Josh found this article on MSNBC about a Chihuahua who has learned to pray with his owner, who is a Buddhist priest in Japan!

And we thought that we were clever by training Oscar to do the traditional “bow” motion to the command of “Yoga” - get it??? Downward facing dog!!!  Anyway, too cute…

I think this must be a prototype because it looks like there are a number of exposed moving parts and it’s not exactly sleek in terms of design, but I love the concept!!  Oscar isn’t much of a fetcher, but I can see how this would be really great for dogs that are fetching/tennis ball obsessed.

I especially love the display screen, so that you can see how many balls your dog fetched while you were at work! 

I wonder if it was hard to train the dog??  Very good idea…

Okay, now I had a serious debate with myself before publishing this post…should I publish the post and share an amusing video or should I report these dog owners to the ASPCA?? 

I decided that the dog looks like he’s not being harmed in any way and he might even be enjoying it!  Can it really be any worse than torturing your dog by dressing him up in clothes??  No, I don’t think so. 

The cat looks pretty pissed though…sore loser.

Hope you enjoy…

If you like this video there are lots more…search for “Wii Dog” on youtube.comand you can see him playing (and winning!!) against people in a number of different Wii games.

Blake Lewis (from last season’s American Idol) has some four-legged competition in the form of a beat-boxing Basset Hound! 

Okay, it’s not actually a real dog…just a creative marketing campaign for a Swedish telephone company.  Who knows what is says (anyone know Swedish?), but it’s fun to play with the interactive features and add sniffs, woofs & scratches to create your own unique doggy rap.  Check it out…click here to  try it out for yourself.