Ok so Have You Heard of the Domestic Silver Fox?

Aww!

So there was this scientist in Russia, Dimitri Belyaev. He was trying to find a way to breed tamer foxes. The reason was so that it would be easyer to raise them on farms for fur coats (keep in mind this was 50 years ago so there weren’t huge protests).

So all he did was breed for tameness. When he went into their cages he measured how far away they ran and if they tried to bite. The ones that didn’t run away or were less aggressive were selectively bred. In just 18 generations he had produced those adorable foxes you see in the picture above. Aren’t they cute?

He didn’t breed for those coats or floppy ears that just happened as a side effect of tameness! They also stopped smelling bad, wagged their tails and barked. They were little dog-like foxes.

You can buy them as pets FYI. I’ll start the bidding at adorable.

DogTown: a great show that your girlfriend will enjoy crying to

A good show to watch is called DogTown. It's a show on National Geographic about taking care of sick dogs and making your girlfriend cry. Dogtown takes place at the Best Friends Animal Sanctuary, an animal care facility in Utah with 33,000 acres for taking care of animals in crisis and making your girlfriend cry.

At the beginning of each episode we're introduced to a few new troubled animals. Learning a bit about each of their pasts and how they came to be on the show, is sort of like a super hero origin story for dogs. I say "sort of," because instead of a dramatic accident befalling a dog and allowing it to gain powers, usually the accident costs him a leg, makes him bite everyone he sees, or leaves him absolutely terrified. This is a good point in the show for your girlfriend to start crying.

Next you get to see some of the good work the doctor in DogTown do. They're truly amazing people only wanting to help. They take the animals for walks, pet them, love them and cast everything aside to do something truly important: caring for those in need. If your girlfriend wants to help too this is another great time for her to be crying, especially if her work within a corporate or business type environment has been leaving her down lately. Dogs that have cute names like Wycheck, or Wiggles are great for crying over, but even dogs without names will do. Sometimes when they don't have a name though, and no one loved them enough to give them one they're even better for crying.

The excellent staff at DogTown is also a wonderful part of the show. Often they perform depressing but life saving surgery that'll help your girlfriend to cry! Jeff, a golden retriever has to have his leg sawed off. If that doesn't get her crying, probably dalmatian with beautiful eyes and infected with mange will. Wow there are tears in your living room everywhere! Thanks DogTown.

DogTown is inspiring because as the dogs heal, your girlfriend becomes more and more attached to them. They run, they jump, and your girlfriend loves them! Then, lots of them just can't make it anymore, and have to be put to sleep. This is inspiring too, inspiring of girlfriend tears!

Yep, DogTown's a pretty great show. It's a show that you should watch with your girlfriend if you want her to cry and be upset with you for not having a dog.

Circus Friends

O.K. so here's my idea for a kids book. There will be these cats and they will all be in the circus right? And one of the cats will be the ringleader and another one will be a clown. The clown cat will have a cute cat name like 'Whiskers the Clown.' And their will even be a lion taming cat but instead of a lion it would tame another cat that they would dress like a lion. So there are all these cats in the circus when all of sudden a dog comes and opens up his own circus next door. It would be just like the cat circus except with dogs. Dog ringleader and instead of 'Whiskers the Clown' there would be 'Wags the Clown.' At first they wouldn't get along but then they would at the end cause they would have learned to get along and that inside each other they are basically the same. Then they would have one big circus. What do you think? Fucking genius right? It's like the Clifford the Big Red Dog meets the circus but with cats and he's smaller. Plus it will have these awesome morals. I already started to do the pictures.

Why I Don’t Have a Dog

I don't have a dog but if I did, he'd be magic so I'd name him Presto. I'd teach Presto all sorts of cool tricks, like how to fetch, to sawing a lady in half, and maybe like levitation. Presto would always have your card although sometimes it'd have doggy slobber on it. "How did you know I had the Ace of Spades Presto? You're a good boy! Such a good boy!" Then you'd have to wash off the slobber.

The thing is though, then Presto would start going to far. He'd make the mailman disappear and hypnotize cats so they'd bring him with treats. He'd be so lazy sometimes. I mean, at least conjure the treats your own darn self. Am I right people? Presto sounds really fun, but I think he's a bit too much of a character for me. Anyways, so that's why I don't have a dog.