Katie Turner ASK ANYONE who’s ever made the decision to put a pet to sleep—it’s incredibly difficult and heartbreaking. When I was growing up, any family pets that were scratching on death’s door were taken to a veterinarian’s back room and never seen again. Thankfully, times have changed. As an adult, I’ve had two pets […]
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Behold! The Mercury Pet Issue… Starring “Pets in ACTION!”
Sadie in ACTION! ANDY LINDBLOM Meet Sadie, the winner of our Mercury “Pets in Action” photo contest! (Boy, her owners are lucky!) And since you LOVE pets so much, why not check out our other Pet Issue articles? They include such pet-astic topics as “Your Pervy Pet,” at-home euthanasia, great dogs of history, why you […]
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Enter the Mercury’s PETS IN ACTION Photo Contest!
Do you have a pet? A pet that loves ACTION? How about a pet that pretends to love ACTION? Then enter your pooch, cat, ferret, fish, parrot, turtle, or whatever in the Mercury’s PETS IN ACTION photo contest! Simply snap a pic of your pet doing some kind of action pose—jumping into the water, slapping […]
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Here Is a Picture of a Wiener Dog That Is Going to Die
Todd Solondz is notorious for mercilessly toying with his characters like some kind of sadistic puppeteer—the dude wrote Welcome to the Dollhouse, okay? In the filmmaker’s latest, Wiener-Dog, an adult female dachshund is his primary victim. Obviously the wiener dog dies, and obviously Solondz doesn’t grant her a peaceful passing. But the protagonist wiener—who, at […]
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Bonus Round! Our Furry, Adoptable Holiday Gift Guide Cover Models
You can’t say we here at the Merc don’t do our part to contribute to the cause of proving that Portland is the most cat-tastic city in the Northwestern states. In fact, we’ll see your cats, and raise you an entire city of dogs. Case in point: our four-part holiday gift guide—which has appeared in […]
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Home for the Holidays: Give Yourself as a Gift (to a Beast)
Pet adoption—especially on behalf of others—should not be reckless. Don’t surprise someone with a pet as a gift unless you are sure they want exactly that kind of pet. In fact, I don’t even know if we should be thinking of it that way at all. Maybe think of it as you giving yourself—complete with […]
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Should Owners for Fake Service Dogs Be Sent to Jail?
Reddit shares this story from News 13 in central Florida, in which a new law dictates that you could spend up to 60 days in jail if you “pose your pet as a service animal.” From the story: If the dog is found to be wearing false identifiers, and isn’t properly trained then the owner […]
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Pictures and Video from the Mercury‘s Wiener Dog and Pug Races!
Not even an early downpour could ruin the fun of yesterday’s Dog’s Day of Summer—the Portland Mercury‘s annual wiener dog and pug races held at the Lucky Labrador Brew Pub! After a quick drenching rain at the beginning, the weather settled down and the most exciting races of the year began! Want to see some […]
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Wiener Dog Races This Sunday? Oh, Dear God YESSSS!
Is there anything more hilariously exciting than a wiener dog race? Only if you throw pugs into the mix! Don’t miss the Mercury‘s Dogs’ Day of Summer day-long festival, coming Sunday, August 30, at Lucky Labrador Brew Pub on SE Hawthorne—featuring cold beer, hot dogs, and wiener dog and pug races all afternoon… and hurray! […]
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This Sunday! Dogs’ Day of Summer—Featuring Wiener Dog & Pug Races!
Is there anything more hilariously exciting than a wiener dog race? Only if you throw pugs into the mix! Don’t miss the Mercury‘s Dogs’ Day of Summer day-long festival, coming Sunday, August 30, at Lucky Labrador Brew Pub on SE Hawthorne—featuring cold beer, hot dogs, and wiener dog and pug races all afternoon… and hurray! […]
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Creepin’ on Dogs: How to Have a Dog Without Actually Having a Dog
Dogs are the greatest creatures that have ever lived or will ever live. As Socrates doth asketh, “For what is one’s life if ’tis lived without a dog?” And as Plato doth respondeth: “Trick question, Crates! For life without a dog is no life at all.” Unfortunately, I live in an apartment—and dogs need more […]
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Love the One You’re With: The Mercury‘s Pet Improvement Guide
I am a proud mom of one of Portland’s most ubiquitous—and ridiculous—dog breeds: the pug. I got Oscar from a local shelter, where he was found tied up outside. “How could somebody abandon something so adorable?!” I wondered at the time. Later I realized it was because he barks at nothing, farts like a grandpa, […]