I build a temple for your Barrroooooooooooooo!!!!

This dog knows how to party, y’all

Art Thou KIDDING ME?!?!

"Sure, end dogfighting. I don't have to pay for it, do I?"

First the Philadelphia Eagles and now BET is signing this guy!?  Seriously?

BET is partnering with Michael Vick’s production company (he has a production company!?) to produce a reality show for Vick, tentatively called The Michael Vick Project.

No, I’m not kidding.  Michael friggin’ Vick, dog killer extraordinaire, is partnering with Black Entertainment Television to produce a REALITY SHOW.  The show, according to its producers, will be different than ordinary reality shows and will be more serious in tone.  According to Radar Online, “The series will explore Vick’s past, his time in prison, his NFL comeback and his problems with his fiancé.”

Notably, the statement doesn’t expressly say that his reality show will explore the fact that he is a goddamn dog killer.  Additionally, because Vick is 20 million dollars in debt, there is, unsurprisingly, no word on whether any of the proceeds of the show will be donated to any animal organizations.

I seem to recall a faux contrite press conference during which Vick claimed that he wanted to set an example for kids and that he would attempt to begin to atone for his animal murdering sins.

We’re still waiting Vick.  Still waiting.

Inter-squee-cies Friendship

I love the story this photo tells.  The dog is picking up the cat to go on an adventure.  It’s as if the dog is saying “Excuse me, kitteh?  It’s doggeh.  Please hop down from that roof now.  I have come to escort you to the party.  We don’t want to be late.”

Malamute?  Bullshit.  No way.  More like “Malacute.”

Slide, Slide, Slippity Slide

(Thanks to Lily for the tip!)

YAWWWWWWN!!!  I’m filled with ennui.

We are family!  I got all my (adopted) sisters with me!

Move over!  No you move over!

Really?  It’s going to take you five months to find a damn puppy?

Apparently Mario Lopez has decided to grow up and get himself a dog.  And Extra has kicked off their new season with an announcement about Lopez’s “Great Puppy Hunt.” They are going to spend 5 months and countless hours of yawn-worthy coverage on Mario’s effort to find a dog.

On the one hand, it’s commendable that he wants to raise awareness about the plight of dogs who are languishing in shelters, some of them in high kill shelters with no hope of finding a home.

On the other hand– five fucking months?  Really?  I got Nate Dogg in a week.  One day I saw a picture of a shelter dog online.  I thought: “I should get a dog.”  Originally, I was going to get a chihuahua.  (Don’t judge me!  I used to eat a lot of Taco Bell.)  A week later, Nate Dogg was taking craps on my floor.  And no, I’d never owned a dog before.

I mean, get real, Mario.  You’re a celebrity.  You probably have people who wipe your ass for you.  You’re telling me you couldn’t go to a shelter tomorrow and take home 5 dogs?  And then hire someone to walk them for you?

But on the other other hand, he is supposedly going to be finding owners for a bunch of shelter dogs over the course of the 5 months, and working with the ASPCA and Kennel Club and other animal-friendly organizations.  I love me some dogs and I therefore wholeheartedly support this effort.

So, despite the fact I think Mario Lopez is a bit of a dillhole, I’m going to give him thumbs up for his Puppy Hunt Shenannies.

To quote KeeblerKahn: “~~jazz paws~~”

I’ve fallen and I can’t get up!

(Thanks to Keebler for the tip!)

Nuts on the half-shell

Do you have a poodle, yet wish it was a panda, camel, or uh, psychedelic experience?  Then you’re in luck, because apparently a group of lunatics artists felt poodles hadn’t suffered enough humiliation at the hands of groomers, and decided they made the perfect medium for their art.  Granted, some of the work is pretty damned impressive, but still… So, what’s your take?  Art? Cruelty? Adorable?  Humiliating?  All of the above? None of the above?

Full gallery after the jump.

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But does your dog?

Strike a Pose

We are family

What a drama queen

Let’s see if they’ve got what it takes.

Last Friday was “Take Your Dog to Work Day.”

YEAH!  Take ‘em to work and make ‘em work!  All they do is lie around looking cute while you’re out there slaving so you can bring home the bacon, fry it up in a pan, and put the bacon in their dog bowls.  It’s about time you took them to work!  Make them earn their keep like the obviously belabored dogs did as depicted in the pictures after the jump.

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World’s Ugliest Dog

It’s Pabst!  A boxer-mix named Pabst won the annual World’s Ugliest Dog contest at the Sonoma-Marin Fair in Northern California on Friday.  His owner, Miles Egstad had this to say: “I don’t think he’s that ugly!”

He’s not as ugly as some of the dogs pictured below, but he sure could use a trip to the dentist.  Perhaps Thundersquee!’s own Sarah might have a recommendation.

Pictures after the jump.

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What an Awesome Display of Cunning Pack Mentality! (Pack mentality indeed, it’s more like pack brutality!)

Today’s guest contributor for Afternoon Squee! is Squeer! Cristal Methodd.

At times nature can be cruel, but there is also a raw beauty, and even a certain justice manifested within that cruelty.

The alligator, one of the oldest and ultimate predators, normally considered the “apex predator” in its natural eco-system, can still fall victim to the well  implemented “team work” strategy that’s made possible by the tight knit social structure and “survival of the fittest pack mentality” bred into the canines over thousands of years by natural selection.

Note that the Alpha dog has a muzzle hold on the gator preventing it from breathing, while the remainder of the pack prevents the beast from rolling.

Photo after the jump. Not for the squeamish!

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makes me have to pee squee!