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Kandu – Missing Two Legs Is No Handicap

Myke — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:17:11 +0000

Fallen Soldier’s Puppy Gets Enlightened

Myke — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 21:53:50 +0000

The parents of fallen soldier Justin Rollins adopted the dog that spent his final days with him in Iraq.

Electrified Dog

Myke — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 00:00:25 +0000

Smart Dog Rides on Back of Motorcycle

Myke — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 12:34:10 +0000

Pomeranian Puppy Learns Wolf Howl

Myke — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 15:22:10 +0000

Owney, the Mail Pouch Pooch, Mascot of the Railway Mail Service

Myke — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 17:40:15 +0000

Owney, posed here with a letter carrier, was a scruffy mutt who became a regular fixture at the Albany, New York, post office in 1888. His owner was likely a postal clerk who let the dog walk him to work. Owney was attracted to the texture or scent of the mailbags and when his master moved away, Owney stayed with his new mail clerk friends. He soon began to follow mailbags. At first, he followed them onto mail wagons and then onto mail trains. Owney began to ride with the bags on Railway Post Office (RPO) train cars across the state . . . and then the country! In 1895 Owney made an around-the-world trip, traveling with mailbags on trains and steamships to Asia and across Europe, before returning to Albany.

Video: http://www.postalmuseum.si.edu/exhibits/2c1f_owney_movie.html#1

Owney and an unidentified Albany, New York, letter carrier

Railway mail clerks considered the dog a good luck charm. At a time when train wrecks were all too common, no train Owney rode was ever in a wreck. The Railway mail clerks adopted Owney as their unofficial mascot, marking his travels by placing medals and tags on his collar. Each time Owney returned home to Albany, the clerks there saved the tags.

Owney poses in a mail train with his mail clerk friends

Postmaster General John Wanamaker was one of Owney’s fans. When he learned that the dog’s collar was weighed down by an ever-growing number of tags, he gave Owney a harness on which to display the “trophies.”

On April 9, 1894, a writer for the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported that “Nearly every place he stopped Owney received an additional tag, until now he wears a big bunch. When he jogs along, they jingle like the bells on a junk wagon.”

In June, Owney boarded a mail train for Toledo, Ohio. While he was there, he was shown to a newspaper reporter by a postal clerk. Owney became ill tempered and although the exact circumstances were not satisfactorily reported, Owney died in Toledo of a bullet wound on June 11, 1897. Mail clerks raised funds to have Owney preserved, and he was given to the Post Office Department’s headquarters in Washington, D.C. In 1911, the department transferred Owney to the Smithsonian Institution, where he has remained ever since. Owney can be seen on display in the National Postal Museum’s atrium, wearing his harness and surrounded by several of his tags.
Source: The National Postal Museum

Dog Found Guilty of Pilfering Cat Treats

Myke — Thu, 05 May 2011 11:44:38 +0000

Talking Dog Gets Hungry

Myke — Wed, 04 May 2011 21:54:06 +0000

A Kind Cat Tolerates a Playful Puppy

Myke — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 14:35:15 +0000

A Loyal Friend in Japan

Myke — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 13:29:45 +0000

Dogs Are Awesome

Myke — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 14:51:41 +0000

A compilation of amazing dog videos

via Chris Anderson

Ted and Pukka Go Skiing

Myke — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 16:30:39 +0000

Here’s a video of Ted Kerasote (author of the great book Merle’s Door: Lessons from a Freethinking Dog) and his dog Pukka enjoying backcountry powder skiing around Jackson Hole.

How much exercise is this dog getting???

Dachshund Puppy Gets Bath

Myke — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 16:58:12 +0000

via Roy Stone

The True Meaning of Dogsledding

Myke — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 23:48:56 +0000

Buddies: Cheetah and Borzoi Play Together

Myke — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 13:54:51 +0000

The dog trusts the cat.

Dog Uses Marketing To Get Adopted

Myke — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 13:51:48 +0000

Thinkbox’s second TV ad has been created by The Red Brick Road and directed by multi-award winning director Andy McLeod of Rattling Stick. Starring the multi-talented and extremely smart Harvey, it’s designed to show, in an engaging way, the power of TV advertising to affect people’s decisions.

Baxter the Therapy Dog

Myke — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 13:36:32 +0000

Baxter, the worlds best, most devoted, and oldest therapy dog, 19 years and 6 months, eased peacefully from his life on Friday afternoon, October 16th, 2009.

Baxter’s Website is at http://www.momentswithbaxter.com/

Dog and Deer Play

Myke — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 13:12:03 +0000

Rough play — the deer can box!

Golden Retriever Dog Uses Hands to Eat

Myke — Tue, 25 May 2010 22:01:02 +0000

Snoring Bulldogs (Not in my Bedroom)

Myke — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:42:38 +0000

Star and Petunia, sleeping bulldogs that snore.

I wouldn’t get any sleep with this snoring nearby.