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An American shorthair cat family. Today one of the three kittens tries to explore inside the room for the first time. Age: 3 weeks old. Kawaii!

Isn’t this relaxing? Such is a day in a kittens life.

Little dog tucks herself in for maximum adorable yet sleepy effect.

A guide dog has won a special award for leading his owner to safety after the July 7th London bombings in 2005.

Tom, who is four years old, was in London with his owner Mike Townsend at around the time the bomb went off on a bus in Tavistock Square.

The black Labrador cross was awarded the Heroic Guide Dog of the Year award because he managed to lead Mike to away from the noise and panic. Afterwards Mike said: “I feel I owe my life to Tom.”

Tom was one of several guide dogs to win special awards at the Guide Dog of the Year ceremony on Thursday. Another winning dog was Logan who lives with his 19-year-old owner Carl.

Logan helps Carl, who is blind and has some problems with movement, with day-to-day things. His special talent is using his nose to guide Carl to CDs so he can easily find them and pick them up.

One of a litter of two-week-old kittens rescued from Veterans Stadium before the crumbling arena was imploded in 2004 has been rated best pet of the year by a cat lovers’ group.

Linda Hanna, of Drexel Hill, was taking the formerly feral brown-and-white tabby, Hagrid-of-Hogwarts, to Louisville, Ky., on Wednesday to receive best household pet for 2006 honors at an American Cat Fanciers Association awards ceremony.

Purebred cats are judged on strict standards of appearance, but those in the pet category, like Hagrid, named for a character in the Harry Potter books, are judged on overall physical condition, cleanliness and how they interact with judges.

Hannah, 57, a West Chester University professor, got a call from a friend when workers preparing for the stadium demolition found the kittens. She set up a nursery, bottle fed them every few hours, and ended up keeping two, Hagrid and a sister, Hermione-of-Hogwarts.

They have traveled to 39 states and four Canadian provinces for cat shows, and Hanna said Hagrid appears to perform just for the attention. Prizes will include rosettes, a listing in the association’s yearbook and a cat statuette. “He’ll reach up and pull the rosette down, as if to say, ‘It’s mine,”‘ Hanna said.

The weekend is almost here, so it’s time for a cat napping cat.

At first glance, 8-year-old Romeo is like any other Labrador.

“He’s a very mellow dog,” said Penny O’Brien.

O’Brien’s daughter, Pricilla, owns the dog “He doesn’t get excited about anything but food,” said Penny.

The black Lab is also a service dog and Pricilla O’Brien’s “baby.”

“They named him because he’s so lovable and so affectionate,” Pricilla said.

She considers him her son.

Pricilla and Rommy, as the family calls him, have been partners for six years. The 28 year old has been living with cerebral palsy for most of her life. Rommy makes life easier. He can reach things Pricilla cannot and open doors, among many other things.

However, one morning Romeo was not acting like his calm self. He was wining, pulling and crying.
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A litter of cats called Gin, Gamma and Fookoo rocking to Ted Nugent’s “Cat Scratch Fever”!

When first looking at this photo, you might see a baby girl watching the Teletubbies. Not just little people like to watch them it seems, as a little pug (called Lillypug) joins on two paws to watch

Kitties playing around. The kitten in the background wants to get back in the box soooo bad. But this kitten took over. Music Called “Sister Jack” by Spoon. Box glee!