The Stuck: 12 hours in a pipe

A short, but sweet story of a successful rescue mission! A 4 week old puggle- Daschund mix was saved after its owners heard it crying from a pipe underneath their house.

Certainly there have been many stories like these, my question is how do the little guys even manage to find and crawl down a pipe in the first place?!? Crazy kids. Anyways, the wonderful team from the Humane Society launched a rescue mission that ended with the poor pup finally being pulled from the pipe about 12 hours after it first got stuck.

Nothin' but a little dehydrated and tired...sounds like feeding and then nap time to me! CHECK OUT THE AWESOME PICTURES/VIDEO HERE.

The Show: Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show

This is the big league guys...the Olympics, the Super Bowl/WorldSeries/PlayOffs etc. time of the DOG!! NEW YORK, February 13th, 2012 marked the 136th time this age old competition has been done.

Through my classes on animal behavior...I've learned that dog breeds certainly have changed quite a bit over time, sometimes for the better and sometimes not. We've bred for curlier tails, more crinkled skin, shorter/longer legs, furrier coats...among other strange traits. At the same time, breeders also focus a lot on trying to "keepin' it in the family"...AKA inbreeding winners. Not really something I agree with nor approve of since it can cause a lot of disease and side effects in the health of the animal, such as their spine development.

Either way, this show is a big deal, and all the crazy "dog dads" and "dog moms" flock from all around the country to try and get their pooch to the top spot. Anyone ever seen the movie Best In Show?? I imagine that must ring pretty true...although I've never been to one of these myself! They spend tons of $$$ primping and grooming...brushing and conditioning, one might think these dogs are the queen of SOMETHING.

In a way I think it shows a lot of love, these breeders and owners spend a lot of time properly training their animal as well as maintaining good health so as to meet the standards of what the specific breed is supposed to look like--according to the judges anyway.

So take a look at all the purrrty four-legged animals in this year's BEST IN SHOW:)