When solo street musician Sergei Ivanovich prepared for his performance, he didn’t expect to be joined by a singer. Especially not a singing dog!

“He just came up when I sat down and began to play the first note,” Sergei explained to a local news source.

Not only did the crowd love the dog, so did Sergei. After being encouraged to take the dog home, Sergei agreed it would be for the best. A smart performer knows you have to give the audience what it wants.

Congrats to these two, who will hopefully make sweet duets together furever! Check out their performance below:




http://barkpost.com/dog-street-musician-sings/

As a long-time dog lover and first-time dog parent, there are tons of questions swirling in my head about what my dog’s thinking, dreaming, and barking.

We already know that our pups love us. There is no doubt about that. You can see it in their eyes. You can see it in their smile. And you can see it in their tail-wags.

But, if you’re like me, you’ve probably found yourself wondering, “How much does my dog love me? What does he get out of our lovin’ relationship?”

Thanks to scientists and their quest to understand the human-dog relationship on a deeper level we now have some more answers on the subject.

According to a recent piece by Mic in partnership with GE, “Not only do dogs seem to love us back, they actually see us as their family. It turns out that dogs rely on humans more than they do their own kind for affection, protection and everything in between.”

http://barkpost.com/dogs-love-us-like-family/

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/11/18/pygmy-marmoset-loves-toothbrush_n_6178704.html?cps=gravity

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/11/19/golden-retriever-dog-fails-obedience-test-video_n_6186890.html

My beagle Brock would have been even worse, lol.

http://barkpost.com/fawn-bear-dog/

BEIRUT -- The dramatic arrival of Da'ish (ISIS) on the stage of Iraq has shocked many in the West. Many have been perplexed -- and horrified -- by its violence and its evident magnetism for Sunni youth. But more than this, they find Saudi Arabia's ambivalence in the face of this manifestation both troubling and inexplicable, wondering, "Don't the Saudis understand that ISIS threatens them, too?"

It appears -- even now -- that Saudi Arabia's ruling elite is divided. Some applaud that ISIS is fighting Iranian Shiite "fire" with Sunni "fire"; that a new Sunni state is taking shape at the very heart of what they regard as a historical Sunni patrimony; and they are drawn by Da'ish's strict Salafist ideology.

Other Saudis are more fearful, and recall the history of the revolt against Abd-al Aziz by the Wahhabist Ikhwan (Disclaimer: this Ikhwan has nothing to do with the Muslim Brotherhood Ikhwan -- please note, all further references hereafter are to the Wahhabist Ikhwan, and not to the Muslim Brotherhood Ikhwan), but which nearly imploded Wahhabism and the al-Saud in the late 1920s.

Many Saudis are deeply disturbed by the radical doctrines of Da'ish (ISIS) -- and are beginning to question some aspects of Saudi Arabia's direction and discourse.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alastair-crooke/isis-wahhabism-saudi-arabia_b_5717157.html