Put it in the Digester boy!

A plan has been hatched in Gilbert Arizona for canine waste at a dog park to be used to power a streetlamp. Students from ASU's Polytechnic are hoping to design and build a "dog waste digester" a machine which will convert dog waste to methane gas which in turn is used to generate electricity.

What a great idea! Now if we can only get the dogs to pick it up and put it in the machine themselves we will have something!
Are there any other places on the planet that are considering this besides Arizona? Will doggy poop someday power the world?

When you can't pay your bills, your dog understands.

When you can't find a job and you get depressed, your dog understands.

When your kids need more from you than you can give, your dog understands.

When your friends have troubles of their own and act weird, your dog understands.

Only a few reasons why I was happy to see that Petsmart earnings jumped by 20% during third quarter of 2010. Consumers continue to dote on their pets!

can kittens and chickens really peacefully co-exist

Nice lady came by the shop today and she has a kitten that thinks it's a chicken, even lives in the coop with the other REAL chickens, cute as heck. I am going to get video of it and when I do I will share it with all my pet lovers out there by posting it on YouTube then back to MBP blog.

Cheers!

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French Fried Dog?

Is not yet a delicacy we here in the USA typically enjoy, thank goodness! Who else but Dave Barry with his usual witty (tastes like chicken) nuggets of wisdom, usually funny as all get out, would see the humor in someones pets being deep fried and eaten in a domestic dispute over jewelry? Dave's always looking on the bright side when something tragic takes place in the world of pets.

It's not a story about dogs actually, thank goodness, otherwise nobody would be laughing about it. It's about a disgruntled wife (common law) who fried up 7 of this poor man's pet goldfish, because she was upset about some jewelry!

I eat a lot of fish myself, but I draw the line when it comes to some poor guy's goldfish. Then, to make matters worse she tells the cops who come to rescue the poor things that she has already eaten 3 of them! Yuck!

I don't care how upset I am about something I would NEVER even dream of eating someone's pet. Well, maybe my ex-wife's cat if I could have it slow- cooked. Or maybe a pet cow or something, I always enjoy a juicy steak. (just kidding all you cat lovers and 4-H guys and gals out there)

And I enjoy Dave Barry as well. If I had half his talent I could draw attention to pet issues, shelters & adoption et al, using a humorous approach, and without offending anyone! (or at least not many) I think that's part of Dave's gift, that and you always seem to know he's kidding around with you. I guess that's what a "humorist" does, huh?

I know he has pets, wouldn't it be great if he would guest post about an idea I sent him today? It's a thing I call "pet envy" and it has to do with peoples insecurities OR why you love your dog more than your wife. With his talent I can't wait to see what he does with it.

Stay tuned!

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Are There More Right-Pawed Dogs Than Left-Pawed Dogs?

A southpaw is what they used to call a left-handed pitcher in baseball and believe it or not, just like us humans where some of us are born right-handed and others left-handed, a dog can be either left pawed or right pawed. I always thought that was a funny way to describe a left-hander because when I hear "paw" I think of a dog, but baseball is a weird game anyway.

It has been well documented that some dogs will twirl when they get excited, especially the smaller ones like Yorkies or Pomeranian's. Which direction they twirl in, we suspect, has to do with the "handedness" of a dog. A right pawed dog would twirl in a clockwise direction and a left pawed dog would twirl in a counterclockwise spin. I got this bit of dog lore from Clay Thompson's column in the Arizona Republic although he does say he is only guessing when he responds to a reader with a question about twirling dogs. I think it's a reasonable explanation as to why some dogs twirl in a certain direction and others go the opposite way.

Of course once you think you have figured it out along comes a dog that spins in both directions, sort of ambigdogerous, which in baseball, means a switch hitter.

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This handedness thing can also be true of other animals such as cats and birds. I used to have a pair of birds who would do back flips off of their perch to the bottom of the cage. One faced to the rear and the other faced to the front but side by side. They would both back flip off the perch at the same time in opposite directions. It was fun to watch and sometimes when on for 10 minutes or so. I never did figure out what got them so excited.

Next time your dog twirls, note the direction of the spin and see if that jogs your memory of any other things you have seen your dog do that would indicate their handedness. There are some dead giveaways, such as; how they hold a bone while chewing, which paw do they use to scratch with, when your dog lays down in his or her little doggy bed which side do they lay on? Which paw gets offered to shake hands with? Try to think of any other character traits your dog has exhibited that would indicate a right-pawed dog or a left-pawed one. Of course, the definitive test is; wait till they calm down, hand them a pen and see how they sign their name. That will tell you for sure!

