Pets

L.A. Is Dog-Bite Capital For Postal Workers

Among our many fine distinctions, smog capital, traffic capital, douche capital, is a new one: The U.S. Postal Service this week ranked Los Angeles number one among big cities where carriers are attacked by dogs. The USPS released the list of top dog-attack cities, based on the number of incidents, ... More >>

Dogs on a Plane

Tony, Bau Bau, Barry and Grace are wheeled through customs at the Tom Bradley Terminal at LAX last Monday. Barking in their crates, the four rescued retrievers are wheeled outside, where volunteers welcome them with food and water after a twenty-one hour flight from Taipei, Taiwan. They're accomp ... More >>

Unwanted L.A. Dogs Shipped To Seattle

First, we blasted our Hollywood and record industry entertainment across the nation. Then our Mexicans went to exotic places like North Carolina to work the tobacco fields. Now L.A. is shipping its pets to far-off American destinations. Why? Because' we're idiots:

Burbank Moves To Ban Dog, Cat Sales At Retail Shops

The city of Burbank appears to be joining the movement against retail pet sales. The local City Council gave its initial approval this week to a ban that would cover the retail sale of dogs and cats. The aim, of course, is to prohibit ...

Dog Rescue In Palm Springs Caught On Video

An animal rights group says it rescued 15 dogs from a Palm Springs home where unsanitary conditions and close quarters added up to a hard-luck life for the pooches. (See video of the rescue after the jump). Because the Labrador and shepherd mixes were held in a small space, rescuers say, they ended ... More >>

Better Food for Dogs, A Doggie Diet Resolution A Peanut Butter Dog Treat Recipe

And so the month of dieting, and best-selling diet books, begins. Judging by the stacks on our desk, this year's back cover theme is the anti-diet, with books like The Parisian Diet: How to Reach Your Right Weight and Stay There promising a "sensible and holistic approach ... not a flash-in-the-pan ... More >>

Bad Dogs Die in L.A.'s Pound

Will a 6-minute screen test save the worthy?

Chyna, on Desperate Search for Stolen Poodle, Tweets Wrong Number for Culprit

Former WWF hottie and current Westside resident Chyna is in a state of anguish. She's been Tweeting furiously to 25,000-plus followers about her stolen puppy Hachie, who she says was lifted by a certain "Jennifer Nelson the babysitter" about two weeks ago. In Chyna's quest to be reunited with her 1 ... More >>

DooD Food: A New Company That Helps Your Dog Go on a Diet

Startups is a new column about new companies, big ideas and bold discoveries happening in the L.A. area. Andrea Carrano was raised in Italy, which means he grew up with table-fed canines. That also was true of his brother-in-law, Ali Niroomand, who grew up in France. "Very few people were buying s ... More >>

Video: Nude O.C. Thief Jumps From Smoking Hummer Limo, Fends Off German Shepherd

Worth it? (Doubtful.)​Tustin resident Ahmad Mabrok, 29, may have just set a new standard for worst Saturday night ever. Or best, we suppose -- if you're into jumping from fiery stolen vehicles and getting your junk licked by ferocious police dogs. (And, uh, spending the rest of your life tryi ... More >>

PHOTOS: Kitten Rescued From L.A. River

Small Animal Rescue Team Los Angeles via Facebook"The kitten was safely rescued and is dry and warm at the East Valley Animal Shelter."​Cigarette butts and fake fingernails weren't the only human run-off that last Friday's rain tried to sweep out to sea. The Small Animal Rescue Team Los Angel ... More >>

Derek Reeve, O.C. Politician, Says His 'Bitch' of a Dog is Named Muhammad

cafepress.com​When we heard that an Orange County city councilman named his dog Muhammad to make a political statement about freedom of speech in America, we were a little wistful. After all, Latinos used to be the favorite whipping boys of wacko O.C. right wingers. We're lonely: We haven't b ... More >>

Omar Von Muller's Skateboarding Dogs. Yes, Skateboarding Dogs.

Adam GropmanDash goes skateboarding​It's a pleasant summer day down at Venice Beach, the boardwalk humming with activity. On the paved path pointing toward the water, near where Windward Avenue ends at the beach, a skateboarder shows off, kicking sturdily against the pavement, leaning into ... More >>

Richard Rudy Aragon, Teen Son, Face Robbery Charges After Allegedly Using Pit Bull That Bites Off Ears of Victim

Get ready/This ain't funny/I'm a pit bull/And I'm about to get money.​There are all kinds of ways scumbags try to get your money (right, Bank of America?). But having a pit bull bite your ears off is a new potential revenue stream even for Wall Street. Authorities allege that, after his 17-ye ... More >>

40 Pets Have Vanished From L.A.'s North Central Animal Shelter: 'They Were the Young, Cute Ones'

Where have all the puppies gone?​No, this is not a Disney movie about a herd of adorable animals who scheme up a shelter-break and roam the adorable streets of Silver Lake. Nope. This is some fishy corrupt-city-worker business, according to today's Los Angeles Times, which compares the myster ... More >>

Attention, Dog People!

TOP OF THE DOG TO YOU!

French Bulldog Thief Strikes Again, Running Off With $3,000 Orange County Purebred

Orange County Sheriff's DepartmentDuarte resident Darryl Cole stole one French bulldog too many​Updated after the jump with the dog thief's "obsessive compulsive" history. Originally posted at 12:53 p.m. French bulldogs are super cute, we'll admit. Especially in holiday sweaters. But 20-year- ... More >>

Phydough Truck Rolls Out Gourmet Dog Treats

Guzzle & NoshFowl vs. fur.​Because nearly every imaginable cuisine has been bastardized in mobile form, the Phydough Truck has moved on to canines. Rolling out this Saturday, the truck (@phydoughtruck) will feature a menu of gourmet dog treats.

