Point: Why aren’t there more dog menus at Portland’s dog-friendly establishments? My husband and I are new parents—dog parents, that is. Much like the parents of human babies who increasingly surround us (seriously, back off), it’s a job that requires a tiresome amount of baggage. Our rapidly multiplying friends are stuck toting diapers and breast […]
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Four Paws on the Street: PAW Team Is Our Pick for Portland’s Pet Charity of the Year
There are so many non-profit pet organizations in this part of the world that it borders on ridiculous. There are boutique rescues all over Oregon, dedicated specifically to greyhounds, dachshunds, huskies, pit bulls, etc.—if a breed exists, there’s a niche for it in the Pacific Northwest’s network of charitable animal efforts. The overwhelming majority of […]
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The Runners-Up of the Mercury‘s Pet Photo Contest
By now I hope you’ve familiarized yourselves with our Pet Issue‘s photo contest winner Gary and his world. However we also had some very fine runners-up in this endeavor, and they shall not be overlooked. You can see all the pets in our slideshow, but here are a few of the alternates for our three […]
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Magic Friends: The Mercury‘s Annual Pet Issue!
I suppose you could live without pets. You could have white upholstery and travel without special arrangements, and never slip on cold vomit on your way to the bathroom at 3 am. But why on earth would you want to? Pets provide stress relief, force you to be functional and responsible (but only just so, […]
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Pay It Forward: Helping the Houseless Pets of Portland
We are creeping up on the Mercury‘s annual Pet Issue, which mostly means my inbox is a flood of adorable photos—keep them coming, please! It also gives me a little extra rope to highlight all things pet-related, such as the donation drive being held by Lovers Not Fighters Pitbull Rescue, which is wrapping up this […]
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Behold! Enter the Mercury‘s “Most Glamorous Pet” Photo Contest!
Because we are dorks, the Portland Mercury is holding a photo contest for our annual Pet Issue (publishing mid-August!) to celebrate the beauty and taste of Portland’s fur-bearing, scaly, shell-having, and/or feathered pals! “Behold! The Mercury‘s Most Glamorous Pet Photo Contest” is your chance to show the rest of the city how bewitching your companion […]
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Dead Dog in Woodlawn Park Possibly Connected to Cat Stabbings
It was beginning to seem like the trail was cold as far as catching the sick fuck responsible for last month’s cat stabbings in the NE Woodlawn neighborhood. Then, on Tuesday, a small dog who had been missing since June 25 was found dead in Woodlawn Park. That, at first, wasn’t deemed suspicious until further […]
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Pets Hate Fireworks, But Here’s How to Help Your Furry Friends
BANG! ZING! POP! POP! It’s almost Fourth of July and a lot of people are starting to freak out about what to do when the fireworks make their furry friends freak out. “The Fourth of July weekend is always one of our busiest weekends of the year at DoveLewis,” says Dr. Sarah Tauber, a veterinarian […]
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Will Someone Please Adopt… NIBBLES, THE ISLAMIC STATE BUNNY?
NIBBLES! HERE AT the Mercury, we’re terribly concerned about the rising number of homeless bunnies—which is why we’re devoting space every week to bunnies considered unadoptable. WILL YOU OPEN YOUR HEART AND HOME TO ONE OF PORTLAND’S UNWANTED BUNNIES? Meet Nibbles, the Islamic State Bunny. He’s an adorable, six-month-old Netherland Dwarf rabbit, and he’s a […]
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This is Your Last Chance to See the (Maybe) Weirdest Art Show Around!
EVAN LALONDE A DOG ON A STICK W.P.P. by Patrick Rock All too often, perfectly good art is ruined by taking itself too seriously—well, okay, maybe not ruined, that’s a strong word, but still. Just as some people suffer from incurable allergies to poetry, I am allergic to pretentious artist statements*, artist bios longer than […]
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Another Dissatisfied Squirrel-Hating Mercury Customer…
Well… there goes our dog demographic. (Thanks and a tip ‘o the hat to Wendy Robertson!)
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Dog vs. Zombie Hand
TWO THINGS! Thing one: Maymo the dog battles a giant zombie hand. (Though his reaction isn’t exactly what I expected.)Thing two: Maymo’s owner needs to get a job, and get out of the house. (At least that’s what Maymo’s thinking.)