recently paid no less tha... |
5 November 2009
15:11 GMT |
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Fans love Gerard Butler. He is considered one of the most down-to-earth celebrities in Hollywood at the moment, aside from reaping praises for being the wonderful thespian that he is. With this in mind and given Butler’s spotless reputation, a report that he hit another person’s dog so hard it went straig... |
27 August 2009
09:35 GMT |
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When an Australian Terrier owner woke up in the morning and found that her darling Bindi wasn't around the kitchen, she knew that something was wrong, so she went on to look for the small dog. Owner Patty Buntine scouted throughout the house and in the yard, but found no sign of the canine. However, she did come... |
17 March 2009
07:38 GMT |
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Second-hand smoking is just as dangerous to pets as it is to humans, a new scientific study has showed just recently. After making this information the focus point of a survey, researchers have learned that more than a quarter of people now smoking regularly would quit the habit in order to protect their beloved pets... |
10 February 2009
13:01 GMT |
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