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27 December 2008
This is hilarious: Shoplifting dog. Supermarket surveillance video records rawhide-snatching husky. News video here. apologies to U.S. folk if this has been all over the news.
Note the comment from the male newscaster at the end as he said pointedly to the woman: "I guess he can get a bone whenever he wants it." Obviously a backstory there ...
Speaking of... one dog here in Greece has been whining to go for a walk - in the cold, miserable rain/sleet. One owner is reluctant, so she has just made the dog a Kong filled with peanutbutter and Craisins. According to reports, the dog has shut up, and the owner stated, "Whoah. Peanutbutter and craisins... that's really good. The dog gets all the best stuff."
There is also the wonderful story of the Seagull who steals crisps (chips to the Americans) from a Scottish store. There is a mobile phone video of the perpetrator caught in the act, if you click on the top picture in the article. The seagull seems to visit this store on a regular basis. My favorite quote: "The seagull, nicknamed Sam, has now become so popular that locals have started paying for his crisps."