Oh sure, you’re a bundle of springy energy at the start of the hike. But a couple of miles later, you’re a pooped pup plopped in a pack.
Porto-puppy
Pups
Links: Reindeer Games
Hey, you want to go play up on the rooftop?
Hand-reared reindeer thinks it’s a dog and snuggles spaniel siblings by Xmas tree
SWNS, via Georgiana Y.
Now she can run!
Kitten Found in a Garden Can’t Walk Until Kind People Step In
Love Meow, via Andrew Y.
Oh, that face is DEFINITELY getting adopted.
Runt of the Litter Finds New Family with Surrogate Dog Mom
People, via NTMTOM
And finally: 15/10 Would Hire
We Rate Dogs adopted a new CEO, and reader Allein brings us all the details.
Doxie Holidays!
The dachshunds — Loulou, Coco and ChouChou, plus Mimi the Bengal cat — watch their humans turn the house into a sparkling holiday spectacle. Considering how they love to run around, how much of this will still be standing by Christmas Eve?
Links: Kimono my Doghouse
(gift link, no paywall)
Dogs in Kimonos: Japan Reinvents a Children’s Holiday for Pets
New York Times, via AJ
It’s even in the right place!
Cat Stole Hearts Across Brazil With His Perfect Heart-Shaped Mark
Bored Panda, via Andrew Y.
So tall already!
Endangered Masai giraffe welcomes first calf at San Diego Zoo
Times of San Diego, via AJ
And finally: Squawk to the Hand
Thérèse B. brings us these noisy terror-dactyls.