European Union bans the sale of cat and dog pelts – effective immediately! Nah, just kidding. Someday, though.

Yes keyboardist Rick Wakeman and Heather Mills decided to tackle a controversial issue … and won!

An EU-wide ban on cat and dog fur imports will be enforced by the end of next year after a European Parliament vote.

Overwhelming backing for the move comes after eight years of campaigning by celebrity supporters including Heather Mills and the rock star Rick Wakeman.

In other news, the European Union actually ALLOWED the sale of dog and cat furs before rock stars and Heather Mills got involved, it’s still a free-for-all for another year and a half, and it took 8 years to get European lawmakers to decide that was a bad idea? What are they smoking over there?

Oh yeah, I remember. I’ve been there before.

“There are still many shoppers in the UK and the rest of Europe blissfully unaware that the items they buy are actually made from the skins of cats and dogs.”

Did you know that 99% of the items sold at Tesco are made from cat pelts? It’s true! Even the eggs.

All joking aside, three big woofs for Heather Mills and Rick Wakeman:

Woof…

Woof…

Woof!

And the next time I see Heather Mills, I will hump her leg in appreciation.

 

Tiny Dancer turns one, fights with Ducky to become official Guinness ‘World’s Smallest Dog’

Famous Floridian Tiny Dancer could become the world’s smallest dog… if it weren’t for that other meddling mini-mutt from Massachusetts.

According to today’s Boston Globe, a Massachusetts woman says her prized pooch Ducky has been officially named by Guinness World Records as the world’s smallest living dog, by height, at 4.9 inches.

That would beat the celebrated Lake County dog named Dancer by a whisker. Dancer measured 5 inches on his first birthday June 8. Dogs aren’t eligible for such records until they reach a year old. The height is measured in inches from the dogs’ paws through shoulders.

Despite Dancer’s apparent, uh, shortcoming, his owner, Jenny Gomes of Okahumpka, is not ready to concede.

OkaHUMPka? When can we move?

 

Crikey! Three-legged dog saves Australian family from fire

An alert three-legged dog has saved an Australian family from a house fire.

A three-legged dog has saved a family on Queensland’s Darling Downs from a house fire overnight.

Fire had taken hold of the 100-year-old timber house in Dalby before the family was alerted.

Acting police Sergeant Brett Stevenson says it was the persistent barking of a three-legged dog which enabled the couple to escape with their children aged four and two.

“They managed to get out fairly quickly before they were overtaken by any smoke or flames,” he said.

Way to go, Fido! Three woofs.

Woof…

Woof…

Woof!

UPDATE: His name is ‘Jack the Peg’.

 

Welsh dog sings hymns in church, both members of congregation smitten

A Labrador Retriever helper dog in Wales has taken to singing along in church.

[Teddy] only joins with the rousing hymns and often takes a break to sleep during sermons.

Smart dog! Good boy.

 

Unpronounceable, overpriced hairless dog steals the show in Mexico

It’s called a Xoloitzcuintles, and man is it ugly.

Xolos were common throughout Mexico at the time of the Spanish Conquest. They were considered sacred by the Aztecs, who sometimes ate their meat as a cure-all for illness or buried the dogs with their owners to help guide the human spirit to the afterlife.

Class act, those Aztecs.

They actually sound kind of cool. I’m waiting for my Xolodoodle.

 

UPDATE! Vets leery of dog diet drug, state the obvious

From the ‘who woulda thunkit’ department.

“Just about every dog I’ve know that’s obese, unless they’ve got a thyroid condition, it’s because the owner doesn’t exercise them and feeds them too much,”

Ya think?

 

Indian dog, monkey become friends, fling two different kinds of poo.

A dog and a monkey have become inseparable friends. Where else but in a tiny cage at a hotel in India?

Photo slideshow here

A dog and a monkey have formed an unbreakable bond, playing and eating together, without being bothered about whose [sic] looking at them…

All together now:

Awwwwwwwww

 

Near octogenarian golfer saves drowning Pomeranian, resumes her game

A 76 year-old golfer saved a Pomeranian from drowning Tuesday morning.

Golfer Jean Kautzman rescued a drowning dog at a suburban St. Louis golf course Tuesday before her first round even began

Aw jeez! The poor old lady didn’t even get one hole in! Then what happened?

After the rescue, Kautzman kept the same clothes on, dried off, and resumed playing her 18 holes

Now that is one spunky grandma. Three woofs!

Woof…

Woof…

Woof!

 

Chinese dog gives birth to kitten.

A dog has become a celebrity in the Chinese village of Huayang after she reportedly gave birth to a kitten.

“The first two puppies the dog produced were both normal, but when the third baby came, the whole family was very surprised to see a cat-like creature. It is a cat, not a dog at all,”

It’s a puppy-kitten. A pitten.

No.

Kippy.

No.

Puppy-kitten it is.

 

Mutant dogs run faster, threaten to take over New Jersey

Strange genetic mutations are turning Whippets into Superwhippets.

“Bully whippets,” as the heavyset dogs are known, turn out to have a genetic mutation that enhances muscle development … The scientists found that the same mutation that pumps up some whippets makes others among the fastest dogs on the track.

Scientists also discovered that with these mutations, whippets are able to nip your ankle 4 times faster and twice as hard.