If you like The Dog Files please join our Facebook Fan Page at http://www.facebook.com/dogfiles Also, follow us on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/dogfiles By Parija Kavilanz for CNNMoney.com src=”http://www.thedogfiles.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/mattel_puppy_tweets.jpg” alt=”” title=”mattel_puppy_tweets” width=”600″ height=”356″ class=”alignleft size-full wp-image-6088″ /> NEW YORK — Social networking is going to the dogs. In its first-ever toy created for the canine community, Mattel [...]

By Meredith May For The San Francisco Chronicle San Francisco — Not only does he say it’s dangerous – criminals like to take dogs with identification tags and then pose as Good Samaritans to collect rewards – but it also stresses the animals, making them more prone to aggression and anxiety problems. His solution? A [...]

From The Des Moines Register Buck Jones Web Site Artists find inspiration in different things. For Monet, there were waterlilies. For Warhol, tomato soup. And for Buck Jones? Tennis balls, the more slobbery the better. The Urbandale artist has drawn pet-related illustrations and cartoons for more than 20 years. He’s done work for magazines, such [...]

By Jill Rosen For The Baltimore Sun Bark4Beer.com Men of the world: I hope you’re sitting down: Someone’s invented a dog collar that doubles as a beer bottle opener. Gives new meaning to ‘Here, boy,” huh? Bark4Beer claims to be the worlds first purveyor of such a contraption. They’ve trademarked it, in fact. The $14.95 [...]