Dogster Site News and Updates

The next ten original dog breed pages in our series are now available, so we now have comprehensive and informative profiles for 60 breeds on Dogster.

New today:

• Staffordshire Bull Terrier
• Great Pyrenees
• Bullmastiff
• Rhodesian Ridgeback
• Shiba Inu
• French Bulldog
• Airedale Terrier
• Bernese Mountain Dog
• Mastiff
• Saint Bernard

Profiles of the Top 50 Breeds on Dogster

This is a special alert bark to all Dogster members who live in the greater Bay Area, Sacramento/Lodi area and Wine Country.

We just sent Dogster Local window decals to vets, pet stores and all other pet-friendly businesses in your area that look like the ones pictured here.

The response has been grrrrreat, but we can't get everywhere. Can you help us by checking in with your local vet and favorite pet businesses and reporting back on whether they got the decals, are displaying them, and know of Dogster and how much we love them? Even better, if you send in a picture of displayed Dogster Local decals, we'll send you Zealies!

If your favorite pet business isn't displaying a Dogster decal, you might ask them if they received one and if they know about Dogster. We'll be happy to send them stickers and more info if you send us the mailing address/contact information to community [at] dogster [dot] com.

Please feel furee to share *any* experiences you have talking with the pet places in the comments area of this entry. If any pet place is listed in Dogster Local, then they were sent a welcome letter and decal.

If you've taken a photo of posted decals and want Zealies, send each photo along with the URL of one of your pets on the site and the name of the store or venue where you saw the sticker to community [at] dogster [dot] com. The first person to send in a photo gets the 20 Zealies (though no good deed will go unzealied). ;) Also, if you want you can add the picture to the Dogster Local Listing for that business. That would be SO COOL!

[Photo taken by Dogster Eddie Codel at Hazel's in San Francisco]

Want to show your doggone devotion to Dogster? We have cool stickers for car bumpers, notebooks, computers or anywhere you feel like. Just let us know, and we'll send ya some!

We also have pawsome new window stickers for pet-related businesses. Let us know if you’d like some to take to your vet, favorite pet store or dog-friendly café. They let other people know that the business is Dogster member-approved and can be found on our site. If the business doesn’t already have a listing, you can create one now at Dogster Local.

Just send us a self-addressed, stamped envelope and indicate which stickers you’d like and how many.

Example: 1 Dogster sticker, 1 Catster sticker, 1 Dogster Local sticker

Send your self-addressed, stamped envelope to: Dogster Stickers, 555 De Haro Street, Suite 350, San Francisco, CA 94107

The next eight original dog breed pages in our series are now available, so we now have comprehensive and informative profiles of the 50 most popular breeds on Dogster. Check them out!

New today:

• Basset Hound
• Cardigan Welsh Corgi
• Dalmatian
• Greyhound
• Maltese
• Papillon
• Pembroke Welsh Corgi
• Rat Terrier

Previous profiles:

• American Bulldog
• American Eskimo Dog
• American Pit Bull Terrier
• American Staffordshire Terrier
• Australian Cattle Dog
• Australian Shepherd
• Beagle
• Bichon Frise
• Border Collie
• Boston Terrier
• Boxer
• Bulldog
• Cairn Terrier
• Cavalier King Charles Spaniel
• Chinese Shar-Pei
• Chihuahua
• Chow Chow
• Cocker Spaniel
• Collie
• Dachshund
• Doberman
• Great Dane
• Jack Russell Terrier
• German Shepherd
• Golden Retriever
• Labrador Retriever
• Miniature Dachshund
• Miniature Pinscher
• Miniature Poodle
• Miniature Schnauzer
• Pekingese
• Pomeranian
• Pug
• Rottweiler
• Shetland Sheepdog
• Shih Tzu
• Siberian Husky
• Standard Poodle
• Toy Poodle
• Weimeraner
• West Highland Terrier
• Yorkshire Terrier

If you've been looking for a basic guide to dog ownership, you've come to the right place. The Dog Owner's Manual is now available online, only on Dogster, and offers helpful information from an expert vet and author.

Though it contains important and sometimes serious information for dog owners, the manual is written in a spirited and lighthearted style that makes it fun to read. Imagine how helpful it would be if every pup came with its own quick-start manual. Now you have one! We also love the cute and entertaining illustrations that appear throughout the book and on our site.

The manual covers topics ranging from how to introduce a puppy to a new home to dog care for senior canines. Step through its pages and discover a wealth of invaluable advice.

These are the new Special Gifts:
      

These are the new Rosettes:
     

They are in the Gift Shop now!

We just added a pair of German breeds to the site, bringing us up to a total 42 pawsome, original profiles!

