The much-loved and much-missed Shiba Inu Puppy Cam -- which, at the risk of missing a moment to brag, SFist was the first to report onback in October -- came in at number three in People Pets' Top Ten Pet Moments of 2008.

In November alone, 3 million people tuned in to see the pups squirm, squeal, sleep, whimper, and woo the world with their silly puppy antics. Soon the story took off from SF to wider media outlets like Dlisted, HuffPo, and Ellen. You hear that? Ellen, people.

Beating out the Shiba Inu Puppy Cam were President-Elect Obama's new puppy announcement, coming in at no. 2, with 44-pound Prince Chuck, the fat New Jersey cat who needs 5723465 belly kisses, winning the to spot.