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Dog trips runner at New Year’s relay race in Japan, may have cost victim’s team the win【Video】

Krista Rogers
Jan 6, 2016
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If we were this dog’s owner, we would be sure to keep our pet pooch securely on a leash during the upcoming Tokyo Olympics…

Japan
(accident • dogs • ekiden • marathon • New Year Ekiden • Paul Kuira • relay • sports • video)

Celebrate the New Year with kimono dogs!

Oona McGee
Jan 3, 2016

What better way to usher in a new year in Japan than with a cute collection of dogs in kimono?

Japan
(cute • cute dogs • dogs • kimono • new year • pets • traditional)

Homeward bound: Professor reunited with missing dog after nearly a decade

Jamie Koide
Dec 31, 2015

Nine years after his dog went missing, a Singaporean professor received a phone call that his long-lost companion had finally been found.

SE Asia
(Action for Singapore Dogs • animal shelters • dogs • heartwarming • Singapore)

Can you guess what type of seafood pugs look like?

Oona McGee
Dec 21, 2015

The likeness is astounding.

Japan
(animals • dogs • funny • oysters • pets • photos • pugs)

Need a set of samurai armor for your cat or dog? This pet supply shop can help 【Photos】

Casey Baseel
Dec 9, 2015

Turn your adorable pet into a noble warrior…who’s still adorable!

Japan
(awesome • cats • cool • cosplay • cute • dogs • pets • samurai)

Shiba Inu that really didn’t want to go for a walk becomes adorable embroidered brooch

KK Miller
Dec 9, 2015

This is surely only the beginning. We must immortalize the defiant dog’s face in every product we can possibly imagine.

Japan
(brooch • defiant • doge • dogs • funny face • Mami • Shiba Inu)

Shiba Inu dressed up as Japanese yokai achieve new level of cute and spooky

Scott Wilson
Dec 4, 2015

Even the pets of Japan want to show their respects to the recently passed yokai author Shigeru Mizuki.

Japan
(animals • cosplay • cute • dogs • Gegege no Kitaro • Shiba Inu • Shigeru Mizuki • yokai)

Would you share your ice cream with this Shiba Inu?

Cara Clegg
Nov 27, 2015

The internet just can’t get enough of Shiba Inu lately, and it’s not hard to see why. I mean, just look at that face!

Japan
(cute animals • dogs • ice cream • poll • Shiba Inu)

Roomba Doge is here to make your week so much better 【Video】

Krista Rogers
Nov 25, 2015

Move over, Roomba Shark Cat, and make way for Roomba Doge! In his own words: “So ride. Much excite.”

Internet, Japan
(cute • doge • dogs • funny • pets • Roomba • Shiba Inu)

Japanese company will turn photos of your cat or dog into adorably awesome pet reliefs

Casey Baseel
Nov 17, 2015

If you’ve got a cat or dog you love, odds are you’ve got a few pictures of your animal companion on display around the home you share. But what if you could give those visual reminders of your precious pet a loving pat on the nose?

Japan
(art • cats • cute • dogs • interior • pets • reliefs)

Much wow, so cushion: Soft and realistic 3-D doggy (and kitty) heads to park your butt on

Evie Nyan
Oct 22, 2015

There’s nothing cuter than cute animal goods, is there? Whether it’s hamster cheek coin purses or panda earmuffs, we just can’t resist wasting our hard-earned cash on adorable things to make us feel all fuzzy inside. Especially if they’re a little unusual or quirky in ways that make us feel like we’ve got something really original on our hands.

Take, for example, these new three-dimensional animal head cushions by Hot Seal JP. The full range features Akita ken, husky, poodle, pug and boxer breed dogs, as well as a variety of cutesome kitties, all with massive bulging eyes and protruding snouts that somehow manage to be creepy and cute at the same time!

Internet, Japan
(3D • cats • cushions • cute • dogs • Kawaii • pets • wtf)

“Noooo!” Pouting pooch really doesn’t want to go for a walk, Internet loves everything about it

KK Miller
Oct 19, 2015

The days are getting increasingly shorter and the sound of cicadas has now been replaced with that of leaves crunching underfoot. As winter approaches, it’s hard enough to convince ourselves to get up in the morning and start the day, but when we have to get up extra early and then convince our pets to go out for a walk, that makes us just want to go back to bed.

Such was the case for one dog owner when trying to take their pretty pooch out for an early morning walk. The expression their dog wore of its face clearly showed how it felt about it, too…

Internet, Japan
(dogs • face • funny • ridiculous)

Brighten your day with these 12 adorable photos of Shiba Inu being unintentionally cute 【Pics】

Cara Clegg
Oct 17, 2015

Shiba Inu are a breed of dog popular not just in their native country of Japan, but all over the world. Perhaps it’s due to the fame of the internet’s favourite doggie, Doge, or perhaps it’s just because they’re so darn smiley and adorable, but people just can’t get enough of them.

One Japanese site picked out their favourite photos of Shiba Inu living overseas, so join us after the break for a huge dose of Shibe cuteness.

