We found a bunch of show-dog ‘for your consideration’ ads. Drummer’s wins.

meredithbklyn:

it’s all happening.

CatsForNewt.net? Does that exist yet?

villagevoice:

This won “Best Animal Photo” at our Web Awards last night. Check out the rest of the winners

This made us laugh.

nwkarchivist:

ON THIS DATE IN 1957: LAIKA LAUNCHED INTO ORBIT ON SPUTNIK II

A Dog’s Life

The first living creature to become a resident of outer space is strapped on her back in a tiny pressurized and heated cabin.  The Husky in the now-dubbed “Muttnik” is covered with electrodes measuring blood pressure, heartbeat, and body temperature.  She may be able to bark or whine into a miniature microphone and probably is being nourished intravenously by glucose.  Why a dog?  three reasons: (1) A dog does not perspire and so can be more readily confined in a limited-air cubicle, (2) a dog can register measurable emotions, and (3) a dog can be conditioned and trained to undergo severe physical trials.” 

—Newsweek  November 11, 1957

Laika did not survive the trip.

THE SADDEST ARCHIVES POST EVER.

Happy Friday!! Heavy reading for this Newsweek pup. (Thanks, Senses!)

And now is when we call for your pets-reading-newsweek; grandparents-reading-newsweek (that shouldn’t be hard) ((we joke!)); creepy-subway-seatmates-reading-newsweek contributions. nwktumblr (at) gmail (dot) com

The K-9 corps of the CIA have a web site. What would a CIA tumblr be like?

K-9 Hall of Fame

There’s a really hack joke about friends and Washington we just made around the office, but we’ll pretend that we never said it.

Clearly, New Scientist is a tool of the cat lobby.