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Roadside Encounters: Sonny Barger
Name: Sonny Barger Breed: Hell’s Angel Age: 72 Encountered: At The Buffalo Chip, a bar and restaurant in Cave Creek, Arizona Backstory: Sonny (at right, that’s me on the left) was a founding member of the Hell’s Angels, helping establish the Oakland, California, chapter of the club in 1957. I ran into him this week after I stopped to buy … Read more
Good Newz, Bad Newz: Michael Vick’s House To Become Rehabilitation Center For Dogs
An animal rescue group says it has been able to raise enough money to make the down payment on Michael Vick’s former home in Virginia, which they plan to turn into a center for rescued dogs. It will be called Good Newz (a play on Vick’s Bad Newz Kennels) Rehab Center for Chained and Penned Dogs. The group Dogs … Read more
104-year-old Man, After Many Rejections, Finds A Dog He Can Love
At age 102, Milt Lessner had a little trouble locating a shelter or rescue that was willing to let him adopt a dog. The retired psychiatrist has had dogs through most of their life and being without one — especially since the passing of his wife and their dogs several years ago — wasn’t acceptable. … Read more
Michael Vick’s Former House Sits Empty – Visit 1915 Moonlight Road
I’m not sure why I wanted to visit 1915 Moonlight Road – maybe for the same reason, people visit Nazi death camps, Ground Zero and other scenes of slaughter. Maybe it’s in part to pay respects to those who died and suffered, in part to remind ourselves of how evil man can be – that … Read more
Clearing the Name of Pep the Prison Dog
Folklore has it that Pep, a black Lab that belonged to a Pennsylvania governor, was sent to Eastern State Penitentiary in the 1920s to serve a life sentence for killing the governor’s wife’s cat. Folklore, as is often the case, has it wrong. Pep apparently was guilty of nothing more than chewing up sofa cushions, and, … Read more
The Strip Club With A Heart Of Gold
How did Ace end up next to the stripper’s pole at a gentlemen’s club in Dallas? It’s a long story, but the main factors are these: The decline of American journalism, Newt Gingrich and dogs. Dallas doesn’t have more strip clubs per capita than any other U.S. city, it only seems that way. In some … Read more
The Neuticles Story: How Fake Dog Testicles Made This Missouri Man A Millionaire
Just in case you didn’t get enough of dog testicles yesterday, today we bring you the story of a man who built an empire atop them — specifically, silicone prosthetic implants that can make a neutered dog feel “whole again.” Neuticles are nothing new. Gregg Miller came up with the idea well nearly two decades … Read more
If the Guardians of Rescue Look Familiar …
If some of the bulging biceps, shaved heads and never-ending tattoos you see on Animal Planet’s new series, “The Guardians,” look familiar, that may be because they are. The Guardians, when it comes to both personnel and concept, is a reincarnation of Rescue Ink, the National Geographic Channel program that featured burly and biker-esque “heroes” … Read more
Days out … Dads Inn … Y not?
We didn’t know the whole story behind this, but sometime this summer a motel changed names in Lansing, Michigan. With the simple switch of one gigantic yellow plastic backlit letter, what was once a Days Inn, became Dads Inn. We guessed that the Days Inn franchise shut down, leaving a multi-story motel vacant. We guessed that some … Read more