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Mattel Toys has introduced a cool little gadget that will have your dog paying for himself in no time at all. Not that we need payback from our dogs, at least not in cash anyway, their unconditional love is worth every dime we spend on dog food, as is every penny spent on dog accessories and vet bills. But wouldn't it be cool if ol Fido (in my case, Duke) himself could contribute toward the family bottom line?

Do you have any doubt for one minute that if your dog thought he could make you some cash, he wouldn't?, man, they LOVE us! Well, now they can really show their appreciation by using social media the way it was supposed to be used – showing the lazy among us how making money online is so easy that a dog can do it.

This new toy called Puppy Tweets may just be a way for your dog to make money online! Those crazy Mattel toy scientists have spent way too much time on Twitter, I guess it was inevitable that they come up with Puppy Tweets, social media for dogs.

Next thing you know there will be Barkbook, MyCrate, Digger and a whole bunch of others. Soon to be followed by other sorts of canine social media engines such as; Microbarking, Barkcasts and free dlog platforms like Dogger and Wordpaw.  I think my dog would say that Delicious speaks for itself.

This could be the next big thing! But wait! Puppy Tweets havn't even been released yet! But there is good news:  through an exclusive online offer available only by PetPx.com, you can now pre-order your Puppy Tweets. Be the first to have your dog Tweeting on Twitter. And as a special incentive for the 30th commenter to this post PetPx is offering a FREE Puppy Tweeter. But why wait?, pre-order your very own Puppy Tweeter today at PetPx and it will be shipped to you before the general public can get it's hands on it!

For instance, I can see the wheels turning in the make money online scammers heads, always conjuring up new ways of catching the unwary pet owner, money making online programs that require no work, make money for you while you sleep, and put thousands of dollars in your pocket with as little effort as just two hours a day – from your dog!

I can see the commercials that would be made, just like the ones with the hot babes, the Lamborghini cars, huge vacation homes – all these make money online programs that are made for TV, which are being outdated as we speak by the new make money online scemes where, it's a new day baby, and if you work at all you are a chump! Let me set the scene for you:

It's a gloriously sunny day on a huge tract of land, rolling hills, water features, trees (pre-marked), a three-story log, dog house, central air and heat,  pool, dog toys everywhere, a giant dog bed lined with the finest fleece, servants galore with steaks and table scraps on their serving trays. (No leashes or crates to be found in this fantasy).

Now picture an inpeccably groomed dog (name your breed) lounging in his favorite chair/bed/futon/couch. etc, possibly taking a break from his newest and favorite reality show, Real Bitches of New Jersey, the sun's rays are refracting wildly off of that diamond choke collar around his neck and there is a brand new pickup in the driveway!

Here are some of the possible make money online programs that would have your dog making millions for you. that's right, forget about doing it yourself, now you don't even have to work those grueling two-hour days any more, your dog does it all for you – and gladly!

Think about it this way, wouldn't your dog make the greatest employee of all time? Talk about loyalty to the company!

See for yourself how Internet Marketing programs geared toward making your dog work to make YOU rich could appeal to the idiots out there.

Your Dogs Path To Wealth- for YOU!

How Your Dog Can Make Money Online – While you sleep!

BowWow Your Way to a 6-figure income!

Iv'e Got an Online Bone to Pick with you,

My Dog got a billion Twitter  followers in just 90 days!

So easy even a Dog can make money online!

dlogging for dollars.

My Dog made a hundred grand this month in my spare time!

I think you are getting the picture! If a dog can Tweet on Twitter, what else can they do when technology collides with the pet world? If a dog can tweet 500 different ways now, what will he be doing in the future?

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I love you Daddy!

I like cats as much as the next person but, WOW! is all I can say about this cat! I don't know the story behind this picture, I ran into it on Stumbleupon, which by the way is a really cool app,  if you haven't tried it yet, give it a go.

Cats have always been a favorite of mine, I just love that they don't seem to give a darn. My Mom used to say. "a dog will come back to you if you call him, a cat will tell you to take a number and they'll get back to you!"

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Where do you suppose they keep the litter box for this rather large white tiger?