Lickstown, USA, Population 1 Dog, 2 Cats

Via Jezebel:

An adorable video with an even cuter backstory: The puppy, Lucky, was adopted at three weeks old from a woman using him in a scam and the owner's two cats raised him as if he were their kitten.

My favorite part is when the guy in the accompanying song is talking about how he's been "hittin' the beer" and the dog is looking lovingly at the camera.

Baby Animals: The Book

While in Pennsylvania visiting my boyfriend's family I picked up an amazing book at a garage sale called "Baby Animals".

It's a book full of glamour shots of baby animals, it cost me 25 cents, and it's awesome. It reminds me a lot of Kittens Inspired by Kittens.

Here are my faves:



Hilarious! I wish the rest of the text was as good. Mostly it's like, "We're baby ducks! Quack quack!" or "Penguins are wobbly!"



Love the soft-focus lens.



I LOVE that there are both "Kittens" and "Cats" and "Puppies" and "Dogs". Classic.

Catmoms are So Nice

Dogmoms too. Most moms, really. This catmom adopted a baby bunneh.

Twinkly Music WIN

Please please please watch this with your sound on.

This poor cat Nosey is having some trouble with a festive red balloon. In the spirit of honesty I feel I should tell you this is a reenactment, but this did happen naturally the first time. And it is priceless.

Chit-Chat (<--FRENCH PUN)

Some cats are so talkative that the best way to keep your sanity is to pretend you're having a conversation with them. My cat Ruby has great comic timing. This cat's not bad either.

I'm Back and I'm Making Up for It

WITH SO MANY POSTS!

Sorry dudes. It's been a busy few months for me at work. But I'm ready to get back in my groove.

This cat likes having its hind quarters scratched.

This Cat Doesn't Know How It's Done

But it's ok. He just drinks water from the faucet his own way. He's like "Whateva, whateva, I do what I want!"

Thanks to my Dad for sending me this vid!

Animals in Casts

Here are photos of 25 animals in casts. Super sad and super cute.



I hate to think of what horrible things might have befallen them (hit by a car? attacked by a bear?!) so instead I imagine they broke their limbs performing adorable hi-jinks, like climbing trees or doing an obstacle course or trying to make a cheerleading pyramid.

Silly Kittens

Guys, you're supposed to go DOWN a slide, not up. Yeah. It's OK. It's kind of confusing.

(It's not, really. But they're kittens, so they get a pass.)

Best Dream Ever

I had the best dream last night. I dreamt I was walking past a tangle of bushes on the sidewalk and I heard mewing. I dug into the bush and there were three kittens. TINY ONES! They were gray tabbies and looked like this.



They were all tangled up and as I pulled them out I also pulled out a little pigeon wearing a tiny wreath around its neck.



In the dream it was obvious to me that they were friends and the kittens had made the wreath for the pigeon because it was special. Maybe it was the pigeon's birthday? Anyway it was an important pigeon.

I tried to convince my boyfriend to take them all home but he said the kittens were probably diseased because they'd been hanging out with the pigeon (though the pigeon was obviously distinguished, so this argument was flawed).

The end.

Roomba Smackdown

This strikingly beautiful cat is a bit of a prima donna. Its housemate, an argyle besweatered dog, doesn't seem too miffed about it though.

Puppehs Dressed as Kittehs, Via Conan

Step into the ConeZone with me, won't you?

Via CuteOverload

Cats in Sweaters

Turns out dogs aren't the only cute things in sweaters these days!

You've Got to BEE Kidding Me

This poor cat, named Waffles (!), was stung by a bee.

From Cute Overload, again!

Groomsmen

So sweet!

Via Cute Overload.

Keeping Up with the Internets

Surely you remember the Dramatic Chipmunk?:



Well, now apparently there's a Dramatic Cat:



And a Dramatic Pug:



Via Cute Overload, of course.

GHOSTLY!

This chalk animation by Lucinda Schreiber is beeeeauuutiful. And the best image comes at the very end (I think).

Firekites - AUTUMN STORY - chalk animation from Lucinda Schreiber on Vimeo.

Full disclosure: saw this on Design Sponge first.

SPROING!

This is Maru, a Scottish Fold cat living in Japan. He LOVES boxes. Watch him try to get into this big box.



He has his own YouTube channel, so there's more where that came from, thank goodness.

When Irish Pups Are Smiling

This past weekend I went to the annual Brooklyn St. Paddy's Day parade in Park Slope.

It was so fun! There were lots of animals in the parade, including Irish setters, an Irish wolfhound, and some CLYDESDALES! Those guys are huuuuge! Their tails and manes were dyed green. That didn't seem so healthy for the horses. But I guess their owners probably know what they're doing. I hope!

I also saw a basset hound named Ozzie wearing a green bowler hat. I haven't uploaded the pic yet so until I do, here's a drawing.



Also, here are some gratuitous pics of animals dressed up for St. Patrick's Day that I found online. FUNNY!

Cat Adopts Puppies

From the Sun in- where else?- the UK.

Smaigal the cat and her newly adopted puppies

The orphaned pups were taken in by Smaigal's owner Mohammed Al-Hamoury after their mother was killed by a car. And the motherly cat was more than happy to add the cute pups to her litter.

Unrelated: Is it just me, or does "Smaigal" make you think of SMEEEEEGOL!?