Okay, Malachy the Pekingese that won the Westminster Dog Show isn’t really the child of Chewbacca and an Ewok, but he sure looks like he could be!  The evidence:

Lisa Kelley agreed, “he does look like an Ewok, very cute.” And Joy Windle said he looks like “an animated tuffet.” And proud Pekingese owner Lisa McCaughey Enfinger said “beauty is in the eye of the beholder…These dogs may be tiny and ugly to some, but they have the heart of a lion…Loyal and and fearless.”

Warm congratulations to the adorable pup!

Photo by dog.happy.art.

Photo by ZsaZsa Bellagio.

Although the Seattle area has been walloped by a huge snow fall, there are some who are quite enjoying the snow-mageddon.

Presenting Kate Madison’s dog, Daku,

Awoke to a blanket of white Wednesday and considered myself lucky to have power, despite its best effort to leave me. But my charming personality and wicked ways convinced it stay by my side, unlike my poor 190,000 powerless neighbors.

Cabin fever struck, but not I, rather my dog, who, unlike the electricity, had grown tired of movies, books, and endless pacing.

While they have some pretty serious weather conditions, seeing the happy dog was sure nice.

I was all la-la-la reading the sweet words here by lenguaglobal,

I lick you and jump up against you to welcome you home. I lick you and cuddle up to you when I sense you are sad. I tremble with delight when you are happy and take me for a walk in the park, or invest your time to train me with some patience. (Actually, usually I’m the one training you to do what I want). But we both enjoy it, let’s face it.

la-la-la and then BAM!  The last paragraph is a tad gut-wrenching!

Photo by aussiegall.

With life so busy, times has prevented me from being able to dive in and really enjoy my friend Aunt B’s posts lately.  So when I sauntered over to her always fun Tiny Cat Pants site tonight, I laughed my head off over her story about getting Mrs. Wigglebottom to eat a certain pink product that helps with digestion problems.

Then this poor gal, the subject of our story, the person who has been valiantly trying to keep her dog from eating her own vomit, from eating the cats’ vomit, from eating poop, from eating random things she found in the yard, from eating stuff that’s not even edible just to see, this gal may measure out half a dose of the pink stuff and put it on a plate in the kitchen.

She may call for the dog and say “Eat that.”

And the dog may look at her like “Oh, no. Please, please, please, no. Don’t make me eat that. No, god, no.”

You’ll need to go read the whole story, but be warned that there is some strong language.  She makes me laugh!

Photo by Aussie Gal.

Photo by apium.

For people who treat their dogs like family – to pay whatever it takes to make sure they have great health care, exercise, and eat right.  A lot of people avoid eating wheat-based products for better health and this same lifestyle can apply to pets.  At Paleo Kitchen Sync, Tessie has a new diet.

When I gave Tessie her first bite of primal food, she gobbled it up so fast it was gone when I looked back, and that never happens with her. There’s so many benefits to be had from switching to this type of diet for your dog like less shedding, more energy, and better digestion. I’m really excited to see if this improves her fur and skin, which has been kind of itchy since the weather has gotten cooler.

Wow! I may have to change the diet of my own dogs to this much healthier eating style!