I bet the breakroom was pretty awkward after this broadcast.
(Thanks, Hardhat!)

Togo, a Siberian Husky, is best known for his part as the lead of a team of sled dogs who carried diphtheria antitoxin to Nome, Alaska, in 1925—an event memorialized today by the Iditarod dog sled race.
You may not have heard of Togo, despite the fact that his team, led by Leonhard Seppala, brought the [...]

You can’t plan a theme crossover better than this: iRobot, makers of the Roomba and Scooba, are pushing the “Dirt Dog” cleaning robot designed for workshops and garages. With a yellow-and-black color scheme clearly designed to rip off DeWalt, the Dirt Dog is built to be able to slurp up nuts and bolts as well [...]

I grew up on and around farms, so my conception of dog care has changed quite a bit over the years as I’ve slowly transformed into a snotty, East Coast liberal. I mean, first I dress my bulldog Porter up in a humorous, humuilating tuxedo—you know, just for laughs—and the next thing you know I’m [...]

This is my dog Porter. He’s a pure-bred English Bulldog who was set to be shipped back to his breeder in Argentina because of an imperfection: he had “cherry eye,” a defect seen in many bug-eyed dogs that causes their tear glands to be pushed outside of the eye socket. We took him in at [...]

Ignore the cornball narration: This 8-minute film about Skidboot the dog is worth watching through to the end. Skidboot, you see, is smart as hell. I think it’s especially telling is how Skidboot was almost given away because he was always getting into trouble; smart dogs need a lot of attention. (Thanks, Peter!)

In the interest of better dinner fare—pan-fried chicken specifically—and environmental responsibility, I’ve happened upon quite the problem: What do I do with all this used vegetable oil?
This is an important question. Animal fats like lard taste darn good. (Heck, even vegetable oil is pretty tasty.) You can perform numerous gastronomic miracles with it; it’s [...]

Hachiko, an Akita, visited the Shibuya train station in Tokyo every day to meet his master, Professor Eisaburo Ueno. When Ueno died in 1925, Hachiko continued to visit the station, waiting for his master’s return (and to visit, no doubt, many of the friends he had made at Shibuya Station, including the station master, who [...]

It’s probably a good idea to set some boundaries on this week’s theme. Consider: Michael Patrick McPhail, accused of shtupping his family’s 4-year-old female pit bull terrier. McPhail was caught by his wife banging the dog on their backporch, which inspired her to take a couple pictures with her cameraphone before calling the police. (Unlike [...]