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With so many pet stories around the web each week it’s hard to keep up. Table Scraps is our weekly roundup of memorable pet news around the internet.

• Snidley Whiplash wouldn’t stand a chance with Lily the Pitbull nearby.  (People Pets)
• Makeshift. Russian. Catlift.  (Huffington Post)
• “Food. Sniff. Pet. Food. Butt. Pet. Whizz. Sleep. Food. Pet. Cat. Butt. Sleep. Ball. Ball. Ball. Ball. Sleep.”  Just taking a stab at solving the canine mystery questioned here. (Jezebel)
• The Queen loves horses and I love the word “jubilee,” so basically this article is a perfect 10.  (Daily Mail)
• Your dog is tired and it’s contagious.  (Huffington Post)

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Winery dogs are the jam. Well, dogs in any place of business is the jam; there’s just something special about their presence in happy-sauce places (wineries).

But what about our kitty friends? Given their penchant for napping amid bacchanalia, they seem even more winery-appropriate. So far, though, I’ve only met a few. Chardonnay (!), pictured above at Midnight Cellars in Paso Robles, CA years ago, is apparently still holding court in the tasting room. But, in addition to being furry conversation pieces, I learned that winery cats are good for business in other ways.

WineBusiness.com says feral cats have been instrumental in rodent control. These kittehs are not domesticated and, therefore, not adoptable, unfortunately. However, they have new purpose — and escape euthanasia — with this project gaining ground, according to the Forgotten Felines of Sonoma County. Per the story:

Our program helps to rescue these cats by finding them outdoor homes in local ranches or businesses. Vineyards make an especially nice home for feral cats.

Feeding ferals — and making a home of sorts in a barn or vineyard — is actually necessary, because it keeps them on the property.

Similar programs are available California-wide, according to this writeup.

Yay.

People getting tattoos of their pets on their own bodies (And don’t forget this one or this one)? Love.

People getting tattoos on their pets? Oh hell no!

People wearing pet-themed temporary tattoos? Cute.

People giving their pets temporary “tattoos?” Why? I just don’t get it.

According to USA Today, people are getting more creative with their pet grooming options. Now, on top of the standard fluff out, the bows, the painted paw nails, the feather hair extensions, people are taking their dogs to groomers to get them airbrushed with designs and sometimes to look like walking billboards. The article begins with a couple from North Carolina who own a yarn shop and who decided it would be awesome to get their dog Stella sprayed with the words “I” and “yarn” with a heart in the middle on her back for a business event they were attending.  Read the rest of this entry »

With so many pet stories around the web each week it’s hard to keep up. Table Scraps is our weekly roundup of memorable pet news around the internet.

•  Here is an equation that I never learned in school but wish I had:  Dog + dog poop = Free WiFi (TIME)
• I mean at least have the decency to ask your pooch before you airbrush a picture of it riding on a dolphin at sunset on it’s fur.  (Detroit Free Press)
•  From award winning actor to author – what else did you think Uggie the Dog would be doing? Sniffing rumps? I think not. (Washington Post)
• Felines and inmates are the new ebony & ivory. (Aurora Sentinel)
•  When I won’t stop talking everyone tells me to shut up but it’s just so damn cute when a lost parakeet won’t stop chirping it’s address to the police. So unfair.  (New York Daily News)

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