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You, dear reader, have been clamoring to know where I was, well…

Dear HarleyGirl,

I have read your blog religiously for a while now.  Your work is refreshingly simple, without pretense, free of self-congratulatory noise that afflicts so many in the ava… Read full post »

Flickr / Peteeenainet 

Spring is, allegedly, here—the temperature is in the mid-40s; so I’ve decided to go on summer hours, writing three blogs a week.    I took a road trip last week with the new Disney Dogs on Ice show.  No, silly, I wasn’t skating/… Read full post »

Wow, he’s really tall. 

Photo credit:  ownsociety

Well, it’s April 2011, nigh time to predict the winner of the Republican nominee for president.  It's Mitt Romney.  Why?  He’s the tallest.

I predict that Mitt Romney at 6&rsq… Read full post »

Happy Harry’s Canine Escort Service…

because your dog’s a money pit.

Dear HarleeGirl,

Just wanted to share a money-saving tip with you…

As the head of household trying to do the right thing in an era of limits, where every family must… Read full post »

Hey, Angelo, next time just borrow the damn keys.

 From the DogBlog Secondhand News Service:

“Hey Mom, can I get a ride to the store?”  That’s presumably how the early-morning errand began for Angelo J. Palmieri and his mom, 47-year-old Cindy M. Willison, of/… Read full post »

voanews.com 

Brave little Ban, the Japanese tsunami dog, was rescued Monday after three weeks at sea.  The intrepid mutt was reunited with its host human after being rescued by the Coast Guard off the coast from Kesenuma in northeastern Japan.

Ban was found floating on the roof of… Read full post »

Dear Hgurl,

Help!  I went on vacation to  Naples (Florida, of course, I’m from Minnesota) and I got out there in the lawn chair to work on my tan, fell asleep, and lo and behold when I awoke I had a striped sunburn on my stomach where the little rolls… Read full post »

Mysophobia, that’s why.  Fear of germs.  The short-fingered vulgarian has been teasing about running for Prez, a tactic surely linked to his wanky spanky TV series ratings quest, but it ain’t gonna happen.

Suffering from “Howard Hugh’s disease,”… Read full post »

It’s April 1^st, and I can’t even think of an April Fool’s Day joke.  Sometimes blogging is a merciless mistress.  Perhaps it should have been named flogging.  A dog is at a disadvantage in most salons.  Our range of experience is knee-high and olfactory experienc… Read full post »

According to the newspaper, 65% of dogs are overweight.  That’s a higher rate than the 63% of humans who are overweight.  Plus size dogs usually have two things in common:  lots of treats and no walks.  One researcher says dogs should walk an hour a day. … Read full post »

chappysmom.com 

Dear HarleeGirl,

My dog steals things like my wallet and socks and puts them in various hiding places.  Is this normal?

Still Haven’t Found What I’m Lookin’ For

Budget, MO

Dear Still,

Well, dear, I suppose you might say it’s more… Read full post »

I’m reading Inside of a Dog, by Alexandra Horowitz and I’m so grossed out!  Did you know that in my proto-wolf community the reason for licking faces after a dog returns from the hunt is that it’s the home community’s way of saying, “I’m hungry,/… Read full post »

Paris Hilton and small, rodent-like creatures.

The National Association of Purse Dogs launched a new PR campaign, Size Doesn’t Matter, to improve public perceptions of the the pint-sized pooches.  Fluffy Galore, a Chinese Crested, spokesdog for the initiative said to DogBlog/… Read full post »

If you see a truck like this in your neighborhood report it to the proper authorities.  These trucks are being used to transport sleeper cells of government workers around unsuspecting areas of the country where they have been tampering with mailboxes. 

Breaking news from Dog… Read full post »

Grandma Harluschka used to say, “If you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all.”  If that were to be true the blogosphere would go dark.  In drama, there is no action without conflict.  Could that be true with blogs, too? … Read full post »

Breaking news from DogBlog News Network:  an interview with South Dakota Governor Dennis Stainguard.

HG:  Well, that was a surprise about women wanting an abortion needing to talk to fake social workers posing as care providers while advancing hard-right religious agendas.  How’… Read full post »

A new study from the Center for New American Cosmetology has found that 7 percent of dogs cannot differentiate between their heads and their tails.  “I know one is ‘back there’ and one is right here,” said one respondant, “but I just couldn’t tel/… Read full post »

“Champ” 

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Musher John Baker won Alaska’s Iditarod yesterday, finishing the race in 8 days, 19 hours, 46 minutes, 39 seconds.  Baker cut exactly three hours off the previous record established in 2002. He was the first member of… Read full post »

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People, this is what I’ve been saying all along:  A new Michigan State study shows that people who own dogs and walk them are healthier than their non-dog-owning counterparts.  The study showed that people who excercised with their dogs daily were one-third… Read full post »

A new survey conducted by the Center for New American Cosmetology concludes that climate change is no longer a problem for the U.S. A plurality of respondents, some 49% of those surveyed, responded along the lines of Crystal Sporidia of Nuisance Bay, Alaska, who wrote in the margin that she was… Read full post »

I was so surprised when I picked up the telephone (with my mouth) and it was Oprah!  I scrambled for my bark recognition software and set it to the iPhone position, the one I use to take iPod confession app confessions…

O:  Hello, is this HarleeGirl?

H:  Why/… Read full post »

The Catholic Church’s rude refusal to take confessions made via the iPhone confession app has led to opportunity here at DogBlog.  Yes, DogBlog is ready to take your confession via iPhone effective immediately!

What’s more, we offer a strict “no judgment policy.&… Read full post »

Xena the Warrior Princess

wikkipedia.org 

Dear HarleeGirl,

I am just trying to keep up with the news.  Can you tell me what Xenaphobia is?

Brie,

Saltlick, AZ

Dear Brie,

Of course, dear.  Xenaphobia is an irrational fear of Xena, the warrior princess/… Read full post »

Gibson:  So what did you, how did you…

Sheen:  I’m a rocket blaster, a plaster caster, a turkey baster, a gurnade launcher, smelly Melly, I’m gonna sheen ya.

Gibson:  What are three things never to do with an escort.

Sheen:  Amateur photography,/… Read full post »

Dear HarleeGirl,

I couldn’t help but notice with your two recent stories that you have begun to write your own news; i.e., “Membership in the Flat Earth Society Soars” and “Union of Concerned Scientists Say They Just Don’t Care Anymore.”  Please consult the O… Read full post »