Based on the book by J.R. Ackerley, My Dog Tulip, is a good, not great dog movie — mainly because I felt the storyline spent a little too much time focusing on Tulip’s desire to procreate. Not that I’m a prude by any means, but I digress…
Still, I couldn’t help but admire the film’s elegant, eye-popping animation and use of voice-over by Christopher Plummer — so it’s definitely worth a watch on Netflix.
If any dog deserves to have a book written about them, it’s these two beautiful babes…
Grieving Pit Bull Refuses To Leave Dead Dog
Black Lab stays by Golden Lab after hit by a car in Los Angeles…
Meet Giant George, who owns the title as The World’s Biggest Dog Book…
Wendy MacNaughton has drawn up a doggone wonderful essay on the secret world of Dogwalkers…
While just about every celebrity has a favorite charity nowadays, here’s one that all dog lovers can support — and laugh about…
Katherine Heigl, the self-proclaimed “Mad Dog Lady“, knows her Grey’s anatomy — and has spoofed herself in a Funny or Die video called “I Hate Balls” that humorously promotes her pro-spaying/neutering cause for pets. Watch it here.
If Jimmy Stewart can cry over the loss of his dog, then you can too…
Last Minutes With Oden, an award-winning video by Eliot Rausch, is about a man’s final day with his dog — and it’s a real tear-jerker — so be prepared to empty your box of Kleenexes. If Gus Van Sant (Drugstore Cowboy, Good Will Hunting) directed Marley & Me, this is what it might look like…
Scoot over, there’s a new couch potato in the house. DogTV is coming soon…
It looks like the super sweet Southern dog book/movie, Because of Winn-Dixie, might be heading to Broadway in a new musical version of the family-friendly film.
And if it does pan out in Tin Pan Alley, you can bet all the dog lovers will be whistling dixie with delight!
Check out these giant Jeff Koons-ish fiberglass dog sculptures by Yoshitomo Nara…
Fly the pet-friendly skies! (illustration by Jessica Hische)
Forget Brad Pitt (Moneyball, The Tree of Life) and George Clooney (The Descendants)…The real dog-eat-dog Oscar race tonight is between the playful pooches of The Artist (Uggie) and Beginners (Cosmo), as seen in this video here.
Susan Orlean, author of The Orchid Thief (or Adaptation, if you saw the very creatively adapted film by Spike Jonze and Charlie Kaufman) is pushing for a posthumous Oscar for the subject of her latest book, Rin Tin Tin: The Life and Legend, as it seems that way back in 1929, some ne’er-do-well actor fetched the poor dog’s gold statue all for himself!
The mutts are going legit for this new dog art show at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, featuring four-legged works by such artists as David Hockney.
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