Puppies! Puppies! Puppies!

Sorry for the low number of posts today, I just saw this puppy cam and have been watching it for the past few hours. Gaww.

Ed Rendell Enlists Puppy Army

Gov. Ed Rendell spoke today at a rally in favor of his puppy mill law, which some legislators are attempting to shoot down because it might cost them (or their donors) money. And the world continues to spin.

The puppy mill law supporters are pulling out all the stops, though, with an army of cute doggies.

Rendell made his comments on Tuesday during a capitol rally attended by dog lovers, when he could get a word in edgewise:

“Each and every one of you have to go to your senators and tell them this is an issue that you’ll vote on! [barking] [cheering] A smart dog as well, right?” The governor was upstaged by his own dog, a golden retriever named Maggie.

That’s funny, because I bet Maggie does better football analysis, too.

Rendell Rallies Supporters of His Puppy Mill Proposal [KYW 1060]
Photo by CavinB, Creative Commons license

It’s Been A While Since I’ve Done So…

Photo by Indiana Adams, Creative Commons license

Aww, Cutest Protest Ever!

Yesterday, about 100 dog lovers — along with their yawning four-legged friends — protested in Harrisburg yesterday in favor of new legislation against puppy mills. As you may know, the Amish — who I can write anything about because they don’t have the Internet — and other unsavory types run a ton of puppy mills in Pennsylvania. I believe we’re the “Puppy Mill Capital of the East Coast.” (We’re #1! We’re #1!)

“If you’re a breeder that doesn’t give a dog adequate water every day, doesn’t give it food free from toxins, and doesn’t take the dog out of the cage to clean the cage,” said Rep. James Casorio Jr., D-Westmoreland, the bill’s prime sponsor. “We’re coming after you today.”

Meanwhile, inmates in Philadelphia have roughly the same conditions as puppy mills and this protest was covered and the marijuana march much closer to home wasn’t and blah blah blah. Aww, doggies!

Dog Lovers Push For Pa. Puppy Mill Laws [CBS 3]

CBS 3 Reports On Inspirational Puppy

Uh, so here’s CBS 3’s story about an inspirational local dog. No, really: on the site, the video is titled Abandoned Dog Becomes Inspiration To Many. Buddy, a cute Maltese mix, was found at a Macy’s at a mall. He is now an inspiration to many, apparently. I must say: I am pretty inspired.

This took up 2 minutes, 13 seconds of the newscast at 6 p.m. yesterday. That’s a lot to spend on a half-hour news program. But, like the guy says on the report, p… p… puppy!! Aww, he’s a fuzzy little guy.

Puppy News Roundup!

A reader slapped some sense into me this morning and let me know I had been neglecting important puppy news. So here’s a roundup!

• The little cutie at right is was one of two dogs stolen. Two female golden retrievers were stolen from a litter of 16 (sixteen?) and are presumed missing, cute and loved. The dogs probably weren’t targeted — non-dog items were stolen as well — and there is more adorable video at the link. [NBC 10]

• Meanwhile, packs of wild dogs are roaming the street in Moscow. Residents have a higher chance of being attacked by a wild dog than being mugged. Fortunately, the problem is under control for one man: “I now carry some sausage and a repellent just in case.” [ABC News via Gawker]

• Headline: Report: Hungry Korean Man Tries to Cook Landlord’s Dog. Ha ha, Fox News, sorry, I’m not falling for that fake news story. [Fox News]

Puppy!

beagle [Flickr]

Inquirer Narcs On Temple Puppy Auction

During Saturday’s game against St. Joseph’s, Temple held an auction for its sports programs. One of the items up for bid was a nine-week old golden retriever puppy. (Since the school can’t auction sex, it clearly knows “puppies” is about the best it can do.)

And guess who won the auction? Temple women’s basketball coach Dawn Staley, hardly a Michael Vick of the sports world. She’s going to give it to her mother, and something tells me Dawn Staley’s mom might have enough time and money to care for the dog and give it a good home. Clearly, this is a win-win for all people.

But wait! The Inquirer was having none of this, and seemingly notified the authorities (or at least Temple) about the puppy auction. Even though the state is the puppy mill capital of the United States, auctioning off a dog is apparently illegal in Pennsylvania.

Anyway, the story has quotes worrying about how a college student could care for a dog, even though it was adopted by a multi-millionaire athlete. Yes, one shouldn’t purchase a pet on a whim, but winning one at an auction and buying one in a pet store are pretty much the same thing, only the legal pet store option is much, much worse.

Temple could get fined for auctioning off said nine-week old adorable puppy. The Inquirer will get fined for using a record number of puns (345) in one news story. The puppy will probably get a bone or something.

Puppy auction buys Temple a little spot of trouble [Inquirer]

OMG BAT DOG PUPPIES !!!

Chase, the adorable bat dog for the minor league Trenton Thunder (with Hideki Matsui at right) is now going to be a father. The water-bringing, bat-retrieving dog has been matched up with a dog from from Cynazar Golden Retrievers. A litter is expected at the end of the month.

Wacky promotions have been a part of baseball ever since men like Bill Veeck realized the teams play like 450 games a season and there are like 30 leagues and so the teams need to send a dwarf to the plate every once in a while. Chase is just another part of that tradition of hilarity, along with 10-Cent Beer Night, the 1994 players’ strike and the opening day starting lineup of the 1997 Philadelphia Phillies.

You can actually contact the breeder if you are interested in one of the puppies. Be sure to ask if they have models that can retrieve other sporting equipment. (Jock straps?)

The Thunder’s press release is here. There’s video of Chase picking up the bat here.

Puppy Comes To Rescue Of Blog Editor

Okay, I haven’t posted a puppy photo in a while, unless you count yesterday, and I don’t. There is absolutely nothing in the world going on today unless you care about Pakistan. Not only do I not really care about that story, it doesn’t really fit on this blog so I get to ignore it. Hooray!

[photo via Flickr]