Arts & Entertainment Of Course: Bay Area Now A Hotbed Of Pet Gyms In discretionary spending news, there's apparently a new trend afoot: sending your overweight "children" (which in San Francisco means cats and dogs) to pet gyms and enrolling them in diet and exercise programs.
Arts & Entertainment Barks And Bibles: Animals Blessed At Grace Cathedral The first Sunday in October marks St. Francis Day, a day when people take their animals to their nearest church for some much-needed God infusion, all in honor of St. Francis of Assisi.
SF News Blind Reverend And Guide Dog Victim Of Hit-Run Sweet Jesus. Down in East Palo Alto, Albert Macklin, a Reverend of the New Sweet Home Church of God in Christ who also happens to be blind, was hit while crossing the street
Arts & Entertainment And Now, A Photo For National Dog Day This weekend saw the return of "Dog Days" at AT&T Park, and it was a win all around. The Giants triumphed, hundreds of hounds showed up, and these two adorable pugs
SF News Windsurfers Rescue Puppy Stranded In The Bay A pair of windsurfers and a boat commuter (!) banded together Monday evening to rescue a dog found paddling frantically in the middle of the Bay. The pup, a labrador mix or mastiff, was
Arts & Entertainment Photo Du Jour: Moving Day A loyal pup looks on as his owners pack up their Scott Street apartment and move on out, presumably to Oakland.
SF News Oskar The Dachsund Dies From Meatball Poisoning Oskar at Animal Internal Medicine and Specialty Services on in San Francisco. We have sad news to report following up on the July 4 week poisoning of several dogs via strychnine-laced meatballs: Oskar
SF News Creepy Meatball Poisoner Still At Large, 3 Dogs Sickened It's either a far-reaching conspiracy, or one very industrious (and creepy) dog-hater: the person(s) responsible for the trail of poisoned meatballs is still at large and has been hitting neighborhoods across the
SF News Warning To Dog Owners About Poisonous Meatballs Found In Twin Peaks Around the Glen Park/Twin Peaks/Diamond Heights area, residents have found cooked poisonous meatballs around the area, with at least one dog being rushed to the emergency room after consuming the meat.
Arts & Entertainment How Weird Street Faire Gem: Bespectacled Dog Reading We forgot to this one final gem from Sunday's How Weird Street Faire: a dog wearing glasses. Arf. Other images from the street festival here.
Arts & Entertainment Cute: Nicole Vogelsong Helps Pagan Family Find Missing Dog In the cutest bit of drama today, Angel Pagán's dog, Maximo (a Bichon Frisé, perhaps?) went missing today outside of his Potrero Hill home. And who had the hot scoop? Mrs. Nicole Vogelsong,
Arts & Entertainment Cloning is Kind of Weird, But Here are Five Cute Pet Clones! Pet cloning is a pretty controversial practice, requiring $50,000 - $150,000, dozens of dogs living in questionable laboratory care, and—some say—the naiveté of heartbroken pet owners missing their loved
SF News BART Passenger In A Panic Over Pilfered Pomeranian A San Bruno woman is distraught after losing her 1-year-old Pomeranian named "Archie" on a BART ride home from a San Francisco SPCA event Wednesday night. Kerrin Lanahan says she accidentally fell asleep
SF News Cop Meets Dog, Dog Bites Cop, Cop Shoots Dog It's long been a personal nightmare to have that mellow-looking dog on Haight Street suddenly lunge for my throat, and it played out for one unlucky cop (and canine) yesterday afternoon. While attempting
Arts & Entertainment Meanwhile, In Russian Hill... Troy Holden snapped this shot of dogs waiting to get stylized at Russian Hill Dog Grooming. Also: ahhhh! *head explodes*
SF News Convicted Redwood City Poodle Killer Claims Neighbor's Dog Was Boning His Chihuahua 32-Year-old Marcos Montano-Topete, who claimed he was acting in self-defense when he beat a 12-pound toy poodle to death with a brick in Redwood City last year, was convicted last week animal cruelty
Arts & Entertainment These Cats (And One Dog) Are All Rooting For The Niners You know what can really turn a mood around? Adorable animals. These cats (and one dog named Billy Joel) are all hoping Kaepernick and co. can pull off something big in the second
Arts & Entertainment STOP EVERYTHING: Puppy Bowl 'Puppy Cam' Is Now On! Live video from your iPhone using Ustream This just in: the Puppy Bowl "puppy cam" is on! And, boy, is the action intense. The players (i.e., loads of puppies!) were in the
SF News Here's A Picture Of The Deplorable (Alleged) Dog-Throwing Tenderloin Mugger Pardon us if we hound this guy (pun certainly intended) until the local cops track him down, but the man you see pictured here is one Laurice Barrett — the very same man captured
SF News Have You Seen This Guy? SFPD Releases Video Of Dog-Throwing Tenderloin Mugger As part of their new crowdsourced crime solving efforts, SFPD has tracked down surveillance footage of the mugger wanted for stealing a woman's wallet and throwing her 18-pound Pekingese pup named Roxie into
SF News Dog-Throwing Tenderloin Mugger Wanted By SFPD A deplorable dog-hating mugger is still on the loose after he robbed a woman in her car on Leavenworth Street last Friday evening. According to Bay City News, the victim had done the
