After every Black Monday a girl needs a dog Tuesday. I very rarely read anything in The Metro that makes me feel anything but a vague sense of self-disgust that I'm not reading something better. This morning Boris made my day. Alas Boris is not a man, although given my recent track record that's probably best. Boris is a three-year-old Bull Mastiff who is so big that he was snapped lolling in his Mum's garden by the satellites that snap pics for Google Earth. I love this quote from his owner: "We knew he was big, but not so big that he could be seen from outer space".
Most owners worry about losing their dogs if they slip through the front door - but with Boris, the bull mastiff, it is unlikely to be a major concern.
The dog, which weighs in at a stagger 14 stone, is so large he can even be spotted from space.
Boris, who is only three-years-old, can be seen on Google Earth images as he lazes in the sun outside his owners' house.
His enormous brown body is clearly visible stretched out in his favourite position on his front garden.
The dog often lounges for hours on end next to the sundial and was in his usual spot when the Google satellite snapped him in the garden.
And then I found this lovely thing via my ICA newsletter: Dog's Ears
Dogs' Ears! Click to watch us twitch and flap!
Dogs' Ears is about making music. Not any music, and probably not 'normal' music, but music generated by the flap of a dogs' ear whether big, small, upright, floppy, in the wind, stiff to attention or just simply super-strokey.
To do this help was needed to raise money to create the Ear-Music-Extraction System. And where better to look than directly at the source of inspiration - Our Faithful Friends! We have found a pack of the finest, most charitable International Celebrity Canines with the ultimate flap factor willing to chat to YOU for a tiny donation.
Meet them all from the Brazilian supermodel Poodle Naomi Pin-up and Rani the Bollywood-wannabe Jack Russell, to Fredrika the Swedish Society Spaniel with a love for Strindberg.
Sign-up to become an art patron and become co-owner of the furture generated Ear Music. And you get to chat with the dogs - flaptastic!
Enjoy.
Hi Birdie,
This has to be the best soppy animal picture of the week:
http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?in_article_id=170047&in_page_id=34&in_a_source=
Nog x
Posted by: Late Adopter | June 11, 2008 at 11:17 AM