Subject: Pets

• OC Doggie Style: With Teeth

  As we raise our children, so we raise our pets. Today's Register contains a Greg Hardesty piece on National Dog Bite Prevention Week. Profiled is Klaudia Estrada, an Anaheim Hills mail carrier who has been twice bitten, one attack piercing the "tanned, smooth skin" of her right leg. Sounds like Hardesty wouldn't mind doing some piercing himself. Estrada was bitten once by a poodle, and once by a cocker-spaniel. Though she said it was "sort of embarrassing" to fall victim to such foofy dogs, keep

  May 24, 2006

• Wednesday's Headlines

  No more presents for Irvine Unified: Last year, an Irvine family alleged that they were forced to shower teachers with pricey gifts to ensure their autistic son would be cared for at school. Now, Irvine school officials are asking parents to send teachers letters of appreciation instead of presents. Aw, rats: An 81-year-old Wilmington woman had her private menagerie of 120 rats, 25 rabbits, a dog, six parakeets, a quail and a cockatiel taken away from her by authorities Monday.

  June 6, 2007

• Sick Puppies

  Nearly 65 poor sick little doggies and kitties had to be rescued from a pet store in Santa Ana where they were allegedly being mistreated, The Register reported today. Santa Ana animal control officers reportedly found 56 dogs, 22 rabbits, six cats, and one guinea pig suffering from various conditions including scabies, dehydration and respiratory infections during the inspection of Village Pets pet store on Friday. The sick animals were then taken to the Orange County Animal Shelter to be tre

  August 21, 2007

• Dogs! In clothes! In Long Beach!

  Dog lovers and cruel cackling people who like to dress their pets in degrading outfits and drag them around town gathered in Long Beach yesterday for the Haute Dogs 7th Annual Howl’oween Parade. Livingston Park and 2nd Street were overtaken by more than 600 costumed creatures and countless spectators, many armed with cameras to document the somewhat head-scratching spectacle. The day’s events started at 11 a.m. with a dog adoption fair that also featured specialized dog clothing, dog treats

  October 29, 2007

• Last Night: The Stray Cats @ Pacific Amphitheater

  The Stray Cats at the Pacific Amphitheater on July 22, 2008 Better Than: any other rockabilly band on the planet. Download: "Stray Cat Strut" from the Stray Cats Myspace page [http://www.myspace.com/straycats] Grease and Greasers were in abundance at the OC fair as the mighty Stray Cats played their only American date this year at the Pacific Amphitheatre. Brian Setzer, Slim Jim Phantom and Lee Rocker thoroughly rocked the town of Costa Mesa with their timeless tunes. Hot Rod Lincoln from S

  July 23, 2008

• Flat Cat

  September 13, 2001

• Dog Day Cafe

  October 23, 2003

• The Most Blatant Case of False Advertising Since 'The Neverending Story'

  Look, I don't think it's too much to ask for an album called "Dog Tracks: Songs By Dogs" to feature, I dunno—songs by dogs? I was incredibly excited when the album came in the mail today. Who could blame me? Dogs are cool, I like music. It seems like a winning proposition. So imagine my horror when I popped the CD in and realized that is, in fact, a wholesale farce. The songs are actually by humans. Yeah, WTF, right? There are already plenty of albums by humans, a.k.a every other album in the

  October 28, 2008

• ¡Ask a Mexican!®

  January 3, 2008

• Hanging Out With Ferrets Anonymous

  Gendy Alimurung writes in our sister paper LA Weekly about having breakfast at the Laguna Niguel IHOP with members of Ferrets Anonymous, a support group for people pissed off over the state's prohibition of their pets as pets. "Chinchillas are legal, why not ferrets?" asks one flapjacking dude.It brings to mind our former colleague Victor Infante's many ferret tales, which ran here with either his byline or a made-up one depending on whether his sock drawer was being destroyed by a pet ferret at

  March 13, 2009

• Vladae the Russian Dog Trainer Gets His Sea Legs

  You've seen Vladae the World Famous Russian Dog Wizard on the KTLA Morning News, KNBC's Channel 4 News, and even Letterman. Since relocating here from Michigan, Vladae Roytapel has turned his uncanny canine communicating--he claims to speak fluent "Dogglish"--into "affordable" dog training in the homes of masters in Irvine, Anaheim, Laguna Beach, Newport Beach and elsewhere close by. But, as the The Log boating newspaper reports, Vladae has expanded to include seafaring pooches.

  April 3, 2009

• Big Top Fifi

  January 15, 2009

• [Locals Only] My Pet Saddle

  January 1, 2009

• Downtown Dog Rescue

  December 11, 2008

• Getting Hounded

  December 4, 2008

• Rockabilly Icons the Stray Cats Give the OC One Last Hurrah

  July 17, 2008

• Pound for Pound

  May 8, 2008

• On the Catwalk

  April 10, 2008

• Sunday - 11/25

  The SWEA Christmas Fair at the Costa Mesa Neighborhood Community Center, Band of Horses at the Glass House, Greyhound Adoption Show & Tell at Petco

  November 22, 2007

• The Rabbit Killer

  August 22, 2002

• Canine Torpedoes

  German Heritage Day and Dachshund Race

  July 5, 2007

• Cat-Scratch Fever

  CFA South West Region Cat Show

  June 7, 2007

• Helter Shelter

  May 4, 2000

• America's Family Pet Expo

  OC Fairgrounds

  April 16, 2009

• The Cutest Damn Thing You'll Ever See

  Sixth-Annual Haute Dog Howloween

  October 26, 2006

• For the Love of the Game

  July 13, 2006

• Grraaaarrrr Dundundundun

  April 13, 2006

• Trouble With Cats

  January 26, 2006

• Bipedal Bird Bathroom

  July 21, 2005

• Diary of A Mad County

  December 16, 2004

• Training You

  November 18, 2004

• Dog Day Afternoon

  June 17, 2004

• Dog Day After June

  June 10, 2004

• Getting Medieval on Yo Cats

  May 27, 2004

• White Punks on Fascism

  July 17, 2003

• Baskerville

  May 22, 2003

• P.S. Your Cat Is Dead

  April 10, 2003

• There's Something About Marry

  January 23, 2003

• Oops! They Did It Again

  July 26, 2001

• Dog Tricks

  July 27, 2000

• Naked, Not Nekkid

  June 29, 2000

• Letters

  February 10, 2000

• Bye Bye Birdie

  December 16, 1999

• Killing Joke

  December 2, 1999

• Pets Held Hostage!

  August 12, 1999

• Dana Swings

  July 15, 1999

• Pet Hell

  May 20, 1999

• Pet Fair

  June 25, 2009

• Support Amanda's wiener dog!

  If you're bored stupid tomorrow afternoon, or think you'd get a kick out of mini-hotdog dogs running in circles, check out the dachshund race at Old World Village in HB. Weekly editorial assistant Amanda Parsons' pet pooch, Winnie, will be contending. (She'll be the tiny dachshund with the OC Weekly sticker on its back). Details: 2 p.m. $1 admission, kids free. Location: Old World Village Restaurant, Huntington Beach, California 92647.

  July 7, 2007

• Who Killed Tootsie? And Should Her Owner Get Paid for Her Emotional Distress?

  September 3, 2009