Wait until the baby gets a little older ...

Get ready for a cuteness overload.

Here's a video of a dog playing with a baby.

You might want to turn down the volume because the video contains a lot of loud baby laughter.

Takes a lickin' ...

For today's cute fix, how about a cat licking a dog?

Watch the video here.

Cuteness alert

How about a Shiba Inu that watches a puppy cam? Click here.

Puppy Bowl VI

Has it been a year already?

It's time once again for the Puppy Bowl — the sixth one, that is.

Animal Planet's counter-programming to that other Bowl is two hours of adorable puppies, along with the kitten half-time show, hamsters and cheer-leading bunnies.

The special kicks off at 3 p.m. ET today, and will be repeated every two hours, with the final showing beginning at 3 a.m. Monday.

The network's Web site has the starting lineup, complete with pictures, and a whole bunch of other cute things.

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And finally, in the spirit of the Super Bowl — and all things Saints — watch this video of a Saints Beagle fan getting in the mood during the championship game when the New Orleans team won its place in today's face off.

Huffington Post has an interview with referee Andrew Schecher, who will preside over his fourth Puppy Bowl.

The Animal Planet producer said the shoot takes 12 hours and 43 puppies. However, Schecher is a professional through and through and is not taken in by the overwhelming puppiness.

I'm proud to say that I am completely unbiased towards their cuteness. I play a 100% fair game -- it's every puppy for themselves. I do not pick sides regardless of how often the lick my face. It's very difficult, but I'm very professional. And this is a side note -- my favorite thing about "Puppy Bowl" is that we're not directing them or dressing them up. We're just observing natural puppy behavior. And when you see a puppy exploring the world around him, and he's so curious about everything around him, you can't not fall in love with him.

I'll be working the afternoon/evening shift today, and I have a feeling the newsroom TV set won't be tuned to Animal Planet (go figure!), so I'll have to check the Puppy Bowl out on my DVR when I get off work.

Video Thursday

White lion cubs here.

Remember they are not pets.

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Here's a Pedigree commercial about Echo, a dog who is up for adoption.

Then, Echo gets a new home.

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And then, sort of a companion video to yesterday's blog about dog food, a Kibbles 'n Bits commercial about a dog wanting to eat what his family is eating.

Don't you hate it when your dog disco dances in the kitchen?

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Finally, a couple of cute bull dogs in this PetSmart commercial.

Isn't he adorable?

And Bo is, too!

Here are a couple of White House photos of President Barack Obama taking a break to play with Bo May 12.

It's some sort of mysterious force

Here's a kitten who hasn't figured out what a fan really does.

Watch this video.

"There it is ... no, now it's over here ... wait, it's gone ..."

Cuteness alert

Puppy howling?

Puppy adorable.

The little one howls when its owner whistles.

Too cute.

Watch it here.

Anderson Cooper vs. cuteness

To heck with the economy, the war in Iraq, the conflict in the Gaza Strip.

What's important still is what kind of dog will the Obamas select for the White House.

Watch this video from CNN and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart about a debate between potential "first dogs" moderated by Anderson Cooper.

I think you won't be surprised who really won the debate and the hearts and minds of the viewers.

Cute overload — baby dachshunds

Nothing cuter than a basket of puppies.

Hedgehog in the house

This picture is great. Dawn from Wappingers Falls, N.Y., has obviously thrown down the cuteness gauntlet with this. She writes:

Pictured are my cat, Lily, and my hedgehog, Piglet. Lily is 8 and Piglet is 2. We live in the village of Wappingers Falls, along with a couple of lizards, 8 species of newts and a couple of snakes.

Readers, can you top this? Come on, I challenge you.

I think I want a hedgehog.