Pet Pawfection

According to the Toy Retailers Association, a game centered around a pooping dachshund is expected to be one of the hottest selling toys for Christmas this year. Made by Goliath, Doggie Doo is already a hit in Germany where it is known as "Kackel Dackel."

The toy dog has a leash with a pump on the end. You feed him a play-doh like substance and press the pump several times before he poops it out the other end. Along the way, it makes all sorts of wonderful, disgusting sounds.

So how do you play the actual game?

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So what happens when a human tries on an electric bark collar? Gather 'round fur brothers and sisters and get ready to howl with delight. Watch as they bark like a dog, twitch, scream, laugh and cry. I laughed so hard I lost my breakfast!

You'll notice at the beginning a fur brother trying to help the human remove the collar as he keeps twitching and leaning to the left. Us dogs don't want revenge. We just want you to get rid of that dastardly collar!

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My Human Mama's Shelby, Taken By Cancer

November is National Pet Cancer Awareness Month. VPI Pet Insurance declared it as such in 2005 to "empower pet owners with knowledge about the prevalence, detection and treatment of pet cancer." Cancer does not discriminate. It kills humans and pets. My human mama's furry friend Shelby, a beautiful hound mix, died of cancer a few years ago. There are countless stories of lost loved ones and those who won their fights. We celebrate those victories as we continue the struggle to save as many lives as possible.

VPI is doing its part this month by donating $1 for every new Like of the VPI Facebook page. For those of you in the Long Beach, California area, the fifth annual VPI K9K Pet Cancer Awareness Walk will take place on November 15, 2011. All registration fees will be donated directly to the Animal Cancer Foundation.

A recent discovery at North Carolina State University provided some good news in the fight against cancer. Researchers found that chromosomal "breakpoints" in canines are associated with cancer. So what are breakpoints?

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