Pawfun Create & share funny ecards (& more) with your pet photos 2013-06-19T23:04:57Z http://www.pawfun.com/feed/atom/ WordPress BL Ochman <![CDATA[Benny’s the first Labradoodle in Outer Space, thanks to LoneSignal text messages to extraterrestrials]]> http://www.pawfun.com/?p=4690 2013-06-19T23:03:46Z 2013-06-19T23:02:34Z SpaceBeam1ET: Phone Home!

Startup Lone Signal, will send your SMS messages into space in an effort to contact extraterrestrials.

When you sign up to Lone Signal you can send one free text message into space. What are you going to say?

How it works: Jamesburg Earth Station outside Carmel, California will start beaming 144 character text messages to outer space. Lone Signal recently signed a 30-year lease for the Cold War era space station, which will be the headquarters of the METI project (Messaging to Extraterrestrial Intelligence).

If you’ve got more to say, you can sign up for a subscription package for $1 to $100 (sending JPGs costs more).

P.S. – Don’t miss their terrific blog.

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]]> 0 BL Ochman <![CDATA[Pawfun Product Test: Hear Doggy – a squeaky toy only dogs can hear]]> http://www.pawfun.com/?p=4664 2013-06-19T23:04:57Z 2013-05-29T02:32:13Z Every Tuesday night, from 9:30 to 10 p.m. EDT, I do a podcast called Beyond Social Media with my colleagues Albert Maruggi and Dave Erickson. The minute we start, Benny Bix Ochman Labradoodle Puppy gets the loudest squeaky toy in the house – a purple elephant – and begins squeaking happily.

Screen Shot 2013-05-28 at 10.10.53 PMLast week, a new toy arrived for Benny: an Ultrasonic Hear Doggy Martian plush toy with a squeaker only dogs can hear. And Benny’s blue Martian has Chew Guard, so he (or she) will be around a while. They’re made by Quaker Pet Group.

As the website explains, “The science behind Hear Doggy: Dogs can hear sounds at a higher frequency (0 to 45 KHz) than humans (0 to 20 KHz). Tuned to an ultrasonic range in the 24-28 KHz frequency, each Hear Doggy squeaker is out of human hearing range, but still fun for your four-legged friend.”

Apparently, our cat, The Nonster, can also hear the sound, as can all the dogs who live on our floor. They told Benny that they all want their own Hear Doggy toys. We give this toy Four Paws Up.


]]> 1 BL Ochman <![CDATA[Benny & The Pets Product Test: Grill-icious by Loving Pets]]> http://www.pawfun.com/?p=4662 2013-05-28T03:49:45Z 2013-05-28T03:48:09Z

Benny Bix Ochman Labradoodle and Nona B. Dog tested Grill-icious Turkey & Sweet Potato Treats by Loving Pets and gave themn 4 Paws Up.

Dante, the little interloper who turned up to snatch one right out of Karen’s hand, agreed.

Benny & the Pets are Pawfun’s canine panel of testers of dog toys, treats and interesting new products. They test products and rate them on a scale of one to four paws up.

]]> 0 BL Ochman <![CDATA[Cat Beards: a photo meme that’s going viral]]> http://www.pawfun.com/?p=4651 2013-05-22T20:26:39Z 2013-05-22T20:26:39Z CatBeardAs anyone who spends a lot of time online knows, photos, cartoons, and videos of cats are what hold the Internet together.

And now, a new meme, #CatBeards, has taken off for a purrfect bit of furry fun. To make a cat beard, you hold your cat in front of your face and take a picture.

Screen Shot 2013-05-22 at 4.20.33 PMAccording to Know Your Meme “The earliest known example of a “cat beard” photo was uploaded by Tumblr user Catasters on July 28th, 2011, depicting a man touching noses with his tabby cat…In early 2012, the fad began to gain some visible momentum on Tumblr with the creation of the single topic blog cat-beard.com in March and a feature post on the Huffington Post UK on May 1st.”

On May 16th, 2013, Tumblr user Captain Awesome Sauce[14] posted a photo set of five “cat beard” images, which gained more than 50,000 comments in the first 24 hours. Now it’s on Laughing Squid, and here. And the rest, surely, will be history.

]]> 1 BL Ochman <![CDATA[Move Over Grumpy Cat – Here comes Roomba Cat chasing a duck]]> http://www.pawfun.com/?p=4638 2013-05-08T01:14:48Z 2013-04-26T22:59:35Z

Move over Grumpy Cat. Your 15 minutes of fame are over! Here comes “Cat in a shark suit riding a Roomba and chasing a duck”

And, it turns out there are lots of cats on YouTube who like to ride around on Roombas.

]]> 2 BL Ochman <![CDATA[Urban Agility Dog Fun]]> http://www.pawfun.com/?p=4637 2013-04-25T16:24:17Z 2013-04-25T16:24:17Z

It’s hard to find a place to do agility training with a city dog, but this video shows how to turn city streets and parks into a challenging agility course.

Jaymi Heimbuch gives instructions in this terrific guide on Mother Nature Network.

Benny can’t wait to get started.

via Freekibble.com

]]> 0 BL Ochman <![CDATA[Birds, a video with no birds, celebrates dogs in motion]]> http://www.pawfun.com/?p=4563 2013-03-08T21:00:24Z 2013-03-08T20:57:28Z




From the French digital art collective Pleix, this video, entitled “Birds”, and reminiscent of the work of photographer Tim Flach, celebrates dogs in motion. Despite the title, there’s not a single bird anywhere.

via Capture the Conversation

]]> 2 BL Ochman <![CDATA[Heart-stopping video of days-old puppy being rescued]]> http://www.pawfun.com/?p=4560 2013-03-07T17:06:28Z 2013-03-07T17:06:28Z

This high-suspense video is the first in a series “American Strays” from the non-profit World Animal Awareness Society studying the stray population in the city of Detroit, Michigan.

Watching this video shows the dedication, kindness and determination of people determined to help animals. Get out your hankie. In the end, you’ll cry for happy.

]]> 1 BL Ochman <![CDATA[Pawfun! Babies laughing with dogs]]> http://www.pawfun.com/?p=4556 2013-03-04T16:01:03Z 2013-03-04T15:50:34Z I’m going to keep this as the soundtrack of my mornings. There simply is no better combination than dogs and laughing babies – especially these babies. Pawfun indeed!