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“…We both know from experience that the love and laughter a pet brings into our lives are worth it.”

Nice piece by Kerry Hannon in the NYT this past weekend about dog grief.

The NYT pubbed a new article about how dogs age compared to humans, Old Dogs, New Science, and the Secrets of Aging –– with a handy Labrador retriever versus Tom Hanks breakdown!

Let’s all just hope that Harrison Ford (aka Indiana Jones aka Hans Solo) was not harmed during the making of this movie…

Harrison Ford is doing a big dog movie!

Airmail dropped a doggie love bomb this week with its cover story, Marking Their Territory –– and it’s all about how pooches are running wild over human resources in some of the tech-iest tech offices of the Bay Area!

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Everybody’s talking about Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt in Tarantino’s latest flick, Once Upon A Time in Hollywood — but the film also features a new breed of action star named Brandy who more than holds her own with the big dogs…and really chews up the scenery!

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This could be a fun love-hate movie for all you passionate dog lovers out there…Based on one of Broadway’s longest-running musicals ever!

[image error]It’s the end of an era with the sad news today of the passing of Grumpy Cat, the OG of social media/Internet celebrity superstars, who reportedly raked in untold millions in endorsements and appearance fees (and whose real given pet name was actually “Tardar Sauce”).

Although she always had that notoriously miserable expression pasted on her face, this famously frowning feline spreads tons of good cheer wherever she was seen online — or up close and personal. Thanks for the meme-ries, Grumpy...

[image error]Brian Hare and Vanessa Woods break down the cognitive attraction between readers and dog books in their ‘mind-blowing’ New York Times essay, Why Are There So Many Dog Books? (NYT)