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Latest Blog Posts for SmartDogs' Weblog
- Obey The PugOr risk complete annihilation. Today Scientific American reports: Investigators of a house firein Bellevue, Wash., last week are suggesting an elevated 11-inch wide glass bowl of water magnified the sun’s rays onto a wood deck, sparking a blaze t...
- Too Busy to Blogon May 26, 2009 in dog training dogsWhat’s kept me away? The Unbearable Cuteness of Peeping Twenty-one adorable little peeps arrived here a two and a half weeks ago. A mixed bag of heavy, cold-hardy egg layers. We’ve discovered that stock tank full of baby chicks is...
- Still Life With Animated DogsPaul Fierlinger was born March 15, 1936 in Ashiya, Japan. The son of Czechoslovakian diplomats, he created his first animated film from a flipbook at the age of 12. In 1955 he graduated from the Bechyne School of Applied Arts. He worked as a book ill...
- Angry Farewell Notes From Runaway DogsBy Dave Donovan on McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern: To: Andrea From: Tiffany, 3-year-old poodle Bitch, seriously. The PETA fundraiser at Supercuts this coming Thursday? Bad idea. I’m leaving right now before I ruin my nails on your face.
- Hapi PuppyA friendship that will truly last forever. Today Discovery News reportsthat a puppy mummified 2,300 years ago was recently discovered lying at the feet of an Egyptian mummy. The mummy’s tomb was inscribed with the phrase “Hapi-Men&...
- Around the WebBayou Renaissance Man posted a fascinating story about a unique British war hero. A homeless mutt called Rip was befriended by an Air Raid Precaution Warden. Rip became the unit’s mascot and then - on his own - developed a remarkable...
- Clever MaggieI came across an interesting clip on YouTube today featuring a very clever little dog called Maggie. A bit of googling turned up an article in the Mountain Xpress News that tells us Maggie’s story: When Jesse and Arthur Treff got Maggie,...
- Glowing DisapprovalToday NewScientist.com reported that the world’s first transgenic puppies were recently born in Korea. The five cloned beagles have been genetically modified to produce a fluorescent protein that glows red under ultraviolet light. Lee and...
- Heavy Metal Repels InsectsNo – I’m not talking about lead, arsenic or mercury. On the heels of our post on semiochemical boundaries the WallStreetJournal has published an article on the use of hard rock music as a boundary to control hordes of swarming Mormon c...
- She’s Not a ReptileDespite her penchant for basking in the sun I’ve discovered that Zip isn’t a reptile after all. EurekAlert reports: Keeping warm isn’t the only reason lizards and other cold-blooded critters bask in the sun. According to a study...
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