The Brandling Villa pub in South Gosforth, Newcastle, has come up with an ingenious attention-grabbing idea: serving beer for dogs.
Offering canine customers a non-alcoholic beverage made of malt, hops, and meat extract, it’s a beefy concoction that’ll make human tasters recoil in horror but has furrier members of the animal kingdom gulping it down.
The pub welcomes pets of all shapes and sizes, but so far dogs seem to be winning out, with “cat-flavoured gravy” also on offer on Sundays according to The Daily Mail.
As well as a fish-flavoured beef stock – that’ll be the “cat-flavoured gravy”, then – hungry dogs can expect their own version of chicken chasseur, as well as doggy desserts.
For the time being, the canine “booze” isn’t available for mail order, so for the time being you best set your SatNavs in the direction of Newcastle – and make sure your hounds are partial to a bit of beef.
You would never guess what number one gayest US town is. Forget San Francisco (18th) or New York (not even on the list) — the gayest city is Salt Lake City, Utah, according to The Advocate, the gay and lesbian newsmagazine. Read more here.
15. Denver
14. Long Beach, Calif.
13. Austin
12. Portland, Ore.
11. Little Rock, Ark.
10. Grand Rapids, Mich
9. Atlanta
8. Knoxville, Tenn.
7. St. Paul and Minneapolis
6. Ann Arbor, Mich.
5. Seattle
4. Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
3. Cambridge, Mass.
2. Orlando, Fla.
1. Salt Lake City
The Best of the Rest
Our Honorable Mentions
16. Washington, D.C.
17. New Orleans
18. San Francisco
19. Pittsburgh
20. Salem, Ore.
21. Madison, Wis.
22. Eugene, Ore.
23. Oakland, Calif.
24. Boston
25. Kansas City, Mo.
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I am a dog groomer and my dog, Tackle, enjoys playing with my clients. Here are some pictures of him and his friends.
Tackle is an eight year old Golden Retriever, who needs to lose a few pounds. He enjoys driving around town with me and is always by my side (unless he has a friend over).
In the picture on the right, he is with Briggs, a Labradoodle. Briggs is a two-year-old and totally wore poor Tackle out. He has more energy than Tackle EVER had.
Tackle and Sydney the labradoodle
Tackle (Golden) and Brutis (Labradoodle)
Tackle and Baron the Samoyed
Tackle and Seamus, the coton de tulear
Tackle and Gunnar (Lhasa apso)
Tackle with Briggs (Labradoodle)
Three Golden Retrievers, Mosley, Josie and Tackle
Tackle and Gunnar the lhasa apso in front of beware of dog sign
Tackle and Josie (Airedale Terrier)
Tackle and Sunday (Labradoodle)
golden-doodle and golden retriever
Tackle and Gunnar ( lhasa apso), with Dagen (goldendoodle)
Tackle and Bella (German Shepherd)
Tackle and Daphne (Black lab)
Tackle and Libby (poodle mix)
Tackle and Leo (labradoodle)
Labradoodle and golden retriever
Tackle with Gunnar the Lhasa apso and Sunday the Labradoodle
It was the worst string of tornadoes in forty years. Over three hundred Americans have been killed. A record setting tornado stays on the ground for two hours, destroying entire neighborhoods. Guess what is all over the news? The royal wedding. The Today Show, Cnn, Abc News, Cbs News and Nbc News should hang their heads in shame.
In case you haven’t heard about this guy before, his name will stick in your mind. The new Maine Governor, Paul Le Page isn’t afraid to say what he thinks. Judging by the comments, every time he opens his mouth, his popularity goes up.He brought down the house at his inauguration when he shook his fist toward the media box and said, “You’re on notice! I’ve inherited a financially- troubled State to run. Observe…cover what we do…but don’t whine if I don’t waste time responding to your every whim for your amusement.”
During his campaign for Governor, he was talking to commercial fishermen who are struggling because of federal fisheries rules. They complained that Obama brought his family to Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park for a long Labor Day holiday and found time to meet with union leaders, but wouldn’t talk to the fishermen. LePage replied, “I’d tell him to go to hell and get out of my State.” The Lame Stream Media crucified LePage, but he jumped 6 points in the pre-election poll.
