Is insurance the best way to counter dog attacks?

The British government is weighing whether to mandate dog owners taking out insurance against pet attacks.

See this article from Postonline.

Environment Secretary Hilary Benn told the BBC: "There is a lot of public concern about dog attacks, including the recent tragic deaths of young children, and about the rise in the number of so-called status dogs used to intimidate or threaten people.

"This is a serious issue of public safety. The government wants to hear what people think about the law as it stands and what more we might do to protect people from dangerous dogs."

The government would have to amend the 1991 Dangerous Dogs Act to include compulsory third-party insurance to make certain dog attack victims are compensated.

What do you think of this idea?

Is my dog Jewish?

I wondered to myself after Michael's post about kosher dog food whether Ace was, in fact, a Jewish dog.
He refuses to play with the doggie dreidel, yet he loves potato pancakes.
So, I thought I'd do the true test.
Will he eat matzo?
But, to make it more telling, I gave him a choice. Doggie bone or plain, dry, matzo?
The result...

It wasn't even up for debate in his head. He went right to the matzo, scarfed it down and licked up the crumbs.
Then, he waited for me to give him more as I ate my dinner.
Perhaps I'll let him try the matzo primavera recipe from Wednesday's Busy Cook when I make it this weekend. Or not.

Watch what you eat

Dog + toad = hilarity!

Watch this video.

Try traditional treats instead

Buddy, a 3-year-old Labrador retriever, had a not-so-tasty, but pricey treat: two Super Bowl XLII tickets valued at $900 each.

His owner had instructed a courier to leave them under a doormat but slipped them under the door — and into Buddy's domain.

Here's the story from the Arizona Republic.

"He's a troublemaker," Buddy's owner said. "But he looks at you with those big eyes and you can't be mad for long."

Hey, been there, done that.