Pets

Man’s best friend starred in some pretty great viral videos this year. Here are our ten favorite adorable canine videos of 2011. Check them all out below and then vote for which one you think is cutest. (For more on each video, click on the titles in blue.)

We’ve all made the assumptions about a person based on whether they own a cat or a dog. But do these stereotypes have any basis in real life? The folks at Hunch.com set out to answer that question by polling nearly 200,000 pet owners on whether they have a cat or a dog and then crossing that information with general lifestyle question the respondents also answered. Read on for the results of the s

YouTube Santa's reindeers work their antlers off every Christmas, but the rest of God's creatures have got it so much easier. Whether they're household pets, zoo animals or endangered species just chilling in a preserve, the following eight animal videos illustrate just how much humans consider their furry and/or feathered friends a part of their families. Sure, you ...

Is there anything as quintessentially adorable as a dog with one ear up? If there is, we certainly can’t think of it. So, enjoy the nonstop parade of doggy cuteness below. No need to thank us.

Our sister site Taste of Country is holding a contest to determine which pet brought home by a country music artist this year is the best. And you get to pick the winner.

In what will no doubt go down in history as one of the biggest “epic fails” in hunting history, a dog in Utah accidentally shot his owner in the backside with a 12-gauge shotgun. The dog’s name? Dick Cheney. We kid, we kid.

Planning to get a jump on your holiday shopping this week? Don’t forget man’s best friend — a variety of pet retailers are offering steals and deals for the dog and cat sets on Black Friday. Get out there early and get Fido what he really wants for the holidays this year!

Taylor Swift‘s new cat, Meredith, is living the good life. At only a few weeks old, her cuddly pet has been pictured catnapping through private jet rides, romping around green rooms and purring in hotel suite beds without so much as one No. 1 single or even an award nomination under her tiny belt. Yeah, that little feline has it pretty good.

Fork Party/Listas/Funny Pictures 24 Sure, Halloween is all about the kiddos. Opening the front door to the neighborhood wee ones (yours or someone else's) dressed in their trick-or-treating finery is a sugar rush unto itself. So what's cuter than your four-year-old dressed as Dorothy? Your f ... Read More ...

Recently we uncovered video footage of what the Guinness Book of World Records says is the longest cat in the world. She’s 48 and a half inches long and belongs to a couple in the US. But last night on ’Conan,’ Conan O’Brien disputed the couples’s claim and showed viewers the actual longest cat in the world.

This pooch was able to stay perfectly still as his owner built a Jenga-like tower of tempting dog treats right on his snout. Then the canine continues the balancing act until getting a signal that the trick is over.

Is that a hedgehog on the floor or are you just happy to see us? This dog is so excited and/or anxious about the prickly brown pile on the floor that he’s decided to skip today’s walk and just run in place. In reality, we think he’s probably trying to dig a hole so he can expose the hedgehog’s soft, defenseless underside but that’s not nearly as cute to think about. Thank goodness for laminate