Obama Disappoints

We here at BaxterBoo are disappointed. After the newly minted President-elect's first press conference in November, we caught a serious case of Hopenchange fever when he spent a considerable amount of time emphasizing how important the presidential puppy would be once the First Fam moved into the White House. Earlier, during the election night speech, he even told his daughters that they "have earned the new puppy that will be going with us to the White House."

Here it is, two months after Obama was elected, 10 days after he's moved in, and still no first dog. There's been hemming and hawing over the fact that one of the first daughters has allergies. There was talk of Portuguese Water Dogs and Labradoodles.

Is he waffling on a campaign pledge?

Next thing you know, he'll be backing out on other pre-inauguration promises. Oh, wait...

How Fido Fleece Helped Save My Dog's Life

It's hard to believe a simple Fido Fleece dog coat could mean the difference between life and death.

I was getting ready to go to bed one night, and Dexter got up from his dog bed in my bedroom, took a few steps, and threw up.

"Dexter!" I yelled, "Outside!"

I thought that he must have just had some indigestion, as dog's often do. I was immediately fretting about the mess I'd have to clean up. Little did I know that in a few hours, Dexter would be fighting for his life.

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When your beloved cat cries "Urgent Required!" there's only one thing to do. Reach for your capacitor equipped High Voltage Pet Brush. The "High Voltage from Low Voltage" gadget claims to electrocute fleas and other parasites living in your pet's hair, while leaving your dog's fido fleece or cat's fluffy fur unharmed. The painful, glazed-over looks frozen on the relentlessly shocked kittens' faces say otherwise.

This fine contraption is available for import from Ninghai Hengchuang Molding Factory, deep in the heart of China, a country known for its love of dogs and cats. Now that I think about it, this is probably some sort of reworked dog barbecuing tool.

I can't seem to find anywhere that carries it stateside yet, but it has the As Seen on TV sticker, so it should show up at Walgreens any day now. If you go for it, consider dog clothes to cover up the burns. Dog Protective Services will be watching you.

This isn't from the movie Marley & Me. This is Jennifer Aniston stopping to help catch a dog that was on the loose on Sunset Boulevard. Apparently, a member of the ever-present flock of paparazzi then ran to help find the owner. It's nice to see celebrity photograhers and their victims working together once in awhile. See, famous people? You don't always have to beat on those crazies with the three-foot lenses!

Aniston may have recently developed a bit of a soft spot towards the photographers. They recently saved Jennifer's Aniston's dog all by themselves. Plus, the fact that Aniston recently banked over $8 million in salary in a recent dog-related movie, makes this a love fest all around.

This is a bit disturbing. Click the image above to watch The Soup's coverage of a "It's Me of the Dog," in which Victoria Stilwell trains Stains, an Australian Shepherd, to remember the "away" command. She tests him by putting a plate of cupcakes in front of him. Stains immediately goes into a trance-like state, probably trying to (as The Soup's host says) imagine that happy place where a dog can eat cupcakes and can maul the hosts of cable shows.