Sometimes geese settle in where they aren’t wanted. This was the case at the Tarrytown House Estate & Conference Center, overlooking the Hudson River Valley. The conference center is the nation’s first, established in 1840.
Tarrytown was relying on a border collie service to encourage geese to leave their property. The dog would come in once a week to keep the “guests” away. However, they found that this just wasn’t enough to keep migrating geese off their lush lawn.
“We decided we really needed a full-time staffer to deal with this problem, and that’s when we adopted Lady,” said Joe Santore, General …read more

Have you had a chance to see Marley & Me yet? If so (and even if you haven’t yet, it’s still cute!) make sure you pick up your own copy of the 2009 calendar!
For January only when you pick up a bag of specially marked Purina Dog or Puppy Chow you’ll get a calendar featuring 12 behind-the-scenes pictures of the movie, including Marley, the adorable Labrador Retriever.
Click on the image over to the right to see a bigger example of what the calendar looks like. Isn’t that cute?

A little humor for your Saturday! How many dogs and cats does it take to change a lightbulb? According to this little gem it depends on which breed you ask:
Golden Retriever: The sun is shining, the day is young, we’ve got our whole lives ahead of us, and you’re inside worrying about a burned out bulb?
Border Collie: Just one. And then I’ll replace any wiring that’s not up to code.
Chihuahua: We don’t need no stinking light bulb.
Dachshund: You know I can’t reach that stupid lamp!
Rottweiler: Make me!
Boxer: Who cares? I can still play with my squeaky toys in the dark.
Lab: …read more

The Early Show on CBS did a segment last week on the smartest and dumbest dog breeds. I’ve heard of some breeds not being as bright as others, I’m not sure what their criteria was.
Anyway, they say the dumbest breeds are:
1. Afghan Hound
2. Basenji
3. Bulldog
4. Chow Chow
5. Borzois
6. Bloodhound
7. Pekingese
8. Mastiff
9. Beagle
10. Basset hound
and the smartest are:
1. Border Collie
2. Poodle
3. German Shepherd
4. Golden Retriever
5. Doberman Pinscher
6. Shetland Sheepdog
7. Labrador Retriever
8. Papillon
9. Rottweiler
10. Australian Cattle Dog
Like I said, I’m not sure what they’re basing their rankings on exactly. I’ve known a pretty smart beagle and a dumb-as-a-box-of-rocks poodle so it’s a …read more