TaskRabbit, a new website created to hire helpers do your dirty work for you — i.e., errands, odd jobs — was initially inspired by a troublemaking yellow Labrador named Kobe, who sadly passed away this last year. Read Taskrabbit’s head taskmaster, Leah Busque’s loving profile here.
Category Archives: Dog News Stories
Do You Look Like Your Dog?
If you and your dog were possibly separated at birth, then maybe you should sign up for 7×7 Mag‘s Doggelganger Contest!
Wes Anderson Doesn’t Like Dogs?
Ian Crouch of The New Yorker is positing the theory that perhaps Wes Anderson, the stylish, erudite director of The Royal Tenenbaums and Moonrise Kingdom, is not a fan of dogs. Personally, I think Mr. Anderson just likes to use his clever humor to subvert the public’s love for pups, but you can decide for yourself by reading the article here.
Soldier Dog’s Reunion
Loyal Dogs
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…
Google Dog Rules!
Dog Art Show at The Met
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.
Beam Me Up, Doggie?
ABC News recently caught this amazing footage of a fallen soldier’s dog looking in the backyard for his deceased owner — and no, it wasn’t Photoshopped!
RCA Dog = Jack Russell?
The New Yorker delves deeply to unsolve the mystery about whether Nipper The RCA Dog was, indeed, a Jack Russell Terrier…
Dog Bieber?
It’s what all the tweener dogs are talking about…(K9)
The Right Stuffed?
I love dogs as much as anyone — but I’m not sure if I could stomach a stuffed ex-pet version of my beloved deceased Jack Russell. That said, The New York Times recently featured this article on the new aptly-named Animal Planet TV show, American Stuffers, that provides an alternative solution to those pet owners who still must have their old pal around.
A True Dog Friend…
Jennifer Aniston gets a tattoo in honor of her beloved dog, Norman…











