People, it's time to bring out your claws and your puppy to fight for the title of America's Cutest Puppy!!!!

Wow:

The chuck it is a truly amazing invention. If you don't have one, this could be a great gift...now!

Here's my cousin Jessica Lazdins with her sister Jennifer's great pooch Gracie and the Chuck It!

She will always go for the tennis ball.

Through the weeds and barely breathing:

Eyes always on the prize:

Good dog!

You are ready for your close up and a rest!

Thanks to my cousin Jennifer Lazdins for having such a great pooch!

1. 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 stupid burned out bulb?

2. Border Collie: Just one. And then I'll replace any wiring that's not up to code.

3. Dachshund: You know I can't reach that stupid lamp!

4. Rottweiler: Make me.

5. Boxer: Who cares? I can still play with my squeaky toys in the dark.

6. Lab: Oh, me, me!!!!! Pleeeeeeeeeze let me change the light bulb! Can I? Can I? Huh? Huh? Huh? Can I? Pleeeeeeeeeze, please, please, please!

7. German Shepherd: I'll change it as soon as I've led these people from the dark, check to make sure I haven't missed any, and make just one more perimeter patrol to see that no one has tried to take advantage of the situation.

8. Jack Russell Terrier: I'll just pop it in while I'm bouncing off the walls and furniture.

9. Old English Sheep Dog: Light bulb? I'm sorry, but I don't see a light bulb!

10. Cocker Spaniel: Why change it? I can still pee on the carpet in the dark.

11. Chihuahua: Yo quiero Taco Bulb. Or "We don't need no stinking light bulb."

12. Greyhound: It isn't moving. Who cares?

13. Australian Shepherd: First, I'll put all the light bulbs in a little circle...

14. Poodle: I'll just blow in the Border Collie's ear and he'll do it. By the time he finishes rewiring the house, my nails will be dry.

Thanks to my Aunt Susan Lazdins for this dogtastic email forward!

is back and she's given us glimpses into her two faces.

Hrairoo the Skeptic:

Hrairoo the Glamorous:

Thanks to Susan Short for delightful pics of her pooch!

Pooches represent 3/5ths...rightfully!! Tell me if you've ever seen anything like the last dog and his super human strengths. I still can't quite believe it.

Thanks to Nicole from Vancouver for the link!

How could you not win the American Humane Society's 2006 Pets and Pals Photo Contest with this entry??!

There are some other really really really cute photos too such as this:

And this dog that looks a lot like a pig:

Congrats to winner Anne Weller of St. Petersburg!

Poor pooch got taken too.

"Gigi, all of 7 pounds and 13 years old, was doing her duty Tuesday when she chased a burglar out of her owner's residence and down a north Stockton street.

The burglar, clutching several pieces of jewelry just stolen from 81-year-old Bernice Malloy's home, then stopped, turned back and scooped up the barking Maltese before fleeing in a white car."

We're rooting for Gigi to find her way home!

Have you stalked flickr recently for super duper cute dog pics???

Here's one to whet your appetite!

check out the fantastic pooches who helped our post-9/11 efforts.

We love you, rescue dogs! We really really love you and thank you!

of kittens!!! You heard me correctly - watch, see and believe. And squeel with delight and totally freak out:

Thanks to N Choy for the link!