Boomer the Newf to seek tallest dog title
How tall is Boomer? Tall enough to drink from the kitchen faucet, while all four feet are on the ground. Tall enough to look peer through a car window, and look down on the driver. Boomer measures 3...
View ArticleMy dog is bigger than your’s
Last week we showed you Boomer, the Landseer Newfoundland whose owner hopes to have him proclaimed the world’s tallest dog by the Guinness Book of World Records. Now, the owner of a Great Dane in...
View ArticleAdoption offers pour in for burned dogs in Indy
Adoption offers and donations have been pouring in for two dogs whose owner set them on fire in Indianapolis because they bit her, police said. Kathrine Brotherton, 35, told police that she wanted to...
View ArticleBoston terrier wins Elvis lookalike contest
Ace and I have been avoiding all things Elvis — not easy to do when one is between Memphis (home of Graceland) and Tupelo (birthplace of The King). Still, I would be remiss if I didn’t pass along this...
View ArticleMan wants new name: Boomer the Dog
A judge in Pennsylvania has rejected a Pittsburgh-area man’s petition to change his name from Gary Guy Mathews to “Boomer the Dog.” Mathews, 44, is an unemployed computer technician and a follower of...
View ArticleCalifornia dog killed by swarm of bees
One dog was killed, one survived and another is fighting for its life after a swarm of bees attacked them in their back yard in Chula Vista, California. Carissa Musaraca says she went outside just...
View ArticleDog’s shooting death leads to campaign
Maybe it’s because he was a golden retriever, as opposed to a pit bull. Maybe it’s because he was 12-years-old and arthritic. Maybe it’s because his owner is a lawyer. In any case, when it comes to the...
View ArticleCricket tries baseball
Cricket has only been at the Forsyth Humane Society for a couple of days, but already the rubenesque Chihuahua has been on a special outing. Tuesday night, Cricket, along with two beagle siblings named...
View ArticleBoomer: The man who wants to be a dog
Dogs crave attention. Humans crave attention. So it’s only logical to assume that, being both, Boomer the dog, also known as Gary Matthews of Pittsburgh, requires large doses of it. He got some from...
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