dogs

Funny luggage tags, a versatile designer ankle boot, and a chunky sweater for your pooch.

Adorable dog decor, a cashmere cape, and the prettiest reading glasses we’ve seen.

A collar is the canine equivalent of the wedding ring. Once a collar is purchased for a dog, there is no going back.

Dog-portrait pillows, Hawaiian sandals, and the supreme makeup kit for travelers.

Hundreds of humans and pets descended on Garfield Park for a record-breaking romp that included pet pools, food trucks, and a canine-couture show.

Grammy nominee Mary Lambert will sing, as will Indy’s own Men’s Chorus. And there will be pets.

Canines at dinner, lifeguard credentials, and cricket mentors. Ask The Hoosierist.

Via @colefarrell: “Walking downtown, I heard an older man refer to the farmers market as ‘that weekly veggie festival.’ I’m into it.”

There’s plenty of precedent for trying to extend human lives by studying dogs. Canine research helped pioneer the use of insulin for diabetics and blazed the path for anti-hormonal prostate cancer treatments.

Says Jim Borthwick of Noblesville, “Notice the close attention to detail, the cerebral forehead of Peyton [Manning] and Andrew [Luck]’s glorious neckbeard.”

Whenever I took walks in the park with my own dog, Puppy would run out of an alley or from between two houses to meet us. I liked to believe that when it got dark and the night turned cold, he went back to wherever he was supposed to be, and someone there let him inside.

Everything you do is an event, chronicled on Twitter. Colts games. Pep rallies. Visiting a high-school chemistry class. Even now, as you are snorting, huffing, drooling, Michael tweets to your 10,000 followers, pretending to be you.

What your dog should wear to go leaf-peeping, a pop-up shop for history buffs, and a staycation deal to start off the holiday season with a little pampering.

An inside look at the early years of the beloved mascot, from the IM archives.

Your best buddy can party in Broad Ripple, too: The deck and patio at Plump’s Last Shot is a happening scene for sociable dogs, with water bowls and servers who’ve been known to bring biscuits.