MetaFilter posts tagged with cats and dogs

Aaaaaaaaawooooooooooooooooooooooo!

Artw — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 23:33:21 -0800

Stray, The Unfamiliar, Let Sleeping Dogs Lie - Three stories of a group of dogs, and a cat, battling the supernatural courtesy of Evan Dorkin, Jill Thompson and Dark Horse Comics, released for free as a teaser for the forthcoming Beasts of Burden. (via)

The Wall of Fluffeh

desjardins — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 08:31:52 -0800

More cute than you can possibly handle (via)

Ouch! Poor Baby

netbros — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 07:53:43 -0800

Animals With Casts has everything from a wrinkly mutt with his hind legs supported by a homemade PVC pipe wheelchair, to an elephant with an enormous leg cast, to a turtle with two wheels attached to its shell, to a baby kangaroo with its hind legs wrapped up. But please don't go breaking your pet's leg just to get in the lineup.

A nation and its moral progress can be judged by the manner in which its animals are treated

porn in the woods — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 08:52:52 -0800

Bay Area resident Michelle Hamilton has been adopting and caring for dozens of abandoned and neglected animals in the past decade, racking up tens of thousands of dollars in debt. To call this a "predicament" for Hamilton is a little misleading. She sees only one option when faced with the choice of paying for the care or treatment for an animal in need: she pays, regardless of cost.

Not Your Mama's LOL Catz

Secret Life of Gravy — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 15:37:05 -0800

The title says it all: Pets Who Want To Kill Themselves.

Playing For Kibble

Secret Life of Gravy — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 06:30:58 -0800

Play Trivia to Help Save Abandoned Animals. Free Rice set the standard for on-line charity games and Free Poverty soon followed by donating water. Now you can play for free kibble to be donated to either Rocket Dog Rescue or The Urban Cat Project.

Ride the Roomba!

Del Far — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 21:25:56 -0800

Pets have long been afraid of anything robotic, whether it be R oo m b a or Robo tic Dog, but times they are a'changing and Pets are fighting back and have learned to overcome.

handpainted signs from Nepal

nickyskye — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:25:15 -0800

Beware of Dog. Nepali artists paint signs on metal. Before and After. The story behind Danger Dogs. Click on the names of the different artists at the top of the page for various styles. Nepal map.

where's the old lady?

Large Marge — Thu, 22 May 2008 14:29:05 -0800

If these three can do it, there must be hope for the middle east. Sorry for the single video post, but it's just too awesome.(via bb)

Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together... mass hysteria!

BuddhaInABucket — Tue, 13 May 2008 12:08:48 -0800

All the cuteness you need today.

No real issues. Just stuff and nonsense

jtron — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 07:09:58 -0800

Nothing To Do With Arbroath Part Cute Overload, part News Of The Weird, almost always the highlight of my RSS feed.

Photos of animals posed as humans

cerebus19 — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 11:04:33 -0800

Harry Whittier Frees — "These unusual photographs of real animals were made possible only by patient, unfailing kindness on the part of the photographer at all times."

puppy love

nickyskye — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 14:16:25 -0800

Talking dogs. I love you pug. Smart pooch. [all videos]

Pets in Costumes!!!!!11!!!

Saucy Intruder — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 08:28:44 -0800

The Daily Puppy's Halloween Parade 2006. More dogs in costumes. Cats in costumes. Dogs in bee costumes. Hamsters in costumes.

History of pets in America

mediareport — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 09:20:41 -0800

Kitty litter was invented in 1946. Birds were the first pets to have their own full lines of products. Canned dog food first appeared in the 1910s. Lots of interesting stuff [wav] at the University of South Carolina's Pets in America site.

pet pathos

madamjujujive — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 20:31:13 -0800

50 animals in casts. nuff said. (via mira y calla)

Wolves and dogs and cats

y2karl — Sun, 24 Nov 2002 18:09:19 -0800

Three Dog Eves--They really do understand us--even better than our cousin chimpanzees. Well, at least when food's involved.
As to how wolves became dogs, the current understanding seems to be they tamed themselves--in a Survival of the Friendliest. Here's more on animal linguistics. As for cats, well, Stephen Budiansky in The Character of Cats suggests they aren't even really tame. Hence, unlike dogs, cats haven't bothered to pick up our language--they've taught us Cat talk instead. Take the test and see. A woof out to Australian Broadcast Coporation's five part Animal Attraction series is called for here. C--Miao baby!

Ty Webb — Mon, 12 Nov 2001 10:23:14 -0800

Jonah Goldberg on why the British are like dogs, and the French like cats.

swift — Thu, 04 Oct 2001 07:37:44 -0800

Dogs in the News. Also, Cats in the News.

jason — Thu, 26 Jul 2001 10:22:45 -0800

The Hindu nationalist group Bajrang Dal name a puppy George Bush. This isn't meant to be a complimentary act... it's in reaction to their discovery that the Bushes' cat's name is India (short for India Ink). They've taken this as an insult to the nation, and have retaliated with the puppy. I'm kind of curious about what this tells about Indian naming practices and significances, as compared to those in the US. Could someone more familiar with Hindu/Indian culture please enlighten me as to why they'd feel so insulted?

Satapher — Sun, 03 Sep 2000 10:54:38 -0800

Cats are from Mars... so does that make dogs from Venus? This is a pretty silly site, but entertaining nonetheless.