When I first got Arnie-man, first thing I did was watch all of the Dog Whisperer DVDs available at that time. Dude has a whole pack of pit bulls, I wanted his advice on how to raise a proper Arnie-man. Sure, Cesar Millan could just be some sort of gimmick, but I followed his advice…

Please watch this clip, and count the number of times the word ‘pitbull’ is used: Embedded video from CNN Video Im sure you will be shocked to hear this, but the anti-science OK legislator Paul Wesselhoft is also violently against these family pets. I guess the ability to interpret scientific data is not his particular…

Jim Gorant, thank you. The dog approaches the outstretched hand. Her name is Sweet Jasmine, and she is 35 pounds of twitchy curiosity with a coat the color of fried chicken, a pink nose and brown eyes. She had spent a full 20 seconds studying this five-fingered offering before advancing. Now, as she moves forward,…

Carivintas Winery, along with Best Friends Animal Sanctuary (the folks looking after the pups Michael Vick tortured) have released a line of ‘Vicktory Wine’– Bottles of ’boutique’ booze with 10% going to Best Friends. So if youre in the mood to blow $672 on a few cases of booze, why not have some of the…

Sunday morning at 7 am, I had to take Arnie to the Puppy-ER. Hes been in the Puppy-ICU for the past 3 days. I havent slept/ate in the past 3 days. But I finally brought him home today… hes doin okay. I got him to eat a cherry Pop-Tart. He will be alright. I hope.…

Tonight at 10 pm EST, Animal Planet is running a special on the Michael Vick case, from the drug arrest that led to the discovery of the fighting ring, to what happened to the ~50 rescued dogs. I know there are lots of dog lovers who read ERV, so I wanted to give you all…

The ‘dog days’ of summer are the hottest time of the year, and boy weve been dealing with that crap for the past couple of weeks. Its been miserable out– getting so hot, it doesnt cool off outside until 6 am the next friggin morning. Ugh, and the ‘dog days’ of summer arent that fun…

Remember a couple months ago, when I freaked out at The Humane Society for speaking out against city animal shelters going no-kill? But then it turned out The Human Society wasnt really ‘The Humane Society’? It was really ‘The Humane Society of the United States’, an animal liberation group like PETA and ALF, cannibalizing The…

Its too hot and too sunny for a black puppy to go outside and play, so Arnies bored and pouting. I think this is why I get some degree of Summer SAD– I can only go outside from like, 5 am to 8 am. Rest of the day, its miserable out. Summer sucks.