The 12 Days Of Cookies: Sherry Yard's Holiday Dog Biscuit Recipe

Flickrt user taleitaleiYour Dog Is Dreaming Of A Golden Brown Christmas​When we kicked off the Twelve Days of Cookie Recipes with Alice Medrich's recipe for peanut butter clouds (peanut butter meringue cookies flecked with hazelnuts and milk chocolate), we were admittedly thinking more along t ... More >>

Rabid Bats On The Increase In Los Angeles: One Resident Bitten

Bats are on the increase in L.A.​As if we don't have enough things to worry about -- marijuana's still not fully legal, our public colleges are charging private-school prices, and L.A. has the worst roads in the nation -- county officials have announced that "rabid" bats are on the increase. ... More >>

Treats Are Going To The Dogs

Tender Greens​ In honor of his late dog Rabbit, WeHo Tender Greens chef Eric Hulme is making dog treats now--bone-shaped, preservative-free slugs of rolled oats, peanut butter, canola oil, flour and eggs. They're available at all three restaurants, and he's charging $3 per dozen, which shoul ... More >>

MY DOG TULIP

Hollywood Dog Trainer Gimmick: $5 Super-Cheap Tracking Chip So You'll Never Lose Fido or Max Again

Cute puppy​Used to be, when Fido got lost chasing a squirrel across town, you'd nail dozens of little posters with his cute dog mug on it to cluttered telephone poles, hoping someone would buzz you with the good news that your pet had been found. Then along came those tiny tracking chips pl ... More >>

Mr. E's Beautiful Life

Eels frontman Mark Everett learns to like himself

Southern California Awards Honor Mischievous Pets

​Southern California-based Veterinary Pet Insurance Co. is holding its second annual competition for the most unusual pet insurance claim of the year. The twelve finalists of the "VPI Hambone Award" were named on Monday. The award is named after a VPI-insured dog that got stuck in a refrig ... More >>

L.A. City Worker Deliberately Mows Over Lawn Chairs At Sepulveda Basin Dog Park

​A city maintenance worker deliberately mowed over about two dozen chairs at the Sepulveda Basin Dog Park last week, leaving behind a trail of plastic shards and broken parts according to the Daily News. The lawn chairs, which people brought over the years for public use, were said to be nuisa ... More >>

'Octomom' Accepts PETA Money For Placement Of Anti-Pet-Overpopulation Ad

​"Octomom" Nadya Suleman has accepted PETA's offer to put a sign on her lawn that reads, "Don't let your dog or cat become an 'Octomom:' Always spay or neuter," according to a spokeswoman for the animal-rights group. We first reported the proposal Tuesday -- and it sounded like a bit of a joke ... More >>

'Don't Let Your Dog Or Cat Become An Octomom' - PETA

PETA​PETA is offering to pay "Octomom" Nadya Suleman to endorse the spaying and neutering of pets, the animal-rights group announced Tuesday. A proposed slogan would be posted on a sign on Suleman's front lawn: "Don't let your dog or cat become an 'Octomom.'" The offer comes amid reports that ... More >>

Man Attacks Dog -- Seriously

American Kennel ClubAn illustration of a miniature schnauzer.​A man who appeared to be crazed on drugs choked and body slammed a small dog several times, leading to the miniature schnauzer's death, authorities said. The incident happened Wednesday morning in San Clemente when the suspect walk ... More >>

Fashion District's Outlaw Pet Markets

Ed Fuentes has a well-documented story on BlogDowntown about the appalling conditions surrounding the small animals sold in L.A.'s fashion district. "At the corner of 12th and Maple," Fuentes writes, "two stacks of cages sit in the mid-afternoon August sun. Inside are baby rabbits with underdevelope ... More >>

Pet Hamster on a Bicycle Alert!

"Stuff On My Cat" Website For Sale: Thousands Of Unpublished Cat Photos Could Be Yours

Photo courtsey of StuffOnMyCat.comThousands more like this could be yours! Attention all you who like cats, stuff, and stuff on cats: the website "Stuff On My Cat" is up for sale. Mario Garza, the website's creator, was 20 years old when he started the site. He is 24 years old now. Four years and ... More >>

Dog Trainer Dodges Eviction from DWP Land -- For Now

Last Friday's Daily Breeze brings us up to date on an overlooked but compelling story of animals, public use of city property and -- of course -- eviction. For a good background read, see a March Coast Gopher report. Nearly a quarter-century ago Peter Burmeister and a band of volunteers received per ... More >>

City in Dog House Over Elimination of Spay-Neuter Vouchers

The city taketh -- and now taketh some more. Citing the economic downturn, Los Angeles' Animal Services Department recently pulled the plug on its funding of the spay/neuter vouchers it had subsidized for low-income pet owners. The City Council had previously approved snipping $200,000 from the 2008 ... More >>

Attention Milk-heads

In the Doghouse: A Leash-Law Miscreant's Day in Court

Park rangers at Griffith Park show no mercy

Pussy & Pooch: Extreme Dog Culture Unleashes New Nightlife

By Adam Gropman Photo by Sonia Paulino. Click image for entire slideshow. As a dyed-in-the-wool cat person, I'm a bit of an undercover double-agent at this swanky, Downtown dog party. Sharp, creative urbanites, dressed from crisp casual all the way to downright glamorous, serenely mill about or s ... More >>

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Hair of the Dog

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Hallowed Kitty

Friends and Pranksters

A true story of neighborly extremes

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Stop the War — or the Dogs Get It

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One woman's Doberman mission