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Daily Dog: When The UPS Delivery Guy Comes Calling

So there’s apparently a whole Facebook page titled UPS Dogs devoted to dogs who love their UPS drivers. Check out the cute brain-break below as these furry family members greet home deliveries each day. One UPS guy even adopted one of his daily friends when the dog’s human passed away. #DogsRule

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Woof: Hot Guy Finds His Two Lost Dogs

Sandy Hernandez with Ragnar & Kloud
Woofy Miami resident Sandy Hernandez has two Siberian Huskies named Ragnar and Kloud who had jumped the fence and run away. The devastated dad looked for them everywhere and posted “missing dog” flyers all over his neighborhood. But it turns out they were taken to Miami-Dade Animal Services after being found on the street. The good samaritan who found Kloud and Ragnar came across the flyers and told Sandy to go to the shelter. And when Hernandez arrived, the Huskies were taking part in a pet adoption photoshoot being run by the organization and was captured on live TV. “They are my life,” Hernandez told CBS Miami. “They are my life.” #HappyDance

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Study: Gay & Bisexual Couples Owned By Dogs Have Stronger Relationships

Yes, you could say we are ‘dog people’
A new study by pet-sitting company Rover.com found gay and bisexual couples say their relationships are stronger as a result of adopting dogs.

• 56% said having a dog meant that they spent more time together

• Those gay/bi couples also see dog ownership as a greater commitment to their other half than setting up a joint bank account

• 21% of gay and bi couples were more likely to have a “pet-nup” in place versus just 12% of straight couples

Over a third of all respondents – gay or straight – said they would not date anyone who was not a self-confessed “dog person.” True dat. There were also a few downsides noted to having a dog:

• 17% of couples said they had less sex because their dog now shares the bed with them

• A third said they leave the house separately so there’s always someone home to take care of their pup

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Man Crush Monday

There is simply no way I can flip through Instagram without stopping to appreciate the ridiculously photogenic dog-lover, Steve_In_LA. So, let’s just take a moment, shall we? Happy Monday everyone! https://www.instagram.com/p/Byg8IbsBcQ4/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BlMxjqQgarc/ https://www.instagram.com/p/Bk5gNGNgfMH/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BtmEiQqnwGr/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BsJZZDcHVaG/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BtKDOG8HhyP/

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Video: Dogs Freeze Like Statues On Command

Evelyn Edblad has taught her dogs to freeze like statues until she gives them permission to move.

She shares via YouTube:

“This was filmed during a regular lunch walk with my dogs. I’ve taught Jackson, Cash, and X to stay still on command before I give them the signal that they are free to go.

“They then freeze in expectation, knowing they’ll soon get to run around.

“The behavior comes with a little training combined with their instinct as sheepdogs, the breed is bred to herd, where they’ll freeze while controlling the sheep.”

This video was shot on July 22, 2019, in Sundsvall, Vasternorrland, Sweden.

(h/t Towleroad)

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Woman’s Will Orders Healthy Dog To Be Put Down Upon Owner’s Passing

File this under “Selfish bs of the day.”

A woman decreed in her will that upon her death her dog was to be killed, cremated and put in her coffin for burial.

From NBC News:

A healthy dog was put to death in Virginia at the behest of its owner, who made the request in her will. The owner of Emma, a Shih Tzu mix, died March 8. Her dog was held at the Chesterfield Animal Shelter before it was picked up March 22 and then euthanized. Heartbroken animal shelter officials said they had no choice but to turn over Emma to the estate executor, even knowing what was going to happen to her.

“We did suggest they could sign the dog over on numerous occasions, because it’s a dog we could easily find a home for and re-home,” Chesterfield Animal Services manager Carrie Jones told WWBT. “Ultimately, they came back in on March 22 and redeemed the dog.” Emma’s owner, Anita Cullop-Thompson, 67, wanted to be interred with her pet, Morrissett Funeral and Cremation Service owner Larry Spiaggi told NBC News.

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Gus Kenworthy Heartbroken As His South Korean Rescue Pup Beemo Passes Away

Gus Kenworthy's South Korean rescue pup, Beemo, passed away this week due to an unforeseen lung/heart issue
Gus Kenworthy and Beemo

Very sad news from out Olympian Gus Kenworthy who famously saved his new pup, Beemo, from a dog farm in South Korea from being killed.

