Awww. Look at the little Cavalier! Isn’t he cute! Isn’t her a cute wittle itty bitty puppy…
Erhm. I mean. Hey, here’s the current Philly.com front, shamelessly featuring one of my favorite dog breeds in an attempt to get a link. Nice try, guys, but it’s not going to w–oh, yeah, I guess it did. Aww, cute wittle doggy.
I encourage everyone to head over to the website of The Daily Local News (out in West Chester) and view this 2008 year in review video.
It’s pretty much the best year in review anyone could possibly do; the narrator uses a great voice that sounds like a parody of John Facenda, and the video suddenly, randomly ends with, “Joe Biden picks a puppy!” and a prediction for an Eagles’ Super Bowl win.
In other year-end news: Last night, on the Channel 69 news, the #1 story of the year was Obama’s election. The #2 was the debut of the Lehigh Valley IronPigs.
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.
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.”
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.
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]
