Movie Review – Air Bud 2

Fans of golden retriever dogs, old and young alike, will find this sequel to Air Bud a charming, if undemanding, movie. Picking up a few years after the original left off, this movie focuses on the Framm family’s young teenager Josh he struggles to cope with his father’s death, and his mother Jackie’s attempts to start dating again, and his lack of confidence in his own athletic ability at a new sport. With the help of his precocious dog, Buddy, Josh is finally able to confront all these issues and experience the thrill of victory.

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Weekly Tweets 2010-01-29

The Intelligent and Energetic Australian Cattle Dog

The Australian Cattle Dog, also known as the Blue Heeler, the Queensland Blue Heeler, and the Queensland Red Heeler, is a breed from the 19th century. Because of Australia’s rugged and demanding terrain, stockmen found themselves in need of a herding dog strong and tenacious enough to withstand the continent’s conditions. Although the specific breeds used for the modern day Cattle Dogs is unknown and hotly debated among breeders, it is speculated that Dingoes, Dalmatians, Bull Terriers, Smooth Haired Scotch Merle Collies (themselves a cross-breed between the Rough Haired Scotch Collie and the Blue Italian Greyhound), and Australian Kelpies play a role.

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Vote for PETSblogs & Help Us Give Away Elite Dog Club Memberships

We were invited to register PETSblogs for the 2010 TrainPetDog.com Dog Blog Award and nearly tossed the email out with the spam . . . but then we noticed that should we make it into the top 20 finalists, we’d be able to give 10 of our readers a free 10-year membership to the Elite Dog Club.

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Animal Planet Investigates: Dogfighting Exposed

Animal Planet airs a special program tonight, at 10 p.m. EST/PST, exposing the grim underworld of U.S. dogfighting. Animal Planet Investigates, a compelling new series of quarterly specials, brings animal protection issues and investigative journalism together in a show spotlighting the complex, behind-the-scenes work of advocating for animals.

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Affinia Manhattan Opens Westminster Dog Run

The Affinia Manhattan, located directly across from Madison Square Garden in New York City, is an official host hotel for this year’s Westminster Kennel Club’s 134th Annual Dog Show on February 15th and 16th. As such, this hotel is offering great, pet-friendly services including an outdoor Westminster Dog Run and indoor Doggie Salon.

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Tonight on DogTown

Tonight’s episode of DogTown features Shaggy, Penny, and Reggie . . . Get your quick preview and then join us watching NatGeo at 10PM ET/PT!

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The Massive Maine Coon Cat

Maine Coon CatPatriotic pet lovers can proudly call the Maine Coon a Native American breed. Maine Coons have an interesting back story, rife with inane speculation and possible connections to major events of world history.

Some have hypothesized that Maine Coons resulted from breeding a cat with a raccoon, but this is a genetic impossibility. Others have suggested that as Marie Antoinette was fleeing to America to escape seizure and beheading, her smugglers boarded her six cats with all her other belongings. Although she was eventually found, arrested, and beheaded, her longhaired cats made the trans-Atlantic journey to Maine, bred with American cats, and started a new breed altogether. Still others have argued that they came over much sooner, circa 11th century, on Viking ships, and the resemblance between Maine Coons and Norwegian Forest Cats adds some credibility to this theory. What is known for sure, however, is that these cats make great pets and companions.

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Weekly Tweets 2010-01-15

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Pot-Bellied Pigs as Pets: Ponderings and Particulars

Pot Belly SowAre you shopping for a pet, but tired of the same old cats, dogs, gerbils and birds? Perhaps you should consider adopting a pot-bellied pig. The first image that pops into your head when you think of a pig is probably the very cumbersome, pink animal, covered in slop and eating out of a trough. The truth is, pot-bellied pigs have many great attributes as pets in that they are extremely intelligent, affectionate, clean and quiet pets. Here are some basic facts about them.

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Losing Weight And Exercising More – Dogs And People Overcoming A Common Problem

If you are a dog owner, you don’t need to be convinced that your relationship with your canine companion is beneficial to you both. After more than 14,000 years of human beings keeping dogs as pets, there is no question that owning a dog must have benefits for both parties. Today, almost 40% of Australians and 37% of Americans enjoy these benefits of being a dog owner. Scientific research has provided evidence that pet ownership is associated with aspects of a healthy lifestyle, from additional physical activity to weight loss to companionship and social support.

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Knowing and Understanding Your Bullmastiff

Considered to be one of the most powerful canine breeds, the Bullmastiff was the result of cross breeding English Mastiffs with Old English Bulldogs, and was originally bred to thwart the efforts of various poachers and immobilize them. However, today they are viewed as viable family pets. Additionally, the misconception is that Bullmastiffs are Britain’s oldest breed of canine when in reality it is the Mastiff that is older. For all practical purposes, the Bullmastiff is a relatively recent breed of dog.

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