As I’m sure everyone already knows, this weekend is the big game, the Super Bowl. While I’m not much of a football fan I do look forward to the funny and creative ads aired on Super Bowl Sunday. Of course if the ads include dogs so much the better!
There will be several ads aired featuring dogs this Super Bowl. Here is a sneak preview.
First up is this Suzuki sled-dog themed ad featuring 8-year-old Husky Nitro tapping his paw to the beat:
Another Super Bowl dog ad is for Volkswagen, featuring 3-year-old Saint Bernard and Australian Shepherd mix Bolt (in a fat-suit!) inspired by a car to slim down and get healthy. He even hits a treadmill! Continue reading Super Bowl Ads Have Gone to the Dogs→
Blackie the Doberman, canine star of Martin Scorsese-directed movie Hugo, is expected to get a nomination at this year’s Golden Collar Awards thanks to the director’s campaigning efforts.
Blackie the Doberman stars as a train station attack dog in the movie Hugo.
Blackie was initially snubbed from the nominations, but Scorsese wrote a letter to the LA Times encouraging people to contact the award show’s organizers to request Blackie be added to the nomination list. Scorsese felt that Blackie should have been nominated in the “best dog in a theatrical film” category.
Blackie starred in the Oscar-nominated film Hugo as an attack dog owned by a train station officer. Scorsese suggested that Blackie didn’t originally secure a nomination due to the role she played, pointing out that a cute little Jack Russell Terrier received nominations for two films because the Jack Russell “plays a nice little mascot who does tricks and saves his master’s life in one of the films, while Blackie gives an uncompromising performance as a ferocious guard dog who terrorizes children.”
Dog Daily News, the Golden Collar Awards organizer, agreed to add Blackie to the nomination list if it received 500 write-in nominations via their Facebook page.
Apparently beer brewed especially for dogs has been around for a while, but it was news to us until we saw this article.
The Branding Villa Pub in England is now offering a non-alcoholic beer for dogs, flavored with meat extract. The pub is also offering up dog-friendly food including Sunday roast with “cat-flavored” gravy (made with beef and fish sauce, not actual cat).
In the U.S. we have Bowser Beer, another non-alcoholic brew. This one is made with barley malt and either chicken or beef, and in the Netherlands they brew Kwispelbier.
There are some dogs out there that already have a taste for beer, so if your dog is one of them you now have some canine-friendly, non-alcoholic options that are probably more palatable (to the dog, not you) and more healthy since they do not contain alcohol.
Have you ever given your dog beer (or has your dog gotten into some on his own)? Have you sought out beer brewed specifically for dogs? Let us know in the comments!
We’ve posted a lot of Christmas stuff. Didn’t want to forget our Jewish friends. Check out these adorable pictures from PeoplePets, showing animals dressed up in their holiday finery.
I used to work in a hospital, and whenever the sadness of dealing with the ill and dying got to me, I’d go up to the maternity ward and stare at the newborns for awhile. It provided a good lift for the soul.
The people at Method have now provided the same lift for those of us who seek solace in puppies. Product strategist Ritik Dholakia teamed up with designer Khoi Uong to develop an app that “would automatically send puppy photos whenever [you want them].” It also has a gallery of photos you can browse through anytime.
Puppytime costs just 99-cents to download and sends you three pix a day at the times of your choosing.
Until next time,
Good day, and good dog!
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