Dogs

Have a case of the mid-week blues? It’s OK, it happens to the best of us. We have some fantastic news, though--you won’t be feeling crabby much longer, because we’ve discovered the ultimate fool-proof pick-me-up.

This dog dares to dream the impossible dream. He earnestly wants to pick up the stick on the ground in front of him. Joke's on that sucker though -- he doesn't understand that it's actually an exposed tree root, and it isn't going anywhere...

This adorable video shows four pugs dressed up like the Avengers, or at least dressed up like the Avengers for as long as one can reasonably expect a pug to keep a costume on. If you have access to this many pugs and you aren't doing this with them, you're doing it wrong.

What would you do with a dog who rolls around with pickles? Dog shaming, the practice of photographing a dog with a placard of its misbehavior, seems like a good option.

People please, let sleeping dogs lie, and then record it, upload it to YouTube and wait for somebody to put it in a video with others of its kind. The video features a wide range of dogs, from tiny and adorable to flappy-faced and slobbery...

This guy's dog likes him more than most of our friends like us. When he was in the hospital with skin ulcers, the dog followed his nose a little over two miles to visit him in the hospital.

Recently, a man from Orem, Utah was away from his house when he received a call on his cell phone from his home number. But instead of a voice on the other end, he heard nothing but banging and scratching noises and began to fear his home was being burglarized. So he called the cops. But when they arrived there was no indication of a robbery or foul play of any kind.

This adorable six-year-old Bichon Frise/Poodle mix named Suzie clearly has nine lives or a guardian angel on her furry shoulders: William Muggle of the East Providence Animal Control tells the harrowing tale of how the little pooch survived an 11 mile drive from Massachusetts to Rhode Island while being stuck in the grill of the car.

It seems animals just can't get enough of the iPad. And now comes a video of Yorkie/Bichon puppies banging away on the device while attempting to make music. Is this the cutest example of animals using the tablet yet? We vote yes.

Remember when something as simple as a balloon could occupy your attention? Neither do we, but these dogs sure have a great time excitedly batting a pink balloon around in their backyard like there's no tomorrow.

If you like watching frightened confused animals, but feel guilty anytime somebody covers a cat's feet with something, this is the video for you. Dogs, cats, lions -- none of them know how mirrors work and are scared of their own reflection.

Today marks the day Poland made our list of awesome countries. Why? They openly celebrate their love of weiner dogs! No, seriously. These folks have no shame, and they showed their affection by dressing up and parading around their Dachshunds like the grumpy bundles of cuteness they are.

If there is one thing that all of the internet can agree on, it's that pictures and videos of kittens and puppies are the tops. Now, thanks to researchers at Japan's Hiroshima University, you have even more reason to search the Web for such adorableness when you are at work...

That's Sugar, the surf dog riding the biggest wave ever by a dog his size in a small dog surfing contest. It happened this weekend at Surf City Surf Dog -- a weekend-long event in Huntingdon Beach, California. We've got lots of pictures of the event too, which means you get to experience the whole thing without succumbing to massive wet dog funk. You're welcome.

We think grumpy dogs are super-adorable -- it's just that dogs this big don't usually fall into the "precious" category.