We loves the pooches

Over the weekend in Colorado, Zoey the Chihuahua took one (actually several) for our team. It turns out that Zoey's owner has a one-year-old grandkid that was splashing around in a bird bath when a rattlesnake appeared on the scene and attempted to strike the kid. Enter Zoey who got in between the kid and the snake and went all Riki-Tiki-Tavi on the reptile and absorbed several bites while saving the toddler.

For a while it didn't look like Zoey was going to make it, but she pulled through and has issued a statement that when she is fully recovered she would like to hand Michael Vick his balls after she has chewed them like an old sock.

Chihuahua Week continues: Paula Abdul breaks beak while tiptoeing over Tulip

We're puzzled by the fact that a once-accomplished choreographer from the 90's can trip the light fantastic with an animated cat, but to her detriment cannot avoid a seven pound chihuahua named Tulip.

Paula Abdul, paragon of lucidity and taste, apparently busted her nose over the weekend while trying to avoid stepping on her dog. Sure, we could see this happening to Liza Minneli but Paula? Although all reports do indicate that when she did go down, she didn't spill a drop of her drink.

Here's a look back at her more coordinated days: