Doggedly surviving the winter of 2010
Here in the winter of our discontent in Baltimore — the snowiest city (believe it!) in the continental United States – we are getting by, getting sore and getting a little tired of it. Most dogs...
View ArticleNew stamps will feature once homeless pets
On April 30, the Postal Service will issue a 44–cent, Animal Rescue: Adopt a Shelter Pet stamp series. With the 10 stamp designs — five cats and five dogs — the U.S. Postal Service hopes to raise...
View ArticleBoston terrier wins Elvis lookalike contest
Ace and I have been avoiding all things Elvis — not easy to do when one is between Memphis (home of Graceland) and Tupelo (birthplace of The King). Still, I would be remiss if I didn’t pass along this...
View ArticleRoadside Encounters: Betty
Name: Betty Breed: Boston terrier Age: 14 years Encountered: At Heart of Gold, a jewelry store in Winston-Salem, N.C. Backstory: Ace and I were sitting outside a coffee shop when suddenly I felt my...
View ArticleOne last word on doggie Halloween costumes
In response to yesterday’s post — the one that questioned whether dogs really enjoy the way we outfit them for Halloween, and whether all the money we spend doing that might be put to better use — a...
View ArticleIs anything merrier than a Boston terrier?
Don’t get me wrong. Some of my best friends are Boston terriers. And I’ve known enough of them to know it would be wrong to paint them all with the same broad brush. But they do seem to have a way —...
View ArticleAn eye-popping achievement?
Bruschi, a Boston terrier, has the biggest eyes of any dog in the world. So says Guinness World Records, which measured them. Bruschi’s eyes measure 28 millimeters — more than one inch in diameter....
View ArticleWoof in Advertising: Sharing the bone
Here’s the latest ad from Travelers Insurance, which has a long tradition of featuring dogs in its commercials, most often a mixed breed named Chopper. We loved it when Chopper went to great lengths to...
View ArticleRescue 1: Terrier saved after pile-up
A Boston terrier who was shaken up in a massive freeway pileup in Detroit was carried to safety by a firefighter who knows a few things about dogs in distress. Matt Schaecher works as a Detroit...
View ArticleBoston terrier believed to have been burned
A $5,000 reward has been offered for information leading to an arrest in the case of a Boston terrier found with what appeared to be chemical burns over 80 percent of his body. “In all my years of...
View ArticleChristmas countdown: Happy holidays to all
Today we begin our Christmas countdown — an eclectic mix of videos that will serve as our way of wishing you the happiest of holidays. Of course, we’ll still be bringing you dog news as well this week...
View ArticleCompany for Christmas: Three dog night
Perhaps you’ve heard people say this: Two dogs are just as easy as one. Or, three dogs are just as easy as two. It’s not so. Bearing in mind that it depends in large extent on the individual dogs,...
View ArticleCompany for Christmas: Then there were four
My very doggie Christmas continues, with the arrival of my final holiday guest — Lucas, an old yellow Lab and my most vocal visitor yet. Perhaps its just his Christmas spirit, but he has broken into...
View ArticleCompany for Christmas: The pack breaks up
I’m thankful for my Christmas packages, but I’m more grateful yet for my Christmas pack. For reasons I don’t fully understand, I volunteered to take in three canine guests over the holidays — all...
View ArticleCompany for Christmas: Down to Darcy
The saint is gone. The sinner remains. After a four-dog Christmas, I’m down to two — my dog Ace, and the visiting Boston terrier, Darcy. Cheyenne, the blind Lab, went home today, and with not a...
View ArticleAnimated Short: Dog movie wins an Oscar
If there’s any dog breed that could be described as an “animated short,” it has to be the Boston terrier. So it’s fitting that a Boston Terrier — an animated animated Boston terrier — is the star of...
View ArticleTerrier’s bus ride leads to a forever home
video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player That Boston terrier who boarded a city bus and went on a 20-mile ride in Houston last month has landed in a forever home, according to news...
View ArticleTherapy dog booted, based on his biker duds
San Diego’s most famous therapy dog has lost his certification — and all because of his biker outfit. Chopper the Biker Dog was certified by Pet Partners, and over the past five years he has visited...
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