MOVIE BUZZ: Meet Rusco, the dog who plays Papi in the upcoming Disney smash-your-face hit Beverly Hills Chihuahua. He was rescued from an animal shelter just days before he was to be, er, let go. On an interesting side note, Rusco was trained by the same Animal Trainer who made the Squirrels go crazy in the modern Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory! He’s in safe hands.

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The Best Links:

1. ‘Chihuahua’ Star Discovered In Dog Shelter
2. The Special All-Dog Beverly Hills Chihuahua Premiere Has Exploded My Mind
3. Breaking Shallow New Ground in Mexican-American Relations
4. Official Trailer
5. Beverly Hills Chihuahua: Official Site

Meet Mr. Happiness, America’s most patriotic dog and a rising star at the Republican National Convention. Is your dog this patriotic? I doubt it, but my black cat is sooooo ready for Halloween.

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The Best Links:

1. Interview with Mr. Happiness (Video!)
2. “Patriotic Dog Outside The Republican Convention” Or, “Why I’m Voting Republican This Year”
3. Mr. Happiness - The Patriotic Dog
4. This Dog Really Loves America
5. Cute or Creepy
6. A Very Patriotic Dog

FOOD BUZZ: Made from organic yogurt, peanuts, bananas and water, Yöghund is the newest product in unnecessary people food for pooches. While most doggies would undoubtedly go crazy for this Pinkberry for pups, keep in mind that a lot of those same rascals would just as soon eat their own poop.

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The Best Links:

1. It’s Like Pinkberry, But Three Times the Price! (And for Dogs.)
2. You’re Totally Going to Eat It, Too
3. Meet Jody Rodgers, Creator of Yöghund
4. Yöghund Site
5. Puppy’s First Fro-Yo
6. “Can You Say ‘Organic?’”

CULTURE BUZZ: A group of burly tattooed men met on the local hot rod scene, and somehow formed ‘Rescue Ink’, a group to help lost and abused animals. The images in the slideshow are like the most scary yet beautiful societal contrast ever, only instead of rainbows over an oil spill, these images manage to induce snuggle cravings in any hardened office worker.

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The Best Links:

1. Heaven’s Angels
2. Tough Guys and Puppies: Slideshow
3. Tough Guys Saving Puppies
4. Ellen DeGeneres hosts Rescue Ink
5. Official MySpace Page of Rescue Ink
6. Rescue Ink’s New York Craigslist Listing
7. They’re Just Big Softies

Animals talking to their owners. “I want my mama” is the best!

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This dog is attacking you. If you’re not scared, you should be! Look, there’s another one in the background waiting to pounce!!

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SCIENCE BUZZ: A site making fun of (we guess?) people who refuse to spay or neuter their pets presents a gross alternative. If you can’t bring yourself to get Spot “fixed,” dog condoms are your only responsible option. Also, they are a totally disgusting idea.

The Best Links:

1. “Sex is one of the last bastions afforded to domestic animals, and the act of spaying or neutering your dog can take away their very will to live.”
2. Doggy Condoms Are Truly Weird
3. Ha ha! Earlier: Dog Condoms. Same Idea, Different Site

Beware: Big Pug is watching! Could you really begrudge an omnipresent worldwide dictatorship with that adorable snout?

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The Best Links:

1. Doggy Propaganda: Too Cute!

CULTURE BUZZ: The most boring videos are also the most AWESOME!!! It’s like the heroin addict’s lean but cuter!!!!!

The Best Links:

1. The paw lean!!!!
2. MID PAW-LICK zzzzzzzs!!!!! It’s true, so true!!!
3. Kitty falling asleep gets french-kissed by a dog
4. Sleepy Bear Smooshes Nose!
5. Seconds 48-51 are worth not blinking for!!!
6. CLASSIC: Kitten’s head falls back and off
7. Proof: Animals SO MUCH CUTER than humans
8. A whole website of cuties falling asleep!!!!
9. Chicks fall asleep in UNISON!!!!!
10. Sleeeeeepy puppy
11. CLASSIC deux
12. One chick down