http://www.ohmidog.com a site for dog lovers Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:41:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en PETA sent a letter to the president of USA Network today, urging the network to cease showing the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, sponsored by the American Kennel Club. The letter requested that USA Network follow the lead of the British Broadcasting Company (BBC), which announced last month that it will no longer ... http://www.ohmidog.com/2009/01/05/peta-asks-network-to-nix-westminster-dog-show/ The quick answer is no. Despite a recent boo boo -- actually a boo boo repeated from 2006 -- in one of her "dog-friendly" recipes, Rachel Ray, whether you find her endearing or annoying, appears to be a true dog person, dog lover and dog philanthropist. That one of her recipes -- ... http://www.ohmidog.com/2009/01/05/ev-uh-oh-is-rachael-ray-poisoning-our-dogs/ The Maryland SPCA is holding a special screening of Hotel for Dogs Saturday morning at Regal Cinemas Hunt Valley. Admission is free, but a $5 donation is requested. Donations will help provide food, vaccinations, spay/neuter, shelter, care and enrichment for homeless and lost animals at The Maryland SPCA. The film stars Emma ... http://www.ohmidog.com/2009/01/05/spca-hosts-hotel-for-dogs-screening-saturday/ As if one species weren't enough, PEOPLE magazine has branched out, establishing a new website called "PEOPLE Pets." Like the original magazine, the online pet version is short on edge and depth, heavy on fluff (we're referring to both the animal and journalistic variety), with a heavy dose of celebrities stories and ... http://www.ohmidog.com/2009/01/05/4276/ Here's an accidentally artsy photo I took at the park recently. It's Ace (the brown blur) wrestling with Soju (the grey blur). Soju is a Great Dane, and one of Ace's favorite wrestling partners. You can see Soju -- he's named after the distilled beverage, native to Korea -- elsewhere on this page, ... http://www.ohmidog.com/2009/01/04/4266/ Watch CBS Videos Online Here's a wonderful report by Steve Hartman of CBS News about Tarra, an elephant, and Bella, a dog, and the amazing bond that has developed between them at The Elephant Sanctuary in Hohenwald, Tenn. Sanctuary co-founder Carol Buckley says it's common for elephants arriving at the sanctuary to ... http://www.ohmidog.com/2009/01/03/elephant-and-dog-friends-in-thick-and-thin/ var so = new FlashObject ("http://natalie.feedroom.com/hsus/natoneclip/Player.swf", "Player", "400", "300", "8", "#000000");so.addVariable("skin", "natoneclip");so.addVariable("site", "hsus");so.addVariable("fr_story", "95647a8c601cd7ffa0756652d0d9770fe43faaab");so.addVariable("hostURL","document.location.href");so.addVariable("videoratio", "");so.addParam("menu", "false");so.addParam("quality","high");so.addParam("allowFullScreen","true");so.addParam("allowScriptAccess","always");so.write("flashcontent"); Singer Patti Page has re-recorded her classic hit, "How Much is that Doggie in the Window?" in hopes that a more politically correct version -- "Do You See That Doggie in the Shelter?" -- will ... http://www.ohmidog.com/2009/01/03/how-much-is-that-doggie-patti-page-changes-tune/ .msnbcLinks {font-size:11px; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #999; margin-top: 5px; background: transparent; text-align: center; width: 425px;} .msnbcLinks a {text-decoration:none !important; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999 !important; font-weight:normal !important; height: 13px;} .msnbcLinks a:link, .msnbcLinks a:visited {color: #5799db !important;} .msnbcLinks a:hover, .msnbcLinks a:active {color:#CC0000 !important;} Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News ... http://www.ohmidog.com/2009/01/02/skateboarding-bulldogs-a-hit-in-rose-parade/ National Geographic Channel's critically acclaimed "In The Womb" series returns this month with two new one-hour specials -- including one that follows the fetal journey of four litters of canines. Featuring some amazing visual images, the show follows the development of litters inside a Neapolitan mastiff, golden retriever, chihuahua and wolf -- from fertilization ... http://www.ohmidog.com/2009/01/02/in-the-the-womb-dogs/ We started the New Year off not with a bang, but with a gun. My girlfriend, Tamara, went out back to feed the feral cats on New Year's morning, and there, next to our urban compost heap, buried beneath some rocks, was what appeared to be a gun, or at least piece ... http://www.ohmidog.com/2009/01/02/csi-my-freakin-back-yard/