Beemo apparently became less and less interested in her food this past week and when Gus and boyfriend Matt Wilkas took her to the veterinarian, it was discovered that “her lungs were deteriorated and that her heart was too big for her body – a birth defect we had no way of knowing about.”

According to the silver medalist, vets said there was no way to know about the condition and she had been living on “borrowed time.”

See Gus and Matt’s heartbreaking notes below.

Two days ago my beautiful baby Beemo passed away. It was completely unexpected and Matt and I are beside ourselves trying to cope with her loss. For a week or so we’d been worrying because she was showing less and less interest in her food. There were several trips to the vet and on our final visit this past Thursday I asked them do a full body scan in case there was an underlying issue they had missed. Beemo went into a panic attack during the x-rays and her breathing became rapid and shallow. The scan revealed that her lungs were deteriorated and that her heart was too big for her body – a birth defect we had no way of knowing about. Unable to treat her there, I rushed her to the emergency vet where a breathing tube was put down her throat. They hoped that with a respirator breathing for her they could get her vitals back to a normal level so she could be treated but they were never able to do so. The past two days have been a blur. It all happened so fast that it’s still hard to believe it. The ER doc told us that even if we’d somehow spotted the issue earlier it wouldn’t have made a difference in the end. He said that she’d been living on “borrowed time” from the get go. Beemo was truly the best thing that ever happened to me and I feel so fortunate for our borrowed time together. I’ve never loved anything or anyone in the way that I loved that dog and she is and will always be deeply missed. She was so smart and playful. She brought so much happiness to so many people every single day. I’ll always remember being out on a walk with her and every other second she would get stopped by someone wanting to pet her, kneel down and kiss her, hold her in their arms or take a photo and on many occasions a crowd of people would have formed around her. That was her power: she made people smile. She was the kindest, most gentle soul I’ve ever known. She loved people. She loved birds and the snow. She loved me and Matt. But most of all she loved meeting other dogs. If any of you have pets up in doggy heaven please tell them to go find Bee because she could really use a good play date right now. RIP sweet creature – your daddy loves you more than you could ever even know!
A post shared by gus kenworthy (@guskenworthy) on May 26, 2018 at 6:32pm PDT

This is an incredibly sad post, I’m sorry… On Thursday @beemopup passed away. She had gotten sick about a week prior, stopped eating… the vets thought it was worms or possibly fussiness. When she wasn’t getting better we brought her to the vet again and they took x-rays that revealed her heart was too big. She was born with a heart defect we weren’t aware of. It was effecting all of her functions. We rushed her to the emergency room in an attempt to save her but there was nothing that could be done. The ER vets brought us down to be with her as she died. I can’t say I’ve ever experienced anything so heartbreaking. We pet her, we kissed her, we said our goodbyes and watched her take her last breaths. Many people who have never owned a dog might think to themselves “it’s just a dog”. But she wasn’t just a dog. She was our friend, she was our family, she was there in the morning when we woke up, she was so happy to see us every time we came home, and she loved us unconditionally. From the moment we met her on a dog meat farm in South Korea we knew how special she was. She made a hundred people smile every day. Every walk we took her on was interrupted again and again by people wanting to meet her, pet her, kiss her. (If you are reading this and you met her, then you know what i mean). She loved people. She loved playing with other dogs. She loved birds. Even on her last walks, when she was at her most tired and weakest, she really just wanted to be a puppy and play. She changed peoples lives. She changed my life. She changed Gus’s life. And she brought attention to an important cause (PLEASE RESCUE A DOG! PLEASE DONATE TO @hsiglobal THEY ARE, IN ADDITION TO DOING SO MANY OTHER THINGS, SHUTTING DOWN THE MEAT FARM INDUSTRY IN SOUTH KOREA!) I feel so grateful and lucky to have known her even for a brief moment. And I don’t regret giving her a happy love-filled life only to be so heartbroken now. It was worth it. Goodbye Bee. 🐝A post shared by Matthew Wilkas (@mwilkas) on May 26, 2018 at 6:36pm PDT

Beemo had become something of a social media phenom herself as Gus opened an Instagram account “for her” and she quickly gained over 100K followers.

Gus posted the pic below with the quote, “The candle that burns twice as bright burns half as long. RIP Beemo – you were and always will be very loved!”