Global, Internet, Japan
(cute animals • doge • dogs • Shiba Inu)

“No dogs allowed”: Why one service dog was refused entrance to these restaurants in Japan

Meg Murphy
Oct 16, 2015

It was Saturday, October 3 when a hearing-impaired woman and her service dog, a hearing dog for the deaf, attended an event promoting the awareness of service dogs at the Hankyu department store at Hankyu-Umeda Station in Osaka. After the event, the unnamed woman, her dog, and a friend went for a bite to eat at one of the restaurants located inside the same department store on the same floor as the event. Ironically enough, and much to the surprise of the woman, a member of staff stopped her from entering the restaurant, stating that animals were not allowed inside.

The woman’s friend pulled out a guidebook about hearing dogs for the deaf, trying to explain that the dog wasn’t a pet but an animal trained to assist its owner. The staff still refused, however, and the pair finally gave up and went elsewhere, thinking that it must have just been an unfortunate misunderstanding. Perhaps this was just one uninformed staff member who didn’t realize service animals are actually allowed in public places, they thought.

But even at the next restaurant they were turned away yet again…

Japan
(animals • deafness • disabilities • dogs • hearing dog • service dogs)

Wall dogs: Pups poking their heads through holes wanting to join you on your walkies 【Pics】

Oona McGee
Oct 13, 2015

When we recently came across an adorable Shiba Inu peering out of a wall of shrubbery and an Akita dog poking his nose out of a hole in the wall, we figured these were one-off, rare sightings, much like the sight of a hedgehog riding on the back of a rubber duck or a cat dressed in an elegant kimono.

But it turns out we were just scratching the surface of a well-known pastime in the canine world, which involves dogs of all shapes and sizes squeezing themselves into holes in walls to catch a whiff of what’s going on outside. And no dog is immune to the trend, with bulldogs, collies and beagles getting in on the cute act too!

Japan
(Akita dogs • animals • cute • dogs • Shiba Inu)

Working like a dog – Old-timey Japanese invention planned to turn pooch power into butter

Casey Baseel
Oct 9, 2015

Japan’s Meiji period ushered in revolutionary changes to the country. As over 200 years of self-imposed isolation came to an end, centuries of economic, political, and scientific advances came flooding into Japan, and the nation’s thinkers and entrepreneurs began scrambling to modernize. Thanks to their efforts, soon after the Meiji period began in 1868, Japan had its first railways, banks, and apparently a dog-powered butter-making machine.

Japan
(crazy • dogs • funny • history • inventions • Meiji Period • technology)

Yoga for dogs? Nope, just your friendly, lazy neighborhood Shiba Inu【Photos】

KK Miller
Oct 8, 2015

They say that dogs are a man’s best friend; they’re companions that will protect you, comfort you and even do you the big favor of eating everything off your plate that you don’t want, no matter what it is. Some dogs will even go to the extreme…by being extremely lazy for you!

You might remember Japan’s Cocon, the adorable Shiba Inu that has a major problem getting up in the morning. She’s been working even less since we last saw her half-in and half-out of her bed. Luckily, she’s just as cute if not cuter in this new set of photos.

Get ready for some seriously lazy dog posing!

Internet, Japan
(Cocon • cute • dogs • pets • Shiba Inu)

“Man’s best friend” indeed! Dog’s reaction to owner collapsing during walkies is hilarious【Video】

Evie Nyan
Sep 15, 2015

As a lifelong cat person, I’m often told by die-hard dog people that cats are the inferior species due to their apparent lack of devotion to their owners. Unlike cats, I’m told, dogs are loyal, devoted, and really care for their human companions. So this Twitter video showing how a so-called “loyal” member of the canine species reacts to their “collapsed” owner during a walk had me laughing my socks off!

Internet, Japan
(dachshund • dogs • funny • video • wtf)

Dogs in Japan keep sticking their noses where they don’t belong, are adorable, Akita puppy shows

Casey Baseel
Sep 14, 2015

We tend to think of silly Internet and photo memes as being strictly a human pastime, but is it possible that our pets, in an attempt to further increase their influence over online culture, have decided to get in on the act? The answer may be yes, since after a pair of Shiba Inu captured our hearts by squeezing themselves into narrow garden spaces, this member of the breed’s domestic rival, the Akita dog, is getting in on the trend with a bit of Tetris-style contortionism as he pops out from a garden wall.

Japan
(Akita dogs • animals • cute • dogs • funny • pets)

Would you like paper or plastic for that adorable puppy?【Video】

KK Miller
Sep 11, 2015

Cute and amazing events happen when you least expect them, but the convenience of smart phones makes it possible to capture those special moments no matter where you are. You might see something at a crowded festival or a totally random happenstance as you’re cruising down the street. Just whip out your phone and share away.

It’s no surprise thatoften times, animals are featured in our smart phone camera moments as they are constantly doing the cutest things, like carrying their puppy in a plastic shopping bag.