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HOTEL FOR DOGS

Meli — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 11:22:49 GMT

Hotel for Dogs is the story of two foster kids determined to preserve their bond with each other and their eternally hungry mutt, Friday. Since their parents died four years ago, 16-year-old Andi (Nancy Drew's Emma Roberts) and her little brother Bruce (Jake T.Austin, best known from TV's Wizards of Waverly Place) have had to fight to stay together. Despite the best efforts of a sympathetic child welfare officer (Don Cheadle), the kids have bounced from home to home and now must live with the Scudders, a pair of miserly aging rockers.

Lois Scudder (Lisa Kudrow) is a modern-day Miss Hannigan (meets Spinal Tap); she keeps the food pantry padlocked and offers the children nothing but gruel for their two state-mandated meals per day. She also has a strict policy against pets. But Andi and Bruce know their only other option is to be moved into separate homes, so they endure their current conditions and are careful to keep their dog hidden. Things get complicated when Friday begins running repeatedly afoul of the city's Animal Control officers.

The kids stumble upon an abandoned hotel and, desperate to keep their dog safe, decide to make it Friday's new home. Soon, Bruce is using his remarkable knack for engineering to invent a variety of clever dog amenities, and the kids (with the help of some newly acquired friends) begin to rescue a growing number of the city's strays.

As the hotel is transformed into Doggy Paradise, the canines and humans form their own ragtag family. But Animal Control officials are hot on their trail, leading to an ultimate confrontation that could separate Andi, Bruce, and their beloved pet permanently.

When Hotel for Dogs is functioning as a light-hearted fantasy, it works wonderfully. Bruce's inventions are delightfully creative, and the dogs' enjoyment of them is irresistibly entertaining. Unfortunately, director Thor Freudenthal (in his first feature-length project) is constantly pushing the film into grittier, more realistic territory, making the fantastical elements seem suddenly implausible and silly.

Sometimes Hotel for Dogs seems to want to mine a family-drama pathos evocative of films like Because of Winn-Dixie. In other scenes the movie is dragged down by heavy-handed social commentary that overplays the obvious parallels between orphans and strays. The points the filmmakers are making are good ones—family is worth fighting for, and it can be created in unlikely places—but the characters and plot are not well-developed enough to sustain anything too serious for too long. A breezier, more consistent touch would have served this movie well.

SNOWY IN TINTIN

Meli — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 10:13:27 GMT

Snowy (French: Milou) is a fictional character in Yhe Adventure of Tintin, the series of classic Belgian Comic. He is a white Wire Fox Terrier and Tintin's four-legged companion who travels everywhere with him. The bond between Snowy and Tintin is very deep and they have saved each other from perilous situations many times.

Character history

With a few exceptions, Snowy never speaks (although he is regularly seen thinking in human words), since he is "only a dog". However, he always manages to communicate well with Tintin, particularly in the early stories. Snowy often adds to the story in notable ways. For instance, Snowy is the only character in Flight 714 to remember that he was abducted by aliens. Snowy has rescued Tintin (often by gnawing through restraints, or seeking help), or rescued him from a tight spot by biting or distracting a villain, many times throughout the series.

Like Captain haddock, Snowy is fond of Loch lomond brand Scotch whisky, and his occasional bouts of drinking tend to get him into trouble, as does his acute Arachnophobia. Snowy is also fond of bones, to the point of being easily tempted, even when the last thing he should think about is the bone; for example, he once lost a message from Tintin because of a bone.

The character of Snowy evolved through the course of the Tintin series, and was most dramatically affected by the introduction of Captain Haddock in The Crab with The Golden Claws. Before Haddock's appearance, Snowy was the source of dry and cynical side-commentary, which balanced out Tintin's constantly positive, optimistic perspective. When Haddock entered the series, the Captain took over the role of the cynic, and Snowy gradually shifted into a more light-hearted role, serving to create comic relief by chasing the Marlin spike cat (they become friends in the end of The Calculus Affair), drinking the Captain's whisky, etc. Milou was named after Hergé's first girlfriend Malou (a contraction of the name Marie-Louise), although the character is referred to as male throughout the books.

The 1939 Portuguese edition of Tintin in the Congo, renamed as Tintin em Angola, was locally colored and had a yellow female Snowy, renamed Rom-Rom.

