dog days of summer - saturday, june 23

take your pooch out to party this saturday at the essen haus' dog days of summer.  the fundraiser for DCHS features live music, games (all sorts) and the first 100 dogs will get a free goodie bag!

the fun starts at 1:00 and goes till 6:00 (or until you can't polka no more).

now cheer up, butler, the heatwave's over!

yer sunday weird

meet puggy, a pekinese with the world's longest dog tongue:

the tongue measures 4.5 inches long.
how'd ya like to wake up to puggy licking your face?

madcat goes orange

hang on to your yams... sam's yams are here! fun to say, fun to eat, also kind of weird looking... now your dog can enjoy all the beta-carotene goodness.  mmmmmm....

sam's yams are 100% dehydrated sweet potato, which makes them all-natural and loaded with carotenoids, vitamin c and fiber. it also means they don't have wheat gluten, refined sugars, corn, animal by-products, or animal digest. and they're made in the usa!  w00t!

bow chicka wow wow

cosmopolitan canines will soon be able to shake their tails at a new manhattan nightclub - for dogs.

the club boasts a doggie disco, holistic mudbaths and facials, exercise machines, and a 3,000 foot dog run.

we can picture monroe-regular blitz treating his paws to a pedicure.

you say you got a resolution?

lose weight? it's what most madisonians are resolving to do. but what about your fat cat or plump pup?

it's all about diet and exercise. but it doesn't have to be all celery and treadmills. the slim cat and the kibble nibble are here to save the day... and the scale.

fancy felines and dapper dogs

have a dog with a serious case of mustache-envy? need a little tom selleck in your life? well, fret no more, doggie mustaches are no longer just wishful thinking. the future is here, and it's mustachioed. morty's a little jealous.

it's poinsettia season, folks. make sure you keep those, the holly, and all poisonous plants out of reach of curious kitties.

take a look at what is possible the best, and scariest, picture of a tiger ever. we'll have to try the meat-dangling photo trick with our fearless beast, miss nikki madcat.

meowth to meowth

a new ap poll suggests only half of cat-owners would be willing to give their furry ones mouth to mouth in the event of an emergency. what gives?

"superdog, bee, jockey rider, hot dog, pirate, devil, prisoner, yoda, cowboy rider, batman and groom" are this year's top halloween doggie costumes. we think "cat" should be included in that list.

stressed out kitties, new kitties, marking kitties, angry kitties, sad kitties, foster kitties, and crazy kitties could all use a little dose of comfort (zone).

this is both weird and sad; tree man, meet cat-girl.

stare into my eyes...you are getting very sleeeeepy.

turns out any old tom, dot or lucy can be registered as a hypnotherapist in the united kingdom. cat dancers could come in handy for those sessions.

simon tofield, the genius behind the youtube series "simon's cat," just published his very first book. it will undoubtedly be a best seller in no time.

if you were planning on dressing as a sexy ragdoll or naughty little bo peep for halloween but don't want your dog to miss out on all the fun then you might want to check these costumes out. let's just hope they don't dress any doggies as sexy kittehs. it might confuse them too much.

just for fun: "squirrels suspected after flags go missing from veteran's graves"

dixieland diva

happy cat spotlight: dixieland! she is a super sweet, adult, grey-brown tabby looking for a new home. for more information on dixie and the adoption process just head on over to the happy cat club of madison or stop into our monroe street store.

ever longed for a woolen replica of your dog or cat? well now you can have just that! this artist uses pictures of your pets to reproduce a life-like woolen statue. pretty neat!

you don't often hear of certified therapy cats, but anyone who shares their home with one knows that cats can make the best therapists.

findtoto.com is a new service that will auto-call your neighbors to alert them of your missing pet. starting at $70 and ranging all the way to $875, it's quite the jump from putting up xeroxed posters.

october can only mean one thing...

...dogtoberfest! if you love dogs, beer and 80s musical act 'the go-gos' you had better head on over to capital brewery saturday, october 10th. seriously, though. jane wiedlin? crazy!

a new york man is facing a year in jail for freeing a cat from a raccoon trap after it had been stuck there for two days. poor kitty.

nike is coming under some heat for providing admitted-dog-killer michael vick with athletic wear. though they have not officially endorsed him, the free gear certainly doesn't look good to us.

you simply must click through this slide-show of photos from buffy the cat's website. she's such a good sport for letting her guardians dress her up and pose her like that. what a doll! buffy the dentist is our fav.

save the date!

it's that crazy time of year again when the streets are filled with returning students, fall leaves and drag queens. of course that means the Willy St. Fair is just around the corner! this year's events are scheduled for the weekend of sept. 19th and 20th with the big parade on sunday. come on down and enjoy the festivities with gabby and the rest of the madcat crew and enter the raffle for a chance to win a new cat tree.

today is labor day, the last day of summer. while some may be a little mournful about the impending lack of sunshine and warmth the dogs sure are enjoying themselves over at goodman pool.

san francisco has made the news again for being a pet-friendly city, this time it's for a proposed ban on declawing. surprisingly, there has been opposition coming from an unlikely source - the san francisco aspca. their argument is that more cats will be given up if fed-up owners are not allowed the option to declaw. where do you stand on the argument?

invisible lollipop

as detroit auto plants go under, the feral cats, who call them home, are finding themselves in a new predicament.

this dog's future is so bright he's gotta wear shades.

uk kitty goes green with his transportation - he takes the bus!

the new doggielovedoll aims to replace old standbys like, pillows, couch cushions and human legs. also strives to be creepiest dog toy on the market.

chicagoland begins the steady trek toward no kill by embracing t-n-r:

"Pina remembers trapping cats in a Pilsen alley one summer night last year when a pair of menacing-looking young men approached her and fellow cat advocate Anna Morrison-Ricordati.

The men left the women alone only after the women promised not to take the cats to a shelter. The toughs said they didn't want to see the cats killed.

"It was very cute," Morrison-Ricordati said. "