dogs

Rosie the dog got all dressed up for her birthday, but she doesn’t seem happy at all. In fact, this is the face children make when their parents are embarrassing them. Watch as her parents do just that.

Most dogs fetch bones or sticks, but Buffy, a black lab, can fetch another dog named Benson. When the owner says, “Go fetch Benson,” Buffy proceeds to rush enthusiastically to the other lab’s side and pull him back home by the collar. This is actually a very practical skill, since Benson is deaf and wouldn’t know when to come inside otherwise.

A dog with suspiciously human-like hands is able to play a jaunty tune on the piano. Check out what this musically talented (and well-dressed) German shorthaired pointer can do below.

Apparently, this golden retriever howls along every time the daughter of the house practices her saxophone. The results aren’t exactly John Coltrane and Billie Holiday, but it’s not so bad for inter-species jazz.

It’s hard to imagine one dog jumping rope, but 13? At the same time? That requires real talent and training. That’s why Uchida Geinousha, who trains dogs for the Super Wan Wan Circus has been awarded the Guinness World Record for dog handler to train the most dogs skipping rope at the same time.

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.

Harbor, an eight-year-old coonhound, has a 13.5-inch-long right ear and a 12.25-inch-long left one, earning the pooch the Guinness World Record for longest ears on a living dog.

While there are wheeled contraptions available to give mobility to handicapped pets, the Amigo — a new wheelchair from industrial designer Nia Shalom — is specially optimized for the way pups move.

Dogs are no strangers to chilling out but chilling out in the passenger seat of a van while cruising down the California freeway, paw hanging out the window as the wind blows through your fur? That’s a whole different story. This Siberian Husky definitely knows a thing or two about easy riding. Good thing these two dudes caught it on film.

It’s a classic stare-down: cat stares at dog, dog stares at cat and viewer stares at screen wondering what the heck is taking them so long. Come on fellas! Out of your respective corners and let’s get this fight going. Cat versus dog. Who you got?

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

Will DaSilva started taking his pet pug otis skydiving when he was a mere puppy. Now, at ten years old, Otis has been on 64 jumps. Sure, Otis looks adorable in his little doggie goggles with his little doggie cheeks flapping in the wind, but is it safe for dogs to skydive? And does Otis really enjoy hurtling through the air?