Dexter enjoys retrieving his frisbee almost endlessly and other forms of activity. He’s proved to be very trainable and absolutely thrives on human attention (especially my mother’s), affection and interaction, of which he really finds it difficult to get enough.

People mistake her for a pitbull with a pinhead, but Wendy the whippet is one rare breed. So rare that the Central Saanich dog recently graced the New York Times. She also had several of her photos shown on The Today Show, all because of a rare genetic mutation that has led to her being the Incredible Hulk of dogs.

Read the rest of the article here.

Writes Brendan Koerner in Slate:

Today, Labs are the Levi’s jeans of purebred dogs. They’ve topped the American Kennel Club’s list of registered canines for 12 years straight. And not just topped, but dominated: The number of registered Labs is nearly three times the number of golden retrievers, the second most popular dog on the list.

This puppy is proof positive for the breeds popularity. He’s got a great temperament and a personality that’s really starting to reveal itself despite his young age—he’s 11 weeks old in this picture.

Our puppy was sired by Cooperslane’s Hershey. Cooperslane Kennel is owned and operated by Brian and Valerie Cooper. Visit them here.