Tag Archives: behavior
And The “Hambone” Goes To…
… the yellow Lab that ate the beehive. The whole beehive!
Each year Veterinary Pet Insurance Co (VPI) presents the Hambone award to the dog who has the nation’s most unusual pet insurance claims.
This year’s winner is Ellie, a 1 year-old yellow Labrador from Santee (way to bring home the gold for San Diego!!!). The [...]
Dolphins Play with Bubble Rings (Video)
I realize that dolphins blowing bubbles and playing with them doesn’t sound like much of a stretch, but watching this video shows just how amazing (scary smart even) dolphins are.
Did anyone else flash back to “So Long and Thanks for All the Fish”?
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The Stanley Chronicles: We Are Not the Champions, My Friend
Apologies to Queen fans for usurping one of their song titles, but if you remember the next line, “…and we’ll go on fighting ’til the end.” That was how last Friday was for Stanley and me.
Stanley and I were on our evening run when Stanley was attacked by a 1 year old bull terrier/pug mix [...]
Chihuahua Dies Protecting Family
Watch the video for the story as reported by the news . . .
First, let me say that as I listened to this report I heard a lot of word choices that are meant to convey certain emotions, such as “the pit bulls stormed into the house” (through an open door where at a house [...]
Acts of Red Squirrel Kindness
Humans are not the only species capable of compassion. Animals have been noted for their empathetic qualities or actions – do you remember the dog that would not leave its injured mother as it lay in the middle of the freeway? I’ll never forget seeing how it barked and lunged at the cars in an [...]
Happy Groundhog Day!
Straight from Gobbler’s Knob, Pennsylvania, Punxsutawney Phil, arguably the most famous groundhog in the United State (dare I say the world), made his appearance this morning at sunrise. Throngs of cheering and adoring fans were there to greet Phil in the frigid pre-dawn hours for his 124th prediction.
Is it just me or is Phil looking [...]
“Draw the Dog”
I woke up with a case of the Mondays. Whacked my shin on the bed. Too much toothpaste globbed on my toothbrush. My clothing choices look like I got dressed in the dark. Then I sat down in front of my computer and Jim George and a little dog named Sadie made everything a lot [...]
Friday Quote – Happiness
In the part of the country where I live, as I’m sure it is where you live too, there are so many people who seem to be driven to consume more and more for the sake of appearances. These do not look like happy people to me. They are over-burdened with debt. They work long [...]
Moscow’s Commuting Dogs
“A dog’s life” – the expression means to have a hard, rough-luck existence. This might be particularly applicable for the packs of wild dogs that live in the suburbs of Moscow and commute into the city center everyday to beg for food.
Stray [...]
Babies Get the Dog’s Message Loud & Clear
A recent study done at Brigham Young University in Utah shows that babies understand the meaning behind various types of dog barks with or without much experience with dogs.
Infants as young as 6 months of age can accurately associate the sound of an aggressive snarl or happy yip with the photo depicting corresponding body language.
While [...]