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PHOTO OP: Chow at the Gate

Via @imLhei2.

Dog Takes Spa Day to Decompress

With work, bills and family obligations piling up, Sammy the pup was in desperate need of some “me time.” He headed right to the bathtub day spa, where a pampered soak and some New Age music just melted the stress away.

Via Sutton and Towne.

PHOTO OP: Puppy In a Boot

Via adambradbury_32.

Dogs Tie the Knot in Most Expensive Pet Wedding Ever

Baby Hope Diamond of New York, NY and Chilly Pasternak of Richmond, VA were wed on Thursday evening at a lavish event in New York City.  The $150,000 black-tie affair, which was held at the swanky Jumeirah Essex House hotel, set a Guinness World Record for “most expensive pet wedding” and included over-the-top indulgences like a $6,000 wedding dress, a $15,000 seven-piece orchestra and $5,000 worth of gourmet sushi.  The wedding was officiated by celebrity canine puppet, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog. 

Why go through such trouble and fabulous expense to wed a pair of pooches?  Baby Hope and Chilly were doing it all for charity. Everything at the wedding was donated, including a pet food buffet from a company owned by Ellen DeGeneres, and proceeds from the $250 tickets went directly to the Humane Society of New York.  

The wedding, which was the brainchild of Wendy Diamond, founder of Animal Fair magazine, was originally supposed to feature her dog Lucky, herself a Guiness record holder for most photos by a dog with celebrities.  However, after the 15-year-old lucky died of cancer last month, Diamond decided that the show must go on with Baby Hope in her place.

Word on the street is that the thoughtful bride also donated her gifts to the cause.

Via ABC News.

Dog Falls Asleep While Blogging

Doug, a puppy who serves as managing editor of the popular canine gossip blog Barker, fell asleep at the wheel last night and missed a scoop about Mark Zuckerberg’s dog Beast and why he fired his hair dresser.

“He is really embarrassed,” said Barker director of publicity Lindsay Van Oosting.  "Doug had just flown home on the red eye from Los Angeles after covering a chew toy convention, and he hadn’t slept at all on the plane.  He was just exhausted and probably shouldn’t have been running the newsroom.“

Via sarahjustwrote.