Tricks: they come in all shapes and sizes. Enter this videothis is a video of a golden retriever eating the treat that its owner places on the table, going to the treat drawer, replacing the treat on the table, closing the drawer, then waiting for its owner to come back

In precious angel news, this is a short video of a dog watching two dart players on television, and running to fetch what they’ve thrown. Unfortunately for the dog, there isn’t actually anything to fetch, and he returns empty-mouthed, ready to pay even closer attention to the next throw. That

This is a video of Scotty recognizing his deceased brother in a memorial painting that was hung on the wall of his home. In their caretaker’s own words while whoever’s working the lunch shift at the drive-thru window at Wendy’s wonders why my eyes are so bloodshot: This is my

Kids: they say the darndest things. And in the case of my nephews, usually loudly and when I’m trying to watch a show or take a nap. This is a short video of a precious little boy in West Virginia (my home state — hit it, John Denver!) asking if

Waking up and getting out of bed: it’s the worst. Enter precious rescue pet rat Bean sleeping in her tissue box and refusing to wake up until caretaker Esther places a bowl of almond slices nearby, at which point Bean immediately stirs and gets up, ready for some treats. Honestly

Note: Language. This is a short video of an Australian woman scaring her dad by yelling through the louvered window of his workshop and scaring the piss out of him. I mean not literally, although maybe. Can you blame him? This is Australia we’re talking about — not only is

This is a video demonstration of the one-way (it only goes down) cat elevator that a woman made for her cat to ride from one of the high rafters in her home back down to the ground. How cool is that? The elevator’s counterweight appears to be a precisely weighed

These are a few photographs from a shop in Japan where the owner had glass panels installed in the ceiling so the shop’s resident cats can watch shoppers, and vice-versa. A great idea, but are we sure the rest of those drop panels can support the weight of those cats?