September 6th, 2008
This is Snuppy, the world’s first cloned dog - soon available at Wal-Mart, Target and participating branches of Bed, Bath and Beyond.
Snuppy was “cloned from adult cells by somatic nuclear cell transfer.” I have no idea what that means, but I should imagine the other dog has to stay very, very still while they’re doing [...]
Filed under: Dog Science, Harebrained Humans, Lassie Grave Spinning by Bob
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August 30th, 2008
This suspiciously cute little fluffy Frankenhound is one of the latest in the current craze of cut ‘n’ paste dog breeding - the art of finding two names that go together to make a catchy hybrid word and then spawning them by the truckload. Labradoodle. Cockapoo. Cockadoodle. Pugglecock. Schnauzador. Havanoodle (don’t mind if I do).
You [...]
Filed under: Barbarous Breeders, Dog Science, Lassie Grave Spinning by Bob
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August 29th, 2008
An intrepid UK pooch named Ozzie managed to ruffle a few feathers down at his local quack’s vet’s office after inhaling an entire rubber duckie, managing to prove that he’d make both the world’s worst gun dog and the world’s best rubber duckie smuggler - in one short gulp. Says the Leamington Spa Courier:
The seven-month-old [...]
Filed under: Attaboy, Dog Health, Dog Science, Pooch Predicaments by Bob
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August 9th, 2008
I was always under the impression that whippets maintained their twig-like physiques through a self disciplined regime of restrained kibble nibbling and isometric butt clenches, but it turns out that all they have to do is inherit the right number of MSTN genes from their parents.
Recipients of one mutated copy grow into lithe, prudently [...]
Filed under: Barbarous Breeders, Dog Science by Bob
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