Nebraska man puts dog above digits
Robert Larsen was playing fetch with his chocolate Lab, Nick, when a ball got lodged in his dog’s throat. Rushing to his side, Larsen reached into his dog’s mouth. Nick bit down, severing Larsen’s...
View ArticleWearing your dog out — inside
Every dog owner knows that a tired dog is a good dog. But between busy schedules, foul weather and the recent rise in leash law fears here in Baltimore, wearing your dog out with a good romp can be...
View Article“Service dogs for those who’ve served us”
In case you missed it, Glenn Close gave viewers of the Oprah Winfrey show an inside look last week at Puppies Behind Bars, and that organization’s latest initiative — providing service dogs for wounded...
View ArticleFetch … big time
There’s fetch, and then there’s FETCH! Check out the size of the log the dog in this video is bringing to shore at a dog-friendly beach in Vancouver. To learn more about the dog parks of Vancouver...
View ArticleYou can’t do this with Dailyastorian.com
The days of dogs bringing in the newspaper might be numbered — for reasons that have nothing at all to do with dogs — but until then there are those, like Nariz, who are eager to deliver. Nariz, whose...
View ArticleDigital dogs: Playing fetch in the subway
Harried New York subway riders can now stop and play some fetch — throwing digital tennis balls to digital dogs at a digital dog park on the wall of a vacant storefront at the Columbus Circle subway...
View ArticleDOGgerel: In praise of the tennis ball
Love-Love While many players chase them Sharapova, Nadal, et al … None, I think, are as enthralled As dog with tennis ball (From time to time I have an argument with the poet within me. “I want...
View ArticleLab wants to see how you and your dog play
The Horowitz Dog Cognition Lab in New York City is looking for some playful dogs, and their playful humans. The lab at Barnard College, run by Alexandra Horowitz , author of Inside of a Dog,” is...
View ArticleWhy do I continue to chase tennis balls?
I’ve long been averse to most forms of exercise — especially those requiring repetitive motions, sustained cardiopulmonary effort, or lifting weighty items. These days, walking the dog is about the...
View ArticleLack of eyes doesn’t slow Chica down
Chica is a happy border collie who lives on a farm in Clay County, Indiana. Her favorite pastime is playing fetch with her owners Martha and Buddy Knox. That wouldn’t be news — WTHI-TV notes — were it...
View ArticleFetch can be fatal, British vet warns
A London veterinarian has come out against fetch — or at least the age-old practice of throwing a stick for your dog to retrieve. Professor Dan Brockman, of the Queen Mother Hospital of the Royal...
View ArticleFetching: Who needs a human when you have a catapult?
It may take two to tango, but fetch is a game that can be played solo, assuming you’re a dog with a catapult in your back yard. This video was posted on YouTube last month, under the title, “This is...
View ArticleAn app that’s not apt to be very useful
Only in these mega-awesome modern times could a product that really doesn’t work well at all become a big hit. And only in the Internet age could how badly it works be a selling point. Fetch! is an app...
View ArticleIt’s getting harder to fetch this stick
(Today’s post has nothing to do with dogs. This happens on rare occasion when I become so steamed about some non-dog issue that I must vent — today in the form of a fable.) You are hiking down a remote...
View ArticleSpeak softly and …
We like a dog that is big. And we like a dog that thinks big. This one — currently enjoying his moment of viralness — qualifies on both grounds. Out for a walk, he apparently spotted a stick he liked...
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