Pacey is the pet metronome dog of a drum school instructor, and it looks like sitting in on lessons has paid off.

Sorry, Animal, but you've just been made redundant.

[tastefullyoff]

Canteloupe the two-year-old Italian Greyhound loves to steal things from her owner's desk, so a friend decided to set up a camera and catch her red-pawed.

CamelsAndFriends, the YouTuber behind the doggie surveillance operation, writes:

It got me wondering how exactly she gets up there and how she chooses what she steals, so I decided to start filming! I left the camera on a tripod pointed at the desk and a week later these are my results of Cantaloupe's exploits.

The evidence is clear, ladies and gentlemen. You must find this dog guilty of being cute.

[biotv]

A parrot and a dog settle a dispute over who gets to eat the last of the yogurt.

[dpaf.]

Today in inventions that are simultaneously adorable and tragic: UK insurance company More Th>n has prototyped an automated stairlift to carry obese dogs up tough flights of stairs.

The world's first doglift, called "Stair of the Dog 2022," was conceived in response to a doggie obesity epidemic that the company says could see 52% of the UK's dogs dangerously overweight by 2022. The device, which a pooch can activate with a paw-press, is expected to cost $8,000.

"This is a vision of the future we really don't want to see become a reality," says More Th>n's John Ellenger, who suggests dog owners show their canine friends some love without giving them "inappropriate and fat-laden foods."

[dvice.]

Fern the Great Dane isn't quite ready to wake up from her afternoon nap.

[vvv.]

Hope for Paws (previously) rescues a blind, abandoned dog found living in squalor, cleans her up, partially restores her eyesight, and finds her a new home.

Caution: Not safe for mascara.

[thanks alec!]

In the end, aren't we all just bulldogs chasing in vain after an uncatchable ball?

[tastefullyoff.]