Oh my, this is cute! (Yea, I found the Japanese version, so you see more videos of this puppy and his family.)
Pup Hats On Etsy
Lord love a duck—these hats just about did me in! I’m not a huge proponent of dressing up animals, but I understand the appeal. Don’t tell anyone, but Saffron does have several hats & festive headbands that we’ve put on her long enough to get a photo. However, the extreme cuteness of these hats made by “talk2thetrees” on Etsy could make me a dog hat devotee. (thanks, Holly!)
I love the description too:
Do your dog’s ears get a little cold? Is your pup ashamed of his ears? Does your dog need something to boost his confidence and make him feel like a sly fox?
10 Emergency Preparedness Tips You May Not Have Considered
Catster has a terrific list of easy-to-do things that can help your pets get through an emergency and includes several tips I hadn’t considered. These are three I thought were particularly good.
- A Together Tag registers your pet in a national network and allows you to have multiple contacts listed. This means you can have an out-of-state contact in the event that local calls aren’t going through. Microchips are still important, but getting access to someone with a scanner may be impossible after a disaster. The Together Tag is more insurance that you’ll be reunited with your pet.
- Scan or photograph the labels of your pet’s medication and upload to a photo-sharing site. Be sure to black out your personal information.
- Make detailed Emergency Instruction cards for your pets—include information on medications, food, who you want to have custody of your pet if your’re incapacitated or killed—and put the cards in a prominent place like the back of your front door. Consider one for your wallet, so if something happens to you, emergency responders will know your have animals dependent on you.
Friday Fun: Justice The Bulldog Puppy
I love this little guy. Can’t you just hear him? “For the love of God, would you please stand still?! Too. Much. Work.”
TreT The Ukrainian Parkour Dog
Holy crap, this dog is absolutely amazing! I love Parkour, which is a human sport/philosophy, and one aspect of it is to see beyond the obstacles in our environments. The obstacles become the means to moving through them.
This video looks like extreme agility coursing. The owner/trainer (Youtube username 3FishMan) must have such a rapport with TreT. Hopefully, he doesn’t push the dog to do too much. Judging from the owner’s comments, including the ones I translated from Russian, he seems to really care about TreT, and the dog looks very happy. It’s cool how alive dogs are when they get a lot of physical and mental stimulation. Wow!