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BREAKING: Dog Catches Alligator
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
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
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.
Puppy Turns Back on Facebook
Puppy Turns Back on Facebook
Facebook addiction is a growing problem among adorable puppies, which is why one dog is being proactive. Bailey, a super cute, 5-month-old Maltese, had already begun to feel that Facebook was taking up too much of his time.
So, starting next week, Bailey is pledging to sever ties with the service for at least a year. He’ll deactivate his account and stop surfing to Facebook pages until he’s at least 17 months old.
“He felt like he was always on there, you know?” said Lawrence Fishel, a source close to the situation. “It got to the point where we’d be playing fetch, I’d throw the stick and he wouldn’t even budge, he’d just have his nose buried in his iPhone. Checking Facebook. Posting status updates. ‘I’m about to go chase a stick.’ It was starting to affect the quality of his life.”
Via cutiebaileys.