New today:

• Rottweiler
• Weimeraner

Other profiles:

• American Bulldog
• American Eskimo Dog
• American Pit Bull Terrier
• American Staffordshire Terrier
• Australian Cattle Dog
• Australian Shepherd
• Beagle
• Bichon Frise
• Border Collie
• Boston Terrier
• Boxer
• Bulldog
• Cairn Terrier
• Cavalier King Charles Spaniel
• Chinese Shar-Pei
• Chihuahua
• Chow Chow
• Cocker Spaniel
• Collie
• Dachshund
• Doberman
• Great Dane
• Jack Russell Terrier
• German Shepherd
• Golden Retriever
• Labrador Retriever
• Miniature Dachshund
• Miniature Pinscher
• Miniature Poodle
• Miniature Schnauzer
• Pekingese
• Pomeranian
• Pug
• Shetland Sheepdog
• Shih Tzu
• Siberian Husky
• Standard Poodle
• Toy Poodle
• West Highland Terrier
• Yorkshire Terrier

As promised, we're adding to our list of fun, comprehensive, Dogster-exclusive breed pages every day, and we're now up to 40 profiles!

New today:

• American Staffordshire Terrier
• Cocker Spaniel

Other profiles:

• American Bulldog
• American Eskimo Dog
• American Pit Bull Terrier
• Australian Cattle Dog
• Australian Shepherd
• Beagle
• Bichon Frise
• Border Collie
• Boston Terrier
• Boxer
• Bulldog
• Cairn Terrier
• Cavalier King Charles Spaniel
• Chinese Shar-Pei
• Chihuahua
• Chow Chow
• Collie
• Dachshund
• Doberman
• Great Dane
• Jack Russell Terrier
• German Shepherd
• Golden Retriever
• Labrador Retriever
• Miniature Dachshund
• Miniature Pinscher
• Miniature Poodle
• Miniature Schnauzer
• Pekingese
• Pomeranian
• Pug
• Shetland Sheepdog
• Shih Tzu
• Siberian Husky
• Standard Poodle
• Toy Poodle
• West Highland Terrier
• Yorkshire Terrier

Today we announce the launch of 38 new pages for the top breeds on Dogster. These unique and comprehensive profiles feature information you won't find anywhere else, including trademark traits, breed history, links to all dogs of each breed with pages on Dogster, adoptable dogs and more.

We're putting up new profiles almost daily, so keep checking back to find out all you need to know about your favorite breeds.

• American Bulldog
• American Eskimo Dog
• American Pit Bull Terrier
• Australian Cattle Dog
• Australian Shepherd
• Beagle
• Bichon Frise
• Border Collie
• Boston Terrier
• Boxer
• Bulldog
• Cairn Terrier
• Cavalier King Charles Spaniel
• Chinese Shar-Pei
• Chihuahua
• Chow Chow
• Collie
• Dachshund
• Doberman
• Great Dane
• Jack Russell Terrier
• German Shepherd
• Golden Retriever
• Labrador Retriever
• Miniature Dachshund
• Miniature Pinscher
• Miniature Poodle
• Miniature Schnauzer
• Pekingese
• Pomeranian
• Pug
• Shetland Sheepdog
• Shih Tzu
• Siberian Husky
• Standard Poodle
• Toy Poodle
• West Highland Terrier
• Yorkshire Terrier

Plus, just for fun, find out what breed you'd be if you were a dog with our Dog Breed Personality Quiz!

As you know our Community Guidelines are not some draconian penal code, they are a simple set of participation expectations based upon the wishes and desires of the community as a whole. We didn't write them so much as codify what was requested of us by the vast majority of the membership base.

You may also know that these rules are never set in stone, they are flexible enough to evolve and be refined as usage and participation evole.

Today we posted some slight modification to the Groups guidelines. Nothing is going to change, they just add some clarification to the rights and roles of administrators and also fundraising.

They are now posted in the Community Guidelines, but here is the new specifics for Groups.

Groups are a place to hang out with like-minded Community members. Membership is voluntary and at your discretion.

Group Administrators are responsible for managing a Group, including the monitoring of member participation within the Group for adherence to Community Guidelines, moderating Group Forums and Messaging and responding to Group member questions and concerns.

Group Administrators determine the policy for fundraising in their Groups and are responsible for managing fundraising efforts within the Group. All fundraising requests must be submitted to a Group Administrator for approval. Group Administrators are responsible for verifying the validity of fundraising requests in their Group.

A list of a Group's Administrators is available at the bottom of the Group's main page.

There should never be activity related to studding, breeding or sales of animals in Groups.

Racism and hate-language are never acceptable, ever.

Groups must follow the laws of California, the United States and the areas all Group members reside in.

Unwanted spamming in Group Forums or via Group Messaging is not allowed. If you're in doubt about what defines unwanted, please contact your Group Administrator.