These updates are just getting better and better. From the owner of Chanel, now Junebug (what a great name!):

King is a totally winter-proof Labrador Retriever with a super thick coat and enough body fat he could be mistaken for a seal during a low visibility snow squall. Okay, he's not that round but I'm pretty sure he'd have no problem staying warm in an igloo.

King is an older fellow who was abandoned when his previous owners moved away to the mysterious land where no dogs are allowed called I'm-Moving-And-Too-Much-Of-A-Self-Centered-Prick-To-Take-My-Dogistan. I hear it's a shit place to go for a vaca. King is great with kids, other dogs and cats and is in good health with a kind heart - unlike yours truly whose heart right now is somewhat blackish.

Dang, I wanted to do this but this guy beat me to it. Well, he did a fantastic job of editing and his dog is obviously a pro with the camera.

Beautiful Day at the Dog Park from Kelsey Wynns on Vimeo.

It was very blustery yesterday and Klaus didn't like it one bit so brought him back inside and put a flannel coat on him and brought him back out. He wasn't sure what the whole coat thing was about - I think he might've thought he was being eaten alive by the thing - and he was just kind of immobilized. Still cute but immobilized.

I'm not sure why he's still at TAS. His mom, his aunt and his sister have all been adopted so now it's just him and the adult male Min Pin - his father? - left. Where Klaus' maybe father is shy, Klaus is a gregarious, sproingy little pup who wants everyone to know he's around and in need of fun and attention.

This is Molly, Maxine's sister.

Maxine is one of two sisters who came in with Mickey and the Miniature Pinscher pups from the puppy mill and I'm not really sure how their relationships all work but let's just say they're not doing anything any self-respecting polygamist wouldn't do. Puppy millers apparently have no moral standards when it comes to family boundaries - not that they have great moral standards in general.

Both sisters are li'l darlings with Maxine being just a bit more outgoing than the other. As with most Min Pins, she'd like a warm sweater please in the winter.

Katie loves the cold weather. Winter is her reward. She's rolling in the snow, sniffing the frosty air, prancing around wanting to play. Her thick coat feels like the warmest sleeping bag.

It doesn't matter that some people say dogs can't really smile. A few years ago, they believed animals had no feelings and we laugh at that pompous ridiculousness now. This is Katie's season and she knows it. Katie's most definitely smiling.

Hold on. Don't look away. I know it's tough. Sometimes it feels like it's going to ruin your eyeballs for any future episodes of cuteness but remember, what doesn't kill you makes you stronger.

From George's new owners:

Tanner came into TAS South a couple of weeks ago and Mr. Popularity was adopted out before I had a chance to take his photo. Here's the update from his owners:

Photo sent in from Jasmine's new owners:

Maddie is a Hound mix. She has a big pink bald patch on her hind end where she'd been chewing herself trying to relieve the itching from the flea infestation her owners hadn't bother to treat. Under the care of a TAS vet, she got meds to clear up the fleas (they are gone) and help heal her skin. When I saw her, the sparse hair over her back looked like a bad comb over (Hippy beards have made a come back. Why haven't comb overs?) but no one's going to tease a dog like Maddie because she's just too darn nice.

(Used to be called Stray, renamed Maggie)

This feisty little Poodle Cocker Spaniel mix is a squirming bundle of fun and has no problem speaking her mind. Someone will hopefully teach her that sometimes talking back is appropriate and sometimes it's not. My dogs talk back to me all the time so that person wouldn't be me.

I just got an e-mail from Randy Hillier, MPP for Lanark-Frontenac-Lennox and Addington. Mr. Hillier is one of the MPPs trying to get Ontario's anti-Pit Bull legislation repealed. He's asking for supporters to submit positive Pit Bull stories to his site, Bring Back the Bulls.

From Mr. Hillier:

Dear friend,

Pit bulls are not only some of our best friends, but they are saviours of some of us as well.

Norton the pit bull from Waterloo loved his “mum”. When his owner was bit by a spider, causing her to go into anaphylactic shock, he frantically woke up his “dad”, saving his “mum”. For his heroism, he was inducted into the Purina Animal Hall of Fame.

Dixie the pit bull of Fayetteville, Georgia loved “her” children. When they were attacked by a deadly and poisonous cottonmouth snake, she made sure that nine year-old Frank Humphries and seven year-old twins Katie and Codi Humphries were safe. She pushed the three children out of the way and got bit by the snake instead. Twice.

Pit bulls might look scary, but the truth of the matter is they save lives. Pit bulls have been known to drag strangers from a burning building, to save their owners from armed attackers, to be hearing dogs. Pit bulls are regularly used by law enforcement to sniff out bombs and narcotics, with some dogs being credited for millions of dollars worth of seizures.

Over the course of my lifetime I have been the proud owner of many different breeds of dogs. I can tell you first hand that Robbie and Titan, my two “Pit Bulls” I currently own, are among the most friendly and well-mannered dogs I have ever owned.