Tag: pets

Why every office should be filled with kittens and puppies

Post author By web gangsta
Post date November 26, 2012

Are you watching the current BRAVO TV program LOLWORK?

It’s a reality TV program that allegedly shows the real-world behind-the-scenes workings of how the Cheezburger Network — home toLOL CATSand millions of other funny animal pictures and videos — does business.

While most the show appears to be purposefully driven to make what is supposed to be good TV, there are specific business-aspects that get aired that really for-real give a reasonable peek behind the curtain of what it takes to run a popular content-driven website.

Watching LOLWORK will give you a good reminder that it’s always hard work to create good, compelling CONTENT for your website, but that it’s that same content that also brings eyeballs to your site in the first place. Focus on the content, let everything else fall into place later.

Tags business, cat, dog, How To, pets, reality tv, TV, website

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Feeling lonely, men? Guess what – women prefer to sleep with their pets

Post author By web gangsta
Post date September 2, 2012

Web Watch knows a lot of women who love their pets. A lot.

We know that they dote on their pets to such a great extent, that the pets are truly part of the family – even to the extent that these women would rather spend time with their pets than go on a date.

To them, their pets will always come first.

Tags cat, dog, gender, money, pets, Relationships, survey

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Are you a roadkill killer? Chances are – yes, yes you are.

Post author By web gangsta
Post date July 24, 2012

Web Watch sees it every day.

Animal carcasses by the side of the road. Usually it’s a skunk or an opposum.

Sometimes a raccoon. Occasionally a rabbit. Wild animals that just don’t know how to cross a road safely (which may explain why we never see a chicken at the side of the road — apparently, chickens know how to cross the road).

Once in a while we see a deer.

We even saw a dead moose once. No idea how the car that hit that monstrosity survived.

Tags 10 Things, animals, death, driving, pets, road trip

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Everything your date knows about you, he learned from your dog

Post author By web gangsta
Post date July 21, 2012

They say that the best way to meet someone is to take your dog for a walk at the park.

Or borrow a friend’s dog, and take the dog for a walk at the park.

Or hang out at the Humane Society, taking the puppies out for a walk at the park.

(See the trend here, folks?)

The secret – obviously – is to get a dog, and let that be your way to introduce yourself to the ladies or the guys. Who can resist puppies?

Tags 10 Things, dog, How To, pets, Relationships, website

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Patrick Murphy loves dogs… but hates dog poop

Post author By web gangsta
Post date May 31, 2012

Boulder, Colorado’s Patrick Murphy is a plant ecologist.

And like many of Boulder’s proud residents, Patrick is extremely environmentally conscious. Being a plant ecologist and wanting to be environmentally-friendly sort of go hand-in-hand – but throw in the Boulder mystique, and Patrick’s really got something.

A disclaimer: Web Watch loves Boulder. We have a number of friends who live there, and we enjoy every opportunity we get to spend some time out there.

But like Austin, Texas’ reputation, Boulder is a bit quirky.

And that’s okay. We like those folks anyway. And Patrick does bring up a vitally important point that pet lovers around the world should take notice of:

Tags bathroom, dog, Environment, pets, website

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Dogs understand people more than you think

Post author By web gangsta
Post date April 27, 2012

How well do you know your dog?

More importantly, how well does your dog know you?

Have you ever noticed that your dog does really well with sensory clues around them to react to? Web Watch remembers a former pet we had that would sleep in the corner all night long… but the one time that we knowingly get up to go to the refrigerator for a snack, they would wake right up and follow us to the kitchen.

Every. Single. Time.

It’s like they knew something, sensed something about what we were doing – and acted upon it.

Turns out, our observation isn’t that far from the truth discovered by scientists.

Tags dog, food, How To, parenting, pets, science, survey

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Looking for a new pet? Try this color-coded pet matching service!

Post author By web gangsta
Post date February 19, 2012

You would love to have a new pet.

You’ve always loved dogs and cats, but now that you’re a little bit older and settled into your personal lifestyle, maybe it’s time to take another look at what would be the best pet for you.

Besides – you would hate to go to your local pet shop or adoption shelter and pick a new companion without having any idea of whether that animal would fit in with your expectations.

Tags 10 Things, adoption, cat, dating, dog, How To, pets, website

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Pop Quiz: in an emergency, would you rather save your pet or another person?

Post author By web gangsta
Post date February 6, 2012

Web Watch would like to own a dog, but we’re more “borrow a dog” people over “own a dog” people. Too much hair and upkeep with a moving pet. We owned one of those beta fighting fish for a year or two. That seemed to work out okay, since the fish seemed to stay in its jar throughout the day.

But we’ve never owned a pet where we had an emotional connection that would come into play in an emergency situation.

So we ask you: in an emergency, if you only have one option – to save your pet or to save a person – which would you choose?

Tags pets, survey