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Rebel, a beautiful black lab, that last year was a new recruit to the Tayside Police in Scotland, has won the distinction of being the Pet-of-the-Year for 2008 at MillionDollarPetPix.com, home of the PetPix Time Capsule for pets. He’ll be featured all year on this fun pet site… see him here!

Rebel, so-named by children attending a neighboring primary school, is a sweetheart of a recruit and has worked hard all year to learn his important tasks as a police dog with the police department.

Rebel won as Pet-of-the

Guests of the Ellen DeGeneres show got to enjoy the upbeat and friendly visit by guest Michelle Obama. During the course of the conversation, Ellen reminded Michelle of a special promise. Michelle and Barack have promised their daughters, Malia and Sasha, that no matter the outcome of the presidential election the girls could get a dog.

In true Ellen style, with fun and elan, the chat ended with a real show-stopper! A gift for the Obamas of a top-notch home for the future pooch! No ordinary dog house was this! It was a replica of the White House, replete with a family photo of the Obamas hanging in the Oval Office! Oh yes, and there was ws also a photo of Ellen hanging in the Oval Office as well… smoooooth!

The first annual One-in-a-Million Dog Photo contest hosted by MillionDollarPetPix ended on August 15th. Now they need your help to pick a winner from the delightful four pet star semi-finalists. It takes just a minute to give these semi-finalist winners the edge they need to win…

1. Visit the One-in-a-Million Dog Photo Contest semi-finalist winners today.

2. Give a rating for each pet photo that you think should win.

The contest categories for our “One-in-a-Million Dog” photo contest are…

1. Best million dollar dog smile
2. Most outrageous dog outfit
3. Best million dollar dog pose

We’ve got great prizes for the

We came across a true story in May of a pony that was rescued from the ravages of hurricane Katrina and how Pam Kaster, a Red Cross manager at the time came to write a book about the amazing people who helped Molly the pony. It is a story of pets, people and heroes, of survival, caring, and ingenuity.

Meet Molly. She’s a gray speckled pony who was abandoned by her owners when Katrina hit southern Louisiana, USA . She spent weeks on her own before finally being rescued and taken to a farm where abandoned animals were stockpiled.