Archive for May, 2010

Name, age, sex, breed: Jake, 1 1/2 years old, male, Australian cattle dog/Blue Heeler

Owner, city: Jesika — Orange, Calif.

How I got my name: My first family named me Jake before they abandoned me at the shelter. When my Mom adopted me she kept my name to try to make me feel more comfortable — everything else was so new.

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In 1989, Mark Bittner noticed four parrots, seemingly living wild, in San Francisco's public gardens on Telegraph Hill. Bittner quickly became enamored with the birds, who just as quickly started to produce offspring — within three years the flock of four became 26.

Even though Bittner fed and cared for the birds, forming complex relationships with them, he has always been adamant about their wildness, insisting that without him the birds would survive in the wilds of San Francisco. And they have. After moving out of Telegraph Hill in 1999, the birds have continued to flourish in the city. So much so that it's caused a bit of a problem amongst the local bird rescue community.

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If you're looking for cute dog toys do I have the place for you! Cheengo started off as an online only store based out of San Francisco. Now you can find it both on the internets and in Cow Hollow in SF. They make their own leashes and collars, but also carry a slew of adorable toys for dogs and cats. Above is a selection of some of their adorable dog toys.

• Hand crocheted whale uses interlaced
  cotton that's both flexible and durable.
• Rubber squeak toy in a half shell. 
• Squeaky doves.
• Orbee-Tuff Tug Toy for epic battles between man and beast or between two pups.

Way more stuff to lust over at Cheengo, which donates 1% of the gross profits from the sale
of all their merchandise to the Friends
of San Francisco Animal Care and Control, Animals Asia Foundation and the Humane
Society of the United States.

^{via The Daily Treat}

I definitely do not recommend riding a motorcycle with a dog on it, but this photo was too strange not to post. WTF, indeed.

^{Via: Blame It On the Voices}