HERCULES-THE BIGGEST DOG IN THE WORLD

Meli — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 09:41:34 GMT

Hercules: The World's Biggest Dog Ever According to Guinness World Records

Hercules was recently awarded the honorable distinction of Worlds Biggest Dog by Guinness World Records. Hercules is an English Mastiff and has a 38 inch neck and weighs 282 pounds.

With "paws the size of softballs" (reports the Boston Herald), the three-year-old monster is far larger and heavier than his breed's standard 200lb. limit. Hercules owner Mr. Flynn says that Hercules weight is natural and not induced by a bizarre diet: "I fed him normal food and he just grew".... and grew. and grew.

Hercules was once the largest dog in the world. Now his name has become associated with a digital hoax, an Internet urban legend. A number of digitally editted photos have been ciculating on the net with pictures of "Hercules, the World's Biggest Dog". In the photos, the dog is GIANT. But there is enough info out there about the real deal Hercules to fuel the legend and keep the links and emails circulating.

SPIKE AND TYKE

Meli — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 08:28:35 GMT

Spike (occasionally referred to as Butch or Killer) and Tyke are fictional characters from the Tom and jerry series, created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. Spike is a stern but occasionally dumb British Bulldog who is particularly disapproving of cats, but a softie when it comes to mice, and later, his son Tyke. In the shorts Jerry would often try to get Tom in trouble with Spike making him a shoo-in for a beating from the bulldog. Spike has a few weaknesses that Tom tries to capitalize upon: his possessiveness about his bone and his ticklishness. He made his first appearance in the 1942 Tom and Jerry cartoon Dog Trouble, and his first speaking role was in 1944's The Bodyguard, where he was voiced by Billy bletcher up until 1949, from which point he was voiced by Daws Butler Tyke is known as a cute, sweet, happy and a loveable pup. He is Spike's son and they make the perfect father and son, with Spike spending much of his free time comforting his son, taking him out or teaching him the facts of life of being a dog. In Tom and Jerry kids, Tyke has a speaking role and was the first time that Tom and Jerry fans were able to hear Tyke speak.

The dog ( Spike )

Spike Rhys Bulldog is a grey bulldog that appears in many episodes of Tom and Jerry. He is a friend of Jerry and a rival of Tom.

He hates Tombecause in the episodes that Spike appears, Tom is chasing Jerry around but ends up giving Spike or his son, tyke, a bad day. Obviously, whenever Spike tells Tom not to do a certain thing (ex. dirtying Tyke), Jerry does his best to get Tom in trouble (in the example, Jerry would get Tyke as dirty as possible). He was originally called Killer. Tom cat's son is his foe and hero.

In his very first appearance, Dog trouble Spike is the main antagonist, chasing and attacking both Tom and Jerry on sight, even trying to eat Jerry, which forced the two to work together to defeat him. In all subsequent shorts, Spike becomes typecast as the stereotypical dumb brute who is always duped into becoming a shield for Jerry from Tom. It is only in two episodes where Jerry gets Spike out of a jam and the dog willingly protects him from Tom in well-earned gratitude. On most occasions, Jerry causes trouble for Tom by luring him near Spike and harming him to get him angry, and in some cartoons when its perfectly obvious that Tom is not responsible, as seen in The Invisible Mouse, Spike still blames Tom and hurts him instead of Jerry.

Spike, however, is not without a softer and sympathetic side: in the episode Pet Peeve, after believing that Tom is willing to leave the house in Spike's favour, Spike feels sorry for him to the point that he offers to leave instead, which Spike does until he realises that Tom is only using reverse psychology to trick him into leaving. In The Truce Hurts, Spike is portrayed as a very intelligent and equilibrated character when he convinces Tom and Jerry to stop the fighting among the three of them and sign a Peace Treaty, but their newfound friendship comes to an end when they argue over how to share a big steak, symbolised when Spike tears the truce contract to shreds and they go back to fighting again. From the 1942 cartoon Dog Trouble to 1948 cartoon Heavenly Puss he was voiced by Billy Bletcher. His name also varies in some shorts: in he is named "Killer", and in Solid SerenadeThe Truce Hurts he signs "Butch" on the treaty paper.

The son ( Tyke )

In Tom's later attempts to catch Jerry, he has to deal with Spike for bothering his son. In 1949's Love That Pup, Spike was given a puppy son, Tyke, who became another popular supporting character in the Tom and JerryDaws butler, who styled Spike's voice after Jimmy Durante taking after his 1940s radio series with Garry Moore. He is named Spike from then on and is not changed again. When Tyke is introduced, Spike is given a softer approach (mainly towards his son) and is kinder and less aggressive, but is still portrayed as a dumb animal on more than one occasion. Spike's love and affection towards Tyke becomes Jerry's newest weapon against Tom, as his strategy goes from luring Tom towards Spike to inflicting harm on Tyke, and even when it is perfectly obvious that Jerry is responsible and not Tom, as seen in Love That Pup. Spike fails to see this and still blames Tom.

