Cuteness alert

This video is too adorable.

It's corgis on a treadmill.

Super cute, arent' they?

Dog v. iPad

After the cat who was fascinated by the iPad, here's a dog that isn't no much entralled with the device.

Week 2 recipients of the Furminator

Congratulations to Daniel Upton Sr. of Hyde Park, N.Y., and Jenna Zeidler of Champaign, Ill. They will be receiving Furminators courtesy of the Furminator people.

Upton wanted a purple cat tool for Baby, who was given to him four years ago as a companion during recuperation from surgery. He is hoping that using the Furminator will ease his wife's allergies and eliminate the fur that "gets into and sticks to everything," he wrote in his e-mail.

Zeidler entered during week one. She didn't receive the Furminator then, so she tried again.

She will be using the small blue tool on Sully, her 5-year-old Pembroke Welsh Corgi.

She writes:

He's a black-headed tri, and looks rather unkempt when he's shedding since all that tan undercoat shows through his lovely jet black fur. Our most success in getting the hair is the tried and true method of bathing and then blowing out with a comb but this is MESSY and time consuming and Sully doesn't like it at all. He is a rescue and is scared of loud noises (dryer) and small spaces (bathroom/tub). The furminator would allow us to groom in the comfort of the sofa or maybe even the backyard with breaks for some ball-throwing!

Do you have the cutest pet?

Tanner is described by his owner, Donald Bathrick of Wassaic, as a "handsome, 15-year-old Corgi who likes short walks, breakfast at McDonald's and old Tom Jones songs, including What's New, Pussycat?"

The pooch has been entered in the Poughkeepsie Journal's Pet Idol contest.

Pet Idol is a fundraiser for the Journal's Newspaper in Education Program, which provides newspapers and educational materials to schools. A portion of the proceeds will go to the Dutchess County SPCA.

Photos of pets can be submitted electronically or via regular mail (eeww, postage) until June 11. The pictures are put online and people vote for their favorite pets. Each vote costs 25 cents, with a minimum of $5.

The first round of voting is going on now through June 13. The second round of voting will run from June 15 to June 29. Winners will be announced July 2.

First-, second- and third-prize winners will each receive a trophy and a gift package worth between $25 and $1,000, as well as a being mentioned in a Journal story.

As of tonight, people have entered 156 pictures of dogs, 67 pictures of cats, two bunnies, two bearded dragons (only a mother...), one iguana, one ferret, one snake and one hedgehog.

Employees of the Poughkeepsie Journal are not eligible to enter the contest — because it just wouldn't be fair to all of you. I mean, just look at the banner at the top of this blog.

Good luck.