As heat wave season kicks in, Buddy wanted to share these tips on making sure your dog doesn’t suffer any ill-effects from sun, heat, hot blacktops and more.

http://horsham.patch.com/articles/pets-are-safer-inside-on-hot-days

As if the changeover from food pyramid to food plate wasn’t confusing enough to humans, there’s also a lot of confusion out there over what makes for a balanced dog diet. Buddy thought this Q&A with a vet on the topic would be helpful to owners.

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/06/07/answers-about-feeding-dogs-and-cats/

Being a city dog, Buddy is more into skateboarding, but he could appreciate those of his fellow canines who took to the waves off of San Diego this past weekend as part of the Loews Coronado Bay Resort Surf Dog Contest.
Surf Dogs In Action

Buddy’s new favorite toy looks like the love child of a tennis ball and football. Easy to throw and easy for a dog to get a good grip on, the Air Kong squeaks every time a dog catches or bites it.

Buddy found this article that offers up some fun facts about dog behavior. His favorite one was about how most dogs think their name is “no” because that’s what they hear most from their owners.

http://www.globalanimal.org/2011/06/01/dogs-moody-as-teenagers-smart-as-two-year-olds/40328/

Buddy found an easy way for everyone to help donate a service dog to a veteran recovering from post-traumatic stress syndrome. Simply go to the “dog bless you” page on Facebook and “like” it. Every 5,000 likes gets one dog and one vet paired up.

When Buddy found this piece about the L.A. Dodgers hosting a pet-friendly game day, he knew he had to post it in hopes that perhaps a Steinbrenner brother will take to the idea too. Buddy loves his Yankees!

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=ycn-8534267

Buddy thought Ligers—the offspring of a Lion and a Tiger—were the stuff of Napolean Dynamite, but it turns out that they are real. Two Liger cubs were born to a tiger mom—not the Amy Chua variety—and lion dad just last week. When the mom decided to stop feeding the cubs, a dog stepped in to nurse the furry feline babies. Find out more here:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/blogpost/post/liger-cubs-birth-story-gets-even-more-adorable-raised-by-a-dog-video/2011/05/24/AF2XuXAH_blog.html

Last year scientists and cat owners made a lot of noise at how cats drink water by using their tongues as a conveyor belt. Everyone was like “look how sophisticated cats are.” Well, turns out dogs drink the same way, only there is a bit more splash due to size. So all you felines out there who think you’re so superior can just stand down.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43161416/ns/technology_and_science-science/

If you thought the whole dog trying to bite a letter carrier was an old TV and movie joke, it’s not. One mail carrier in San Diego posted a blog entry featuring photos of all the dogs that have tried to bite and jump on him during his daily rounds. Buddy especially likes the photo of the dog peeking out of a door mail slot.

http://ryancbradford.com/2011/05/05/all-the-dogs-want-to-kill-me/