Wednesday, September 5, 2007

It's tough being a New York dog

As 11-year-old golden lab Socha recently discovered.

Maybe Socha should move to Bangor, Maine where Zoe, a black lab, has been appointed to a downtown liason committee based on her experience as an unofficial consultant last summer when the city was trying to decide where it should install several bag dispensers for dog waste.

Italian lifeguards love labs

And not just because of their webbed feet.

Sniffer labs give star performance at film festival

Sniffer labrador retrievers, Lucky and Flo, who specialize in detecting pirated DVDs, have hit the road for a high-profile tour which includes cameo performances at the Toronto Film Festival.

Lucky and Flo, who hail from Ireland, are so good at their jobs that earlier this year, when they were on loan to Malaysia, a bounty was placed on their heads by aggrieved pirates.

The Toronto Star has video.
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Meanwhile in other sniffer dog news, the University of Washing ton gets its own bomb detection unit in the form of chocolate lab, Kali.

Andrex puppy wins Brintain's favourite TV Animal

The little golden lab beat out Lassie, Eddie from Frasier and even Black Beauty, the horse. For non-Brits here's some Andrex Puppy video.