Saturday, December 30, 2006

media - Santa's Little Helper

It would make a certain kind of sense if dogs occupied about as much space in the media as they do in real life. Nobody's ever measured as far as I know. Bart Simpson's dog Santa's Little Helper is reported by Wikipedia to be the main character in 10 episodes and very soon 400 episodes will have been produced.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa's_Little_Helper

Wednesday, December 27, 2006

Breeds - Shih Tzu - defined

James E. Mumford described the versatile character of the Shih Tzu: "A dash of lion, several teaspoons of rabbit, a couple of ounces of domestic cat, one part court jester, a dash of ballerina, a pinch of old man (Chinese), a bit of beggar, a tablespoon of monkey, one part baby seal, a dash of teddy bear and the rest dogs of Tibetan and Chinese origin."

from Wikipedia def. Shih Tzu

Saturday, December 23, 2006

People smell as well as dogs do

student smell study - photo: Jessica Porter/Associated Press
" ...a study at the University of California Berkeley reports that if humans keep their noses to the ground they can indeed follow a scent much like a dog (though not as effectively as a bloodhound, the sad-faced dog that can detect a scent four days old with a nose said to be a million times more sensitive than a human's)... " Reported on CBC News Dec. 18, 2006.
My first reaction was "No way!" But then again, stick your nose into the lawn...and, Who'd a thunk?