It looks like one of The Hardy Boys — make that Tom Hardy (star of Warrior and Inception) — is going to crack a lost dog case in a new movie called Animal Rescue, which is based on a short story by Dennis Lehane (author of Mystic River).
Lehane himself recently happened to have a reward out for his own missing dog in real life, a pretty Beagle named Tessa. (Yahoo)
Dogs love lying in the sunshine — but could there be a deeper, darker Star Trek thing going on? (Daily HaHa)
I’ve heard of bomb-sniffing dogs, but doggie photobombers? Every dog deserves a good home — and some just won’t leave, even if their owners wants to sell!
Business Insider features 10 Dogs Photobombing Real Estate Listings…
The new thriller by Robert Crais about LAPD cop, Scott James, and his K-9 partner, Maggie, is titled Suspect — but it’s all about R-E-S-P-E-C-T, as this latest chapter was inspired by his real life dog’s passing. (LA Times)
Looking for a coffeetable dog book? Frank Bruynboeck has pretty pictures of rescue dogs! (Compawssion)
Neil Gaiman, the popular writer of graphic novels and comic books, has penned a touching eulogy in memory of his late dog — The Power of Dog, Cabal.
Historians knew that Hitler loved art — but in a 2011 New York Times column by Maureen Dowd, she discusses Dr. Jan Bondeson’s book, Amazing Dogs, in which he reveals that Hitler once supported a German school to teach large mastiffs to talk to humans. Luckily, it didn’t work — considering Adolf’s atrocious background, I can’t imagine those dogs were treated very well.
Of course, nowadays, everybody knows the world’s most famous canine blabber is Youtube’s Mishka the Talking Dog…
This question, and many more, are brought out of the doghouse in John Homans’s informative new dog book as he discusses domestic life with his lab mix, Stella — as well as the overall explosion in dog ownership in America (from 53 million in 1996 to 77 million in 2010).
The author questions if we as a people are becoming more isolated — or, perhaps, it’s just harder to make true, loyal friends in today’s fast-paced Internet age? (NYT)
In need of some last-minute stocking stuffers for the dog lover in your life? Kitson has got you covered with a whole shelf full of cute, funny dog books…
Just in time for the holidays, The New Yorker is releasing the aptly-titled, The Big New Yorker Book of Dogs, which includes a bunch of witty ramblings from James Thurber, Roger Angell, and many others from the mag’s esteemed archives, along with a foreword by superstar contributor, Malcolm Gladwell (The Tipping Point).
I Could Pee On This was the original working title for my comic dog novel (haha, not really!) –– but then this cool cat, Francesco Marciuliano, came up with it first!
Not many dog books can handle the subject matter of pet loss so sensitively, yet straight-forwardly, as Jessica Pierce’s The Last Walk: Reflections On Our Pets at the End of Their Lives. Read her compelling Op-Ed here. (NYT)
CNN was so touched by Fiona Apple’s touching letter in honor of her dying dog — that it inspired Kat Kinsman to write a tribute about her late Irish Wolfhound, Mordred, as “The Worldwide Leader in News” unveiled a new dead dog-friendly section dubbed Loving and Losing A Dog: Your Stories…
Just in case you’re going through withdrawal from the disappearance of all the Presidential polls and campaign events, Calvin Trillin nicely sums up the recent Obama vs. Romney election in comedic/poetic verse in Dogfight. (New York Times)
Fiona Apple has cancelled her South American concert tour to tend to her dying Pit Bull, Janet, during her final days. Regardless of what you think of Apple’s music, her lovely, emotional letter to fans explaining her decision will make all dog lover’s hearts melt/swoon. (pic credit: PuppiesLovers.net)
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