POMERANIAN

Meli — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 07:28:25 GMT

The Pomeranian Dog

Breed Group: Toy

Weight: 3-7 lbs

Height: 8-11 inches

The Pomeranian is one of they toy breeds and weighs between 3 and 7 pounds (there are larger poms, and although not to the breed standard, they still make wonderful loving pets!). Intelligent and vivacious, these little dogs will steal your heart, but don't let them get away with too much as they must be properly trained or they will become too demanding. With proper care your Pom can live to about 15 years old.

History

Did you know the Pomeranian was once a much larger dog that weighed around 35 pounds? A cousin to the spitz type dogs, this pampered lap dog once called the arctic home.

Bred down to it's tiny size over the centuries, the Pomeranian became popular in the late 1800's when Queen Victorian brought a 12 pound Pom back from Italy. This vivacious little dog soon became a favorite of European royalty and was bred to be even smaller until it reached the average of 5 pounds.

Historically, the Pomeranian has been fancied by many famous Europeans. Michelangelo had a little Pom that sat on a silk pillow and watched him while he painted the Sistine Chapel. Martin Luther, the great church leader had one of these little dogs that he mentioned often in his work. Mozart had a Pomeranian that he dedicated an Aria to and Chopin composed the Valse des Petits Chiens for his girlfriends Pom.

Overview

The Pomeranian is lively and eager to learn. They get along well with other household pets if given a slow and proper introduction. They make wonderful companions for families with older, well-behaved children and the elderly.

Character

The Pomeranian is a compact, active toy breed. They are intelligent, extremely loyal to their family, and loving. They are eager to please, gentle, and affectionate. They also exhibit an inquisitive expression and curiosity.

Temperament

The Pomeranian is confident, commanding, and outgoing. Due to the Pomeranians small stature they are not recommended for homes with small children as they may become temperamental. They make excellent guard dogs and will sound a bark when they sense danger.

Care and Grooming

Pomeranians are easy to care for but do need some special attention. They can be easily groomed in less than 1 hour a day, but I am sure you will want to spend much more time than that bonding with your pet!

Brushing your Pomeranian every day is a good way to bond with your pet as well as insure his coat is healthy and looks good. Poms have a double coat that can easily become matted so brushing is necessary. A once a week – or every couple of weeks – bath is a nice way to keep your Pom smelling and looking good! Don't forget to groom around his paws and tail area as well as clip his nails.

Unfortunately, Pomeranians can be prone to tooth problems. Tooth loss and bacterial buildup is not uncommon in these little dogs so you should take extra care to make sure your pet has the proper dental care. Brush your dogs teeth daily with a specially formulated enzymatic tooth paste that fights bacteria and have yearly dental checks and scaling if necessary. Tooth care is quite important to your dogs overall health as if bacteria is left unchecked in the mouth, it can spread throughout the dogs body and cause health problems for your pet.

The Pom's eyes are another area where you should pay some special attention. Like most small dogs, discharge from the eye can accumulate causing staining and, sometimes a goopy mess. Clean the area around the eye daily with a Q-tip (be careful not to get too close to the dogs eye). If the fur around the eye becomes stained, you can buy a special liquid that helps remove the staining.

Health Problems

Luxating Patellas or a knee that slips out of place is common in Pomeranians and in some cases this may require surgery. Many Poms suffer from hypothyroidism which can cause other problems and should be checked by your vet. Some Poms lose patches of hair as they grow older. This usually starts at the back and moves forward. If your Pom sounds like he is coughing then he may have a collapsing trachea which is not uncommon in this breed. An xray can determine if this is the problem and medication can be given to reduce coughing. Tooth loss and bacteria build up is a problem in Pomeranians as well as other small dogs.

EIGHT BELOW

Meli — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 06:31:18 GMT

Eight Below is a 2006 American adventure film directed by Frank Marshall and written by David DiGilio. It stars Paul Walker, Jason Biggs, Bruce greenwood and Moon Bloodgood. It was released theatrically on February 17, 2006 and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures in the United States.