The Martin Luther King incident was a political sandbag which brought him National exposure. The ‘lame stream’ media crucified him, but word on the street is very positive. The NAACP specifically asked LePage to spend MLK Day visiting black inmates at the Maine State Prison. He told them that he would meet with ALL inmates, regardless of race, if he were to visit the prison. The NAACP balked and then put out a news release claiming falsely that he refused to participate in any MLK events. He read it in the paper for the 1st time the next morning while being driven to an event and went ballistic because none of the reporters had called him for comment before running the NAACP release.
He arrived at that event & said in front of a TV camera, “If they want to play the race card on me they can kiss my ass”, and he reminded them that he has an adopted black son from Jamaica and that he attended the local MLK Breakfast every year that he was mayor of Waterville. (He started his morning there on MLK Day.)
He then stated that there’s a right way and a wrong way to meet with the Governor, and he put all special interests on notice that press releases, media leaks, and all demonstrations would prove to be the wrong way. He said any other group which acted like the NAACP could expect to be at the bottom of the Governor’s priority list.
He then did the following, and judging from local radio talk show callers, his popularity increased even more: The State employees union complained because he waited until 3 P.M. before closing State offices and facilities and sending non-emergency personnel home during the last blizzard. The prior Governor would often close offices for the day with just a forecast before the first flakes. (Each time the State closes for snow, it costs the taxpayers about $1 million in wages for no work in return.)
LePage was CEO of the Marden’s chain of discount family bargain retail stores before election as governor.
He noted that State employees getting off work early could still find lots of retail stores open to shop. So, he put the State employees on notice by announcing: “If Marden’s is open, Maine is open!”He told State employees: “We live in Maine in the winter, for heaven’s sake, and should know how to drive in it. Otherwise, apply for a State job in Florida!”
Governor LePage symbolizes what America needs; Refreshing politicians who aren’t self-serving and who exhibit common sense.
Two police dogs are hurt tonight after a three county chase. Police attempted to shoot out his tires and he also avoided a roadblock before he was caught. The good news is that the criminal responsible, 32-year-old Kelly Krebs, is in jail. Krebs stole a police car with K9 officer Doolie inside, and a deputy was dragged 100 feet during this chace. Six-year-old Jeck, a German Shepherd K-9 unit, tracked Krebs into the woods. When Sgt. Harrison next saw K-9 Jeck, he had two stab wounds. He carried the K-9 out of the woods.
Last winter, I wore my new Uggs (without socks) and my toes got red, swollen and sore. I ended up with a strong prescription of antibiotics. It was nearly a month before they were healed. After that ordeal, I put the boots away. Now, here’s the stupid part; I got them out again this year. I wore them for ONE DAY for four hours (with socks this time). Take a wild guess about what happened. Click here to see pictures. These are my toes now. FYI: they looked good before. They ended up like this within twenty-four hours of wearing these toxic boots.
I recently discovered that the company Ugg Australia has moved their operations to China. It seems like a lot of faulty products come from China these days. I got a pair of steak knives (made in China) for Christmas and they rusted in the dishwasher. China doesn’t have a great reputation for quality control.
Who knows what kind of fur is inside these Uggs! It could be squirrel. As for my Baily Button Ugg Boots (pictured below), they are going in the trash. It’s a shame really, because they are really warm, comfortable and cute (not to mention expensive). It’s just too bad they’re toxic. read more
Butternut Farm Wildcat Sanctuary (BFWS) in Johnstown, Ohio, provides homes for animals abandoned by their owners. They have Eurasian Lynx, Bobcats, Cougars, African Serval, Alaskan Timberwolf, Coatimundis, Red Fox and Domestic Cats. The new Ohio ban on exotic animals has them worried. Read more here/news video.
In Crystal Lake, Chicago, George Kalomiris kept a hold of the leash when a great horned owl swooped down and tried to carry off his 4-pound Chihuahua, Chico. The news report sounded like there was a brief game of tug-of-war with poor Chico. Thank goodnes it ended with the owner winning.
The Brandling Villa pub in South Gosforth, Newcastle, has come up with an ingenious attention-grabbing idea: serving beer for dogs.
