Well, the title of this story pretty much says it all. Or, at least most of it. Men's Health magazine recently published a ranking of the top 50 dog-friendly cities in the country. Dear old Austin made the top ten, coming in at 7th place nationwide. Among the criteria that Men's Health considered were animal cruelty laws, the number of veterinarian clinics and the number of dog parks. more ›

Another one of those asinine polls are out that we can all assail as being unscientific, pointless and a waste of our time in a product’s lame attempt to draw interest to its brand by releasing Top-25 polls. But, we’re a blog, you’re bored, people like to bitch, so here it is. Axe body spray (the one that if you wear it your girlfriend’s mom will rape you) has released a poll listing the... more ›

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You know you want to take your dog to one of Austin's many leashless dog parks. Or maybe you just want to be able to leave the house for an hour without coming home to find all of your shoes, socks and area rugs in a tattered pile on the floor. We can help you with that! From the wealth of dog training options available in Austin, we chose Kim Roche. Kim helped us turn... more ›

Austinist has just returned from a romp around Auditorium Shores, one of Austin’s leashless dog parks, where we were greeted by an interesting display. We’d heard about the Coexistence Exhibit, but what with all the debauchery (and subsequent recovery) these last few weeks we hadn’t made it down to see it just yet. The Museum on the Seam, an organization in Jerusalem, produced the exhibit that is in Austin through the month of May. It’s a series of posters depicting artists’ conceptions of what coexistence looks like. more ›