Plot

In 1993, Jerry Shepard (Walker) is a guide at an Antartica research base under contract with the National Science Foundation. UCLA professor, Dr. Davis McClaren (Greenwood) arrives at the base and presses Shepard to take him to Mount Melborne to attempt to find a rare meteorite from Planet Mercury. Shepard does so against his own intuition, which tells him that it is too late in the season (January) to complete such a treacherous route. Worried about the snowmobiles breaking through the thinning ice or falling in a crevasse, Shepard tells his boss and McClaren that the only way to get to Mount Melbourne is by dog sled.

Shepard and McClaren make it to Mount Melbourne but are immediately called back to base camp due to an approaching storm. McClaren begs for some time, and Shepard gives him half a day. McClaren finds what he was looking for and the two head back to the sled.

Shepard pauses to patch up one of the dogs (Old Jack) whose paw is bleeding. McClaren, while walking around to get a better radio connection with base, slides down an embankment when a soft ledge gives way. His landing at the bottom cracks the thin ice and McClaren ends up breaking through. Shepherd is able to get his lead dog Maya to take a rope to McClaren and the dog team pulls him from the water.

Now, as they battle hypotemis, frostbiteand near whiteout conditions, Shepard and McClaren have to rely on the dogs' stamina and keen sense of direction to get them back to base. The injured people are immediately evacuated, along with all other personnel, due to the storm, which is expected to intensify. With too much weight in the plane to carry both people and dogs, the human team medically evacuates Shepard and McClaren with a plan to return later for the dogs. The dogs are temporarily left behind, but the storm is worse than expected and it soon becomes apparent that no rescue will be attempted until the next spring.

Back at home, Shepard is guilt-ridden about leaving his dogs, and stops working as an Antarctic-conditions guide. Five months later, and after a heart-to-heart session with an older, veteran guide, Shepard decides to throw his all into rescuing the dogs. Before leaving for the trip, Shepard patches things up with McClaren, and tells him about his intentions to rescue the dogs. McClaren learns that Shepard does not have enough money to pay for the trip, but tells him that he cannot help him. Soon afterwards, McClaren sees a drawing of the dog team made by his young son, with the title: "My Hero is... THE DOGS WHO SAVED MY DADDY." McClaren realizes the magnitude of his ingratitude and uses the remaining balance of his grant money to finance a rescue mission.

The Dogs' Story

Four days after the dogs were left at base camp, they eventually break free of their chains, except for Old Jack and Max. Eleven days later, Max finally breaks free, but Old Jack, who's too old to go with the others on their journey, dies at the base camp. The dogs now begin hunting seals,sea qulls, and penguins in order to keep from starving. However, one night whilst looking at the southern lights, one of the dogs, Dewey, falls off a steep slope and is fatally injured. The dogs show their affection for their teammate, but eventually have to move on. The youngest dog, Max, stays with Dewey a little longer and is separated from the rest.

Max finds his way back to where McClaren fell into the ice earlier and spots a dead Orca. He has a nibble until he is attacked by a nearby Leopard seal that fiercely guards its meal. The other dogs also find their way to the dead Orca and Max gets the leopard seal's attention so the rest can eat. But the leopard seal quickly sees what's happening, bites Maya on the leg and nearly kills her. Max and the other dogs fiercely chase him off. Maya manages to survive, but her leg is seriously injured.

The rest of the pack continue to hunt for food. Maya refuses food brought for her, and gives pack leadership to Max, who has shown bravery, leadership and compassion.

The dogs manage to find their way close to the base camp where Shepard and his rescue team are arriving. Shepard and the five dogs have a happy reunion. Max leads Jerry to the injured Maya, and he is able to rescue her as well. The final scene shows a grave for Old Jack and Dewey.

FUNNY DOGS

Meli — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 16:01:11 GMT

This video presents how a dog can be very funny while they are with their owners..

please enjoy this this video.. n_n

hope it can make you laugh !!!! :)

101 DALMATIANS

Meli — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 15:41:49 GMT

101 Dalmatians

The Series is based on Disney's famous animated movie 101 Dalmatians. There's always lots of fun with 101 Dalmatian puppies as they grow and play. This series focuses on the life of three main Dalmatians as they cope with their new life on the farm, as well as their chicken friend and various other characters. Cruella DeVil wants to steal the farm that the Dearly's live on, in which they are the owners of the Dalmatians.

Main Characters

•Lucky: Lucky is the leader of the four main pups. He's very adventurous and always seems to be full of energy, but his addiction to the action he watches on TV has made him a little too adventurous and he's usually the one at fault when the pups get into trouble.

