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]

Slowest Day Ever Interrupted By Cute Puppy

Chinook the Mini Goldendoodle [Daily Puppy]

Serial Puppy Thieves On Loose In Delaware

Three women — see, it wasn’t me — stole a West Highland White Terrier puppy from a pet shop, which is a place you shouldn’t pay to get a dog from, let alone steal. The Pet Place is Hockessin, Del, is now missing a $600 female pup, the second Westie taken from the store in just over a month.

According to The Early Show, though, police departments are now using CSI-type tools and, uh, special effects to solve animal crimes. Animal CSI, they’re calling it.

“I have to be the voice. I have to be the voice of the animal… It is very much just like ‘CSI,’ except our victims cannot testify,” says the forensic vet of the New York ASPCA. Of course, prosecutors have decried the CSI effect, which makes it harder to get convictions since jurors are expecting slam dunk cases. It’s best to just help the animals, though.

[Image licensed via Creative Commons]

CBS 3 Hot On The Cute Dead Dog Beat

This Only on 3! — Larry repeats this twice, it must be a new slogan — report details a Yorkie who was killed by a pit bull. “Buddy never stood a chance,” the report says. Okay. Will the pit bull be put down?

They don’t know where the dog is, actually, and CBS 3 knocks on the owner’s door and gets to show really dark footage you can’t really see.

[Image via, Creative Commons license]

Barack Obama Taking Ideas From Jack Kelly

Looks like Jack Kelly isn’t the only one attempting to use the love of four-legged friends. A friend forwarded me a piece of the latest Obama email, which details Puppies 4 Obama, the latest presidential campaign website which is the latest in cutting-edge non-blimp campaiging.

We are trying to develop a web page to involve kids, and people generally young at heart, in the election process. We plan to have a mock election for dogs in December. Voting begins December 3, 2007 so hurry if you want to participate. It should be fun.

Ahh, yes. It should be fun. Also, what would a good presidential campaign site be without an Ann Coulter screed to inspire you to back Obama. As if puppies weren’t enough. Also on that page, there’s a link that says “I Have No Cash,” which seems to explain the (poorly-designed) website a bit better.

WWW.PUPPIES4OBAMA.COM
Oct. 19: Puppies 4 Jack Kelly!
[Cuteness via Flickr user vzabalza]

Read Error: News. Abort, Retry, Fail?

Ahh, yes, with that cutting edge reference from 1994 in the title, I’m telling you the news has apparently shut down in advance of the holiday. It left two of it’s prongs on autopilot: travel and shopping. Those two stories will be the only news taking place until Monday or so (Sunday if we’re lucky!) and so I figured it was time for me to call it a day.

Posts on Friday? Almost certainly, just so those in cubicles don’t rise up in bloody revolt. (I’m doing my effort on the homefront for the war. Are you?)

Have a happy Football/Food Day tomorrow.

Dog With Four Legs Stolen By ‘Thugs’

Thugs steal puppy from woman, reads the headline, for that is what happened.

Yes, in Souderton, Bucks County, a woman had the schnoodle (one of those hybrid mutts) she’d gotten just 12 hours earlier taken by two men. “Nice-looking puppy,” the one man said “snidely,” the paper reported, before snatching it from the 62-year-old woman.

And in case you happen to see a dog you think is the kidnapee (not pictured above, but aww):

Authorities are still determining what motivated the men to steal the dog, which is recognized for its loyalty, intellect and love of a game of fetch.

So, you know, a dog that likes to play fetch. Shouldn’t be too hard to find.

Puppies 4 Jack Kelly!

Just when you think Jack Kelly can’t work this “I’m the candidate who likes puppies the most!” shtick any harder, he goes and films a campaign video contained almost entirely of cute puppies and kittens.

And Jon Saidel — also holding a puppydog — thinks you should use one of your five City Council At-Large votes to the candidate that hates foy grass and loves four-legged and two-legged creatures. But what about spiders, Jack? How do you feel about eight-legged freaks?

Campaign Commercial 1 [YouTube]
Yesterday: Jack Kelly Unsure Of How Many Legs Ducks Have