News....

March 29.  Let's see what's new in the dog world...

Well, here's an interesting story.  Do you know what  NGHWD stands for?  It's the New Guinea Highland Wild Dog.  Never hear of them before?  Well you should know about them because they are the rarest and most ancient animal in the canine family currently living.  They are said to be the link between the earliest dogs in the world and current domestic dogs - like PONs and Picards.  In 2016, an expedition to remote mountains in New Guinea not only found evidence of the dogs - they were able to obtain photos of these rare dogs, previously thought to be extinct!  The unique dogs come in a variety of colors, have triangular shaped ears, and tails that they carry over their backs.  If you want to read a detailed account of the expedition, and learn more about these guys, here is a great article.

http://www.nghwdf.org/hwds

I love reading about things like this.  The internet and social media have made our world seem so much smaller - but clearly, there is still lots we don't know about our earth.  And that's why we need to take good care of it!

Meanwhile, in other news, in Calgary, Alberta Canada, a whippet by the name of Toby, just broke a Guinness World Record.  For popping balloons.   Toby reportedly burst 100 balloons in 36.25 seconds.  The previous record was 39.08 seconds.  Personally, it's not a record I would like to beat.  Now treat eating - count me in.  My human was so annoyed with me on Sunday when she came back from the extravaganza.  Besides the moose antlers and some dehydrated beef lung, she bought us these healthy snacks from a Nova Scotian company called Murphy's Munchies.  They are made of grass fed beef liver, organic brown rice, coconut flour, spirulina, tumeric, milk thistle, coconut oil, honey and green lipped mussel.  Not red lipped.  Green lipped.  Who knew mussels had lips?  Anyway they are these small, hard green balls about the size of a blueberry.  

So my human gave one to Einstein.  He chewed it and enjoyed it.  She gave one to the FG.  He chewed it for 35 seconds and enjoyed it.  She gave one to me.  I swallowed it. She tried again.  Same routine.  I just slurp food back.  She even TRIED to hold it in her fingers so I would  chew it.  Nope. Pull and gulp.  I wonder if there IS a world record for treat eating....

Anyway, it's mid-week.  Have a happy Wednesday!!!!