Newspaper
New York Times
Chilewich Creates Mats for Dogs
By ELAINE LOUIE
Sandy Chilewich, a Manhattan designer who makes place mats, floor mats and bags from woven vinyl, now makes mats for pets too.

One Last Nap Amid the Flowers
By MICHELLE SLATALLA
When the family dog dies, a garden fairyland loses its benevolent dignified (and tired) ruler.
New Finding Puts Origins of [...]

Get ready for a very tear jerking song.  Written by Red Foley, it has been covered by many people including Johhny Cash, Hank Snow, Walter Brennan, Elvis, and Kinky Friedman.

Old Shep – Elvis Presley
Lyrics
When I was a lad and old Shep was a pup
O’er hills and meadows we’d strayed
Just a boy and his dog we [...]

Instead of  the  Mutt Watch this week, I will be focusing on the EPA news about  spot flea treatments.
From the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
“ Due to a significant increase in adverse incidents, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is taking a series of actions to increase the safety of spot-on pesticide products for flea and tick control [...]

Dog Dreams as performed by The Story from the album Grace in Gravity 1992

Dog Dreams – The Story
Lyrics
Me and Rex took the car,
Ha, ha, stay home . . . stay.
We’re gonna run over
All the neighborhood cats,
‘Cause they tease us from
The other side of the fence.
We’re gonna go in the swamp
And you can’t hose us off.
Dog dreams, [...]

Newspaper
USA Today / The Indianapolis Star
Dogs’ lives may offer answers
By Dan McFeely
Purdue University researcher David Waters hopes a bunch of old dogs will be able to teach scientists news tricks about aging and cancer. Waters has embarked on a 23-day trek across the country to meet face-to-snout with 15 of the oldest-living Rottweilers in [...]

This song is performed by The Byrds and appears on the album Farther Along (1971) and on the box set The Byrds (1990).

Bugler — The Byrds

The video features a cover of the song by John Howie Jr. & The Rosewood Bluff

Lyrics
Back when cattle creek used to sing
It’s waters were sweet and it’s banks were green
And sunny days, went [...]

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Newspaper

The Dallas Morning News
The darker side of dog parks: abandoned pooches
By LORI STAHL March 7, 2010
“. . . But a new breed has emerged. You can sometimes see them when the park closes at night. Their owners have removed the dog collars and walked away. Jim Christian, 76, a [...]

This week we feature “Old King” by Neil Young from the album Harvest Moon
The song was written about his dog Elvis who went with him on tour (more).

Play song from Lala.com

Lyrics
King went a-runnin’ after deer
Wasn’t scared of jumpin’
off the truck in high gear
King went a-sniffin’
and he would go
Was the best old hound dog
I ever did [...]