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BREAKING: Dog Catches Alligator

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BREAKING: Dog Catches Alligator

By Scott Friedstein, FluffPo Correspondent

An area dog is being lauded by the pet community after somehow catching an alligator in his living room. Images circulating the web show Cooper, a beagle, beaming proudly with the wild creature under his paw.

“No one knows how he did it exactly,” says Len Porter, a friend. “It just goes to show you that those things can turn up anywhere – swamps, rivers, living rooms. Vigilance is key.”

Others have their doubts.

“That’s not an alligator,” says wildlife expert Russ Chaplin. “You can clearly see the tag below the left leg – alligators don’t have those. At least, not the ones I’ve seen.”

Via too__legit.

Business at Bulldog’s Kissing Booth Suddenly Dries Up

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Business at Bulldog’s Kissing Booth Suddenly Dries Up

Spartacus, a dog from Beaumont, TX, set up a kissing booth outside his home on February 12. Business was slow at first, but as word got out, things really started to pick up, peaking on February 14. But then everything unexpectedly cratered.

Sources close to the situation report that Spartacus had zero clients on Friday.

“I’m not sure what happened,” said close friend Brenna Pieters. “Things were going so well, then bam, all his business disappeared. Maybe it was a bad Yelp review or something?”

According to Pieters, Spartacus had been looking into bank loans to expand the business, but now he’s not sure if he can get the money.

Via tx409.

Canine Coders Pull All-Nighter to Hack New App

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Canine Coders Pull All-Nighter to Hack New App

In the fast-paced world of tech startups, you’ve got to be lean, fast and willing to write code for 24-hours straight.

That’s what the pups over at BarkMe did Thursday night. The dog-owned mobile development company, based in New York City, held an internal hack-a-thon to generate prototypes for products they hope will disrupt the mobile marketplace in 2013.

“I think they really hit on something last night,” says Jamie Jenson, the startup’s PR rep. “It’s tentatively called ScentKeeper, and it’s a location-based social network for dogs, where users mark the spot they’ve peed on a map, and others can discover pee spots nearby. It really has the potential to save pups a lot of time sniffing out their friends’ pee. ”

The app piggybacks on the infrastructure of Google Maps and popular checkin service Foursquare to deliver location results to dogs who share a social link. BarkMe hopes to release a beta version for iOS devices this spring.

Submitted by Lauren Drell.

Socks In Bed: One Cat’s Controversial Habit

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Socks In Bed: One Cat’s Controversial Habit

On a cold winter’s evening, the transition from over the covers to under can be a traumatic one.

“If the room is chilly, it can be like climbing into a freezer – at first,” says Leonard Diamond. “You’ve got to tough it out. If you have patience, you’ll warm up nice and toasty in no time.”

But a cat named Gus doesn’t share this philosophy. He climbs under the covers every night with a pair of socks on to kill the chill. That’s not such a controversial practice, except…

“The socks come off under the covers during the night,” says Diamond. “Sometimes there are 20 pairs under there at any time. It’s a big stinky mess, and I wish he would kick this bad habit.”

Via stenodork.