Vick makes first anti-dogfighting appearance
Michael Vick, in the first of what he hopes will be dozens of appearances around the country to urge low-income youths to avoid dogfighting, spoke to a small gathering in Atlanta yesterday — but most...
View ArticleAuthor Joel Silverman at Camp Bow Wow
Dog trainer and author Joel Silverman, author of “What Color is Your Dog?”, will conduct a one-hour seminar next week at Camp Bow Wow in Columbia, Md. Silverman’s appearance, Sept. 23 from 6:30 to 8:30...
View ArticleOrange you glad your dog is yellow?
Dog trainer Joel Silverman’s brought his road show to Columbia, Maryland last night, where he took some jabs at TV trainers who see dominating a dog as a cure-all for behavior problems. “When people...
View Article“If I was a girl dog …”
My dog Ace gets a lot of compliments — far more than I do — but yesterday he got a doozie. A burly, fortyish man in shorts and a sleeveless t-shirt, passing us on the sidewalk in south Baltimore (we’re...
View ArticleVick returns to Baltimore for dogfighting talk
Michael Vick is back in town. Two months after picking up his Ed Block Courage Award in Baltimore, he’s back today to talk about dogfighting with a group of juvenile offenders. Media isn’t invited to...
View ArticleFrom “The Office” to the dog house
For all those wondering what Steve Carell would do after “The Office,” now we know: He has agreed to star in and co-produce a new movie about talking to a dog. It may sound cutesy, but it’s not. “Dogs...
View ArticleComfort dogs arrive in Newtown
A team of golden retrievers has arrived in Newtown, Conn., to comfort those impacted by the recent school massacre. About ten therapy dogs, part of a Lutheran Church Charities program, made the...
View ArticleTalking dogs: A device, from Sweden, that tells you what your dog is thinking
A group of Swedes is selling a device they say can translate your dog’s thoughts into English — and they’re seeking investors to help pay for further development of what they admit is a “work in...
View ArticleShut up and pet me: Study says dogs prefer petting over anything you might...
Less talk, more petting — that’s what your dog wants, according to a new study. Based on tests with dozens of dogs — some from homes, some from shelters — researchers found that, when it comes to...
View ArticleSmirky drug price-gouger pelted with substance some say resembled dog poop
We don’t abide fake news here on ohmidog!, so we shall not be reporting, at least not with any authority, on reports that the man with the smirk you love to hate — ex-pharmaceutical executive Martin...
View ArticleRetired professor foresees the day we’ll be able to talk with dogs — and it’s...
A retired Northern Arizona University biology professor says a device that could provide humans with a basic idea of what dogs are thinking could be developed within the next 10 years, or even as few...
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