Month: November 2009
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Can You Help The Forest Fire Dogs?
I received this urgent plea from Ginger's Pet Rescue, they are trying to help save the abandoned dogs leftover after the California forest fires. If...
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Dogster And Catster Video Contest Winners!
Dogster/Catster HQ's hosted a video contest that ran through October. They received a lot of great entries but in the end they chose Afro Ken...
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Survey Finds 8% of People are Potential Psychopaths
Wrapping cats in duct tape is, for reasons I cannot fathom, a relatively common practice among deranged lunatics. In the last year I have treated...
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Photo Caption Contest: What Rhymes with Bucket?
Some photos just don't need much set up and this is one of them. Have at it, Dogsters. To enter the contest just submit your...
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Cape Cod Market Keeps Canine Ambassadors
In Cape Cod there's been a battle going on at the Yarmouthport Village Store over Phoebe and Max, two English bulldogs. Penny and Charlie Sullivan,...
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Bo’s ‘Black Friday’ Book Signing & Toy Giveaway
After the successful book signing we had at Books-A-Million in October, were ready to do it again!! Come join us on November 27th, Black Friday,...
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Win A X-Mas Stocking Contest
It's hard to believe but Christmas is only a little over a month away. To get us all in that holiday spirit we're offering a...
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Dogster Members Save Big on Dyson
We at Dogster HQ are big fans of Dyson's pet-specific vacuum cleaners so we partnered with Dyson to bring you the Become a Dyson Dogster...
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Photo Contest Winner for November 16, 2009
The extra week served this contest well. The victory goes to a prior winner, Sadie Lickin's (who has a great photo on her page, by...
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Canine MENSA: How Smart Is Your Owner?
Hi Dogsters-Bo here. We've received so many comments on the How Smart Is Your Dog post, many questioning the validity, that I thought it's important...
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What are the Side Effects of Steroids During Surgery?
My 10 month old dog got spayed this past Tuesday. She was fine on wed except for excessive thirst and urination. Thursday she started to...
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10 Tips For Holiday Travel With Your Dog
Its hard to believe but the holiday season is officially here. A lot of people will be traveling by car to their destination, many with...
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Great Dane Named World’s Tallest Dog
AP Photo/Guinness World Records, Crissy Pascual Titan, a Great Dane, from San Diego has officially been named as the world's tallest dog. His height, as...
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Dog’s Death At Dog Park Serves As Warning
I received a very sad email yesterday from Dogster member Minika Hall. She wanted to share her recent tragedy at the dog park, which resulted...
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New Feature: Make Your Dog Profile & Group Buttons Any Color You Wish
Woofs everypaw! Now introducing: a tool a colorize the top buttons on your dog or group home pages. Today's update is very special because it...
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Get Dogster’s Free iPhone App
As you may have heard from our Unleashed blog, the lovable geeks at Dogster HQ have come up with the very first Dogster iPhone Application!...
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How Smart Is Your Dog?
There was an article in the San Francisco Chronicle today about the intelligence of dogs. I had posted a while back about that study, it...
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Dog Lost In Desert For A Year Found
I received a few woofs about this happy story. A bomb training Australian Labrador, Sabi, went missing a year ago in the Afghan desert during...
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Fighting Dogs Get New Life
Pit bull puppies being housed at the emergency shelter. Linda Campbell plays with dogs at an emergency shelter. In July the largest dog fighting raid...
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Hole In One For Dog
Hey Folks...Bo here. Ive received lots of email from readers that claim Im too pro-dog, anti-cat biased. Nothing could be further from the truth. As...
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Do Dogs Need Rabies Vaccines Every Year . . . if They Live in Mexico?
We retired to Mexico and they require a Rabies vaccine every year. Is this safe or do you consider this over vaccinating? There are so...
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iPhone Users, Try Our Free Chat App!
Hi everypaw, We love the Internet so we couldn't help but make an iPhone application. It's called Dog Park and if you have an iPhone...
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Pup To Go Carrier Contest
There's a new dog carrier on the market, Pup To Go, which allows you to carry your dog with you. Seeing as our dogs all...
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Why Does my Dog’s Skin Smell Bad and Itch?
I have an 7yr old female yorkie. She has had itching and patchy hair loss over the last yr. I have had her to two...
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“I’m Tired Of…” Introduces New Line For Dog Charity
Our friends from "I'm Tired Of..." just introduced a new line to help support even more charities. Its called ITo Loves Animals. They've just added...
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Sunbear Squad
This week's tip from Sunbear Squad is a must read for all dog lovers. We must teach others to stop thinking of their dogs as...
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Photo Caption Contest: Here We Go Again
Dogsters, after carefully reviewing the entries for last week's photo contest at Caption HQ, we've decided to let this contest run for another week. There...
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Police Dog Bites Wrong Man
In Eugene, OR a man was fighting off an intruder to defend his family when the police showed up, complete with K9. Unfortunately, the police...
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FDA Health Alert for Certain Pet Treats Made by Pet Carousel
For Immediate Release: Nov. 5, 2009 Media Inquiries: Rita Chappelle, 301-796-4672, rita.chappelle@fda.hhs.gov Consumer Inquiries: 888-INFO-FDA FDA Health Alert for Certain Pet Treats Made by Pet...
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Lost Dogster Dog, Help Find Rosie
Dogster member Rosie has gone missing, here are the details from her good friend, Daisy. Rosie escaped the morning of 11-5-09 from her pet sitter's...
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