Update: For a more successful experience, follow the Top Tips for Pets at Work. There has been a lot of heated discussion on the web this past week, following Yahoo’s announcement that it will no longer be allowing employees to work from home. Other big companies, such as Best Buy, are following suite as well. [...]
The American Kennel Club has compiled its annual list of most popular dog breeds in major US cities, based on registration data and postal zip codes. Here is the Los Angeles data for 2012, shown side by side with that for 2011. Note that this year they only posted the top 5 breeds in the [...]
The American Kennel Club has published its annual list of most popular dog breeds in the U.S., based on registration data and postal zip codes. Here is the data for 2012, shown side by side with that for 2011. Do these results surprise you? Amazon.com Widgets Related Posts: Did you enjoy [...]
The city of Burbank, California appears to be joining Los Angeles and other local cities in banning pet stores from selling pets that come from breeders. In fact, the Burbank law, which if it receives final approval in a few weeks, goes even further than the Los Angeles law in that it prohibits the sale [...]
For the seventh year now, the Doritos brand is sponsoring a Super Bowl ad contest, where consumers create and submit Doritos ads to be aired during the Super Bowl. They are now down to the 5 finalists, two of which will aired during the Super Bowl broadcast next Sunday (Feb 3, 2013). One will be [...]
Help us get Los Angeles chosen as the next community to have its dog shelters supported by PEDIGREE® Dog Food! Last year the Pedigree dog food company, the world’s largest dog food brand, embarked (no pun intended…) on its Feeding Project. This project is dedicated to to impact dogs’ lives in communities with a very [...]
Update: Examiner.com reports that $17,000 has been raised towards Philly’s medical recovery – mostly due to how the story spread via social media. The LA Weekly reported a touching story about how three LAPD police officers rescued a dog in South Los Angeles. On their way to their police station, the trio noticed the pit [...]
The city of Los Angeles, California certainly ended the year 2012 on a very high note – at least as far as animal activists are concerned. In addition the successful achievement of No-Kill December in the city animal shelters, Los Angeles was also recognized as the city of the year 2012 by PETA (People for [...]
At the end of November Miley Cyrus chose to celebrate her 20th birthday by supporting and promoting animal rescue programs in Los Angeles. Several weeks after that, she suffered the tragic death of her Yorkie, Lila. Now, only a few weeks later, the 20-year old singer-actress, was ready to adopt again. Not surprisingly, Miley Cyrus [...]
I can’t help but hear Barry Manilow’s “Looks Like We Made It” in my head right now. (If you don’t know who Barry Manilow is, you can read about him here. If you know and like Barry Manilow, you can purchase his music on Amazon) There is less than half a day left to December [...]
The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) reports that as a result of the efforts of their volunteers and local advocates, 80 Los Angeles-area pet stores have signed The HSUS’ Puppy Friendly Pet Stores pledge. This pledge is a commitment to not to sell puppies. Instead, the pet stores will support local animal adoption [...]