Chaser – The World’s Smartest Dog [video]

How Breeding Has Changed Dogs

 

This article quickly covers the questionable traits bread into various dog breeds in the last 100 years.

Read the article HERE.

Do You Look Like Your Dog?

From Awkward Family Photos –

We’ve all heard the saying that dogs tend to look a lot like their dog owners. That was the inspiration for Swiss artist Sebastian Magnani’s photography project called “Underdogs,” in which he photographed dogs and their owners and combined them into to highlight the connections between them.

Check out the photos HERE.

So You Always Wanted A Watch Covered With Your Pet’s Fur?

So you always wanted a watch covered with your pet’s fur? Well, today is your lucky day. Actually not; they’re on back order. But, you can find out about the watches HERE.

Simply send us 2-4 oz of your pets fur in an airtight bag. Once it arrives at our studio, the magic begins! We’ve developed an innovative and hand crafted process to transform the fur into a felted wool, which we heat form to a leather watch band and metal watch body shell. With our specialized hydrophobic coating, your new timepiece will remain soft, yet stay clean and water resistant.

Animal Selfies

Cheezburger.com posted a collection of ‘selfie-like’ photos of various animals. Enjoy.

Here’s a page of dog selfies.

Too Damn Cute – Animals Smelling Flowers [pics]

The title explains it – check out the photos HERE.

Tech Enables Communication With Dogs

Wired reports –

Melody Jackson, a computer scientist at Georgia Tech, has been outfitting service dogs with computerized vests, so that in an emergency they can find another human and pull a mechanical lever on the vest that triggers an audio message: My handler needs you to come with me! When people hear this for the first time, “they jump back 3 feet, because the dog is talking,” Jackson says, laughing. The dog can also do other tricks with its wearable, like triggering an SOS alert with GPS coordinates. A search-and-rescue dog could do the same. It’s all part of a curious new field called animal-computer interaction.

Continue reading HERE.