Category: Licking Cat

Besotted dog owners go to great lengths for their four-legged friends. They put them up in luxury hotels[1], build them nifty contraptions[2], and send their chubby pups to weight loss camps[3]. But Jessica Dawson may have reached new heights of dog devotion. The New York-based art critic is getting ready to launch dOGUMENTA, an upcoming contemporary art exhibition…for dogs. As Stephanie...

Nothing better illustrates a dog’s dull-witted enthusiasm than its chaotic slurping from a water bowl. Like a non-swimmer trying to stay afloat, the doggy scrabbles and laps, desperate to get a drop to drink. It’s the very essence of inefficiency. Or is it? New research finds that your doggy’s lolloping licks may in fact be a finely-tuned suction machine. Unlike...

Got diabetes? Got a Jack Russell terrier[1], too? Watch your toes! I could hardly believe my eyes when a press release came into my inbox from Valley Presbyterian Hospital[2] in Van Nuys, Calif. It said that a Jack Russell terrier had chewed off the toe of a diabetic woman as she slept. The woman, from Iowa, figured out the dog...

Big, wet sloppy dog kisses are one of the best things about owning a dog — at least, according to some people. For others, their reaction to dog licking is more of a shriek of disgust. Whether you enjoy playing kissy-face with your dog or not, it’s best to understand if you should be allowing these dog kisses or not....