•Cadpig: The little hippie of the small group and also the runt of the litter (hence the name). Cadpig always likes to see the world in a very peaceful way. She often uses metaphysical metaphors as words of wisdom to her friends. She may seem like she's happy all the time, but you won't like her when she's angry.

•Rolly: This plump puppy has the biggest appetite of all the pups. Food is his biggest desire, and he more often thinks with his stomach instead of his brain. Still, he's Lucky's best friend, and among the four main pups, he has the best sense of smell and a lot of knowledge when it comes to the quality of dog food.

•Spot: Spot is just a chicken with a poorly-built body. She has always longed to be a dalmatian puppy. She always hangs out with the pups to have fun. Whenever the pups go on an adventure, she's usually there with them. She'll worry about just about anything (especially trouble).

•Cruella DeVil: An evil fashion designer who lives at a mansion next door to Dearly Farm. She'll do anything to get the land that the farm is on, as long as the puppies don't mess up her plans.

Other characters include Roger Dearly, Anita Dearly, Nanny, Pongo and Perdita, the Colonel, Danny, Sergeant Tibbs, Lt. Pug, Mooch, Scorch, an alligator name Steven, Vindella de Vil, and the entire de Vil family.

SNOOPY

Meli — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 09:34:34 GMT

The comic strip Peanuts was originally called Li’l Folks. The great Charles M Schulz created it in 1950, and it soon became the most popular comic strip in history.

Like so many of the great cartoon characters we all love, the main characters went through a metamorphosis before they became the characters we are all so familiar with. Two characters in the comic became the "stars” of the strip, the runaway favorites. The two were, as we all know, Charlie Brown and his dog, Snoopy.

The original Charlie Brown character was not the wishy-washy loser we all now know. Amazingly, the original Charlie Brown was quite popular with the Peanuts gang. He was addressed, frequently, as "Good ol’ Charlie Brown.” Several of the Peanuts girls actually had crushes on him. And Lucy, who was to become his main nemesis, actually fantasized about getting married to him!!!

It even took a few months before he adopted that famous zig-zag shirt. Slowly but surely, Charlie Brown got more and more insecure. And eventually he evolved into the lovable loser we can all associate with.

Snoopy, Charlie Brown’s dog, soon became the comic’s runaway most popular character. But the early Snoopy was pretty much just an ordinary, slightly mischievous dog. Introduced almost immediately in 1950, Snoopy walked on all four legs, much like any other dog. It wasn’t until 1956, six years later, that Snoopy got up and started walking in his famous walk on two legs, like a human would.

Snoopy, again, very ordinarily, would sleep "inside” his dog house. It wasn’t until two years later, in 1958, that he started lying on top of the dog house, as we remember him. And the first time Snoopy tried that, he had a nasty fall. Eventually, Snoopy, who originally was a mute dog, developed the trademark "thought balloons” over his head. These enabled readers to follow his thoughts and responses, verbally as well as physically.

Over the years, almost in an inverse ratio to his owner Charlie Brown, Snoopy became cooler and more confident. Charlie Brown and Snoopy became a kind of yin-yang of the two sides of all of us.

One side, Charlie Brown, symbolized the lack of confidence, shyness, and insecurity we all harbor, to a greater or lesser degree. And the other half, Snoopy, is the confident, totally-in-control, cool character we all, in our hearts (and fantasies) want to be.

SCOOBY-DOO

Meli — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 16:00:14 GMT

Scooby-Doo is an American media franchise based around several animated television series and related works produced from 1969 to the present day. The original series, 'Scooby-Doo Where Are You' was created for Hanna-Barbera-Productions by writers Joe Ruby and Ken Spears in 1969. This Saturday morning cartoon series featured a talking Great Dane named Scooby-Doo and four teenagers — Fred jones, Daphne Blake, Velma Dinkley, and Norville "Shaggy" Rogers — who solve mysteries by exposing seemingly otherworldly ghosts and monsters as non-supernatural criminals.

Hanna-Barbera and its successor Warner Bross Animationhave produced numerous follow-up and spin-off animated series and several related works, including television specials and telefilms, a line of direct to video films, and two Warner Bross-produced feature films. Some versions of Scooby-Doo feature different variations on the show's supernatural theme, and include characters such as Scooby's cousin Scooby-Dum and nephew Scraapy-Doo in addition to or instead of some of the original characters.