Anyone that owns an Australian Shepherd knows that they are amazing animals.  Not only are they intelligent and loyal dogs, they are very diverse. You may know that Aussies excel not only in herding but also in agility, Frisbee, flyball and such sports.  But did you know that they’ve expanded their horizons?  Yes, now they’re getting their pilots’ wings, like Boomer did here:

Boomer aims high!

It happens every day–one, two, three turns, a sniff, some scrunching up and/or pawing of the fabric and then he lies down.  What’s up Ryder?  That bed has memory foam, a bolster in the back and a soft, sheepskin cover . . . what could you possibly be re-arranging?

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Though I’m not a fan of dressing up dogs in Halloween costumes, these ones are cute:

This is a fun video by OK Go!  You can support animal rescue at okgo.net/dogs.  In the meantime, enjoy these adorable dogs!

Puggy, a 10 year old Pekingese from Texas has just been awarded the Guinness World Record for longest tongue in the canine world.  Puggy’s tongue measures 4.5 inches!  His owner, Becky Stanford, found him as an abandoned dog.

A tongue this long doesn’t come without its perils.  Puggy’s owner, Becky, has to cut his food into really small pieces because when he chews, he chews with his tongue.

People often do a double-take when they see Puggy walk by but according to Stanford, “It makes me feel good that he can bring a smile to someone’s face. That, in itself, brings me so much joy!”

Hey, Puggy, stay away from my ice cream cone.  :)

Puggy, Guinness Record Holder

This video is for everyone that loves dogs.  It’s guaranteed to bring a smile to your face.

I have been in love with “Peanuts” ever since Charles Schultz published Happiness is a Warm Puppy.  Snoopy and Lucy had such a great love/hate relationship.  In my opinion she was a secret dog-lover and Snoopy knew that.  Schultz was great in showing how comedic a dog can be when trying to get a non-dog person to become a convert.  In this clip, Snoopy diffuses the situation as only a dog can . . .

Every once in a while there’s a crazy dog story out there.  This story comes from the “Chattanooga Times Free Press”

An owner of the dog that attacked four cars — including two police vehicles — on Sunday says she doesn’t blame police officers for using pepper spray and a Taser in attempts to subdue the animal.

“I cannot believe they didn’t shoot him,” said Nancy Emerling, one of the dog’s owners. “I think that the officers showed amazing restraint. They could not have been nicer.”

Ms. Emerling said that before Sunday her dog Winston, a mixed pit bull breed, never has been aggressive toward anything other than lawn equipment. But on that day, Winston attacked two police vehicles — chewing the tires and tearing the bumper off one — and two other vehicles after he found his way out of the two fences he was kept behind.

An officer was running radar in a parking lot next to Mann’s Welding Co. on Workman Road when the attack began. Ms. Emerling said she thinks either the blue police lights or possibly the sound of the radar gun triggered the nearly 3-year-old dog.

“He has never shown aggression toward people,” she said. “He’s very sweet, very good natured.”

An officer from McKamey Animal Center eventually was able to capture Winston by using a pole. The dog now is in McKamey’s Safe Harbor, where animals involved in bite cases and other legal cases are held, said Karen Walsh, the center’s executive director.

“This is our first dog attacking a car, doing this kind of damage,” she said.

Ms. Emerling was given a citation for Winston being a “potentially dangerous dog,” Ms. Walsh said, and the case will go before City Court Judge Sherry Paty, who hears all the local animal cases, on March 25. Ms. Walsh said it will be up to the judge to determine what happens to Winston.

Since the dog has been under McKamey’s watch, he has not shown any signs of aggression, Ms. Walsh said.

“He has not been throwing himself at the bars or any of the things that some of the dogs do,” she said. “But he’s not on trial for being aggressive toward people. He’s on trial for what happened that day.”