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After nailing the final round challenge in which he could only cook using dog food brands beginning with “C,” a Golden Retriever named Rufio walked away with $18,000 on Guy’s Grocery Games.

“The way he used the dry dog food as kind of a crouton his salad nicoise was really clever,” said judge and Food Network personality Melissa D’Arabian. “It added a little crunch that the dish needed.”

She added, “Though, honestly, I’m just impressed I kept down three rounds of eating dishes made from dog food. When then told me I was judging a theme episode I thought like ‘siblings’ or ‘celebrities,’ or something.”

Rufio was able to grab 9 of the 10 items needed in the winner’s scavenger hunt, missing only “Hamburger Squeaky Toy.”

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In its ongoing efforts to collect samples and data from the red planet, NASA announced Wednesday that a mission to land an adorable Pomeranian on the surface of Mars has succeeded. This image, captured by the Curiosity Rover in close proximity to the landing site, was disbursed to the media and public via press release this morning. 

“This is a huge day for the astronomy community,” astrophysicist Dr. Ronald Hemmings tells The Fluffington Post. Hemmings was among the team that launched the POM-1 probe back in January. “It’s one thing to get a robot down on the surface, but a Pomeranian is pretty frisky. He doesn’t always respond to Mission Control.”

So far, the Pom has not collected any soil samples or rocks, according to a NASA spokesperson. But he has chased his shadow in circles for the last few hours.

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