June - 08:
Starting on June 19th, Rufus Chickus Magnetus will be featured on one of the digital displays in Times Square, New York.

LongLiveYourDog.com is estimating that Rufus Chickus Magnetus will appear between 6:00 AM and 6:20 AM Eastern Standard Time (EST). This is our best estimate based on the number of dogs submitted. Actual times may vary.

You can view the event live on longliveyourdog.com by going here. http://www.longliveyourdog.com/dogpark/timessquare.aspx

May - 08:
I was voted most photogenic by Indy Tails Magazine.
You can see the photo online here. I won a cool night-light with my photo on it. Here's what is looks like.

I turned 2 years old this month and received tons of email messages and comments on Dogster.com and MySpace.com. Thank you for all your wishes! I was fed great food on that day - steak scraps, hamburger and my favorite, BEER! We spent lots of the weekend at the Art Center for the Broad Ripple Art Fair and friends snuck me cups of more beer! I woke up my parents Sunday morning with a huge beer burb in their faces. BOL (bark out loud)

What's coming up?
I was recently elected to be the official macot for Walk a Hound, Lose a Pound. I'll be at their first grand opening event in June. Go to www.walkAhound.org for more information and to sign up for notification of all their Indianapolis events. You will be able to meet me, get a 5x7 photo for a $1-$9 donation or an 8x10 photo for donations over $10. If you want to walk me during the event, more information will be available soon about how you can place a bid on that opportunity. All proceeds will be 401c3 tax deductible to Walk a Hound, Lose a Pound, Inc.

Watch Rufus photo slide shows here!
(Updated on 12-4-07) A DSL connection recommenced

Watch Rufus videos and get his IPod movies here! (Updated on 12-12-07)

Rufus photos for MySpace pages/comments are here!
(Updated on 2-13-08)

Rufus Cam information and videos are here!
(Updated on 8-7-07)

March - 08:
New March 2008 action photos of Rufus are below and on his MySpace and Dogster.com pages.

November - 07:
Check out his first Halloween party video shot with Rufus Cam!

Sept - 07:
Rufus appeared on MTN TV in Boone, N.C. to raise money to help homeless pets.
See all his TV appearances and the special event coverage here...

About $100 was raised in one hour for High Country Friends for Life. HDFFL is a network of volunteers that take dogs and cats abandoned at Animal Control, foster them, and then get them adopted through Petfinder.com

August - 07:
"Rufus Cam" tests are completed and can be seen here.
Rufus appears recently in his first infomercial.

Rufus will be making a special appearance in Boone, N.C. during the weekend of August 18th in the parking lot of Lowes Home Improvement Store from 1pm to 2 pm Sat. August 18th to benefit "High Country Friends for Life". If you donate you will receive a photo taken with him and/or a "pawtographed" 8 by 10 color photo of Rufus. Rufus will also be snoring by Bass Lake watching the wild ducklings that week.

July - 07:
Rufus wins first place in the WE tv "Picture Perfect Puppy Contest"! I guess he could be the cutest dog in the world. [See Here]

The Clinton County Humane Society Party
Rufus made a personal appearance on Friday July 20th from 5 to 6 PM to benefit the Clinton County Humane Society. A short movie clip is here. During his visit he donated a few items that he has won in his online contests. This event was a special celebration of his 1 year anniversary of his adoption from the CCHS on July 20th, 2006. For donations, "pawtographed" mini posters of Rufus and personal photos were given. Cake and ice cream was served! What fun we all had!

June - 07:
RufCam.com Development.
"Rufus Cam" is under development and will be used to film promotional live webcasts and video clips of outdoor/indoor events that are viewed from the eyes and ears of Rufus. Rufus Cam uses a wireless color video camera and microphone attached to the top of a harness collar.

May - 07:
'Chickus Magnetus Promotions' is in public beta.
Broadcast a live video webcast during your next event or performance from any web page. [more]

April - 07:
Dogster.com Takes the Lead in news about food recalls.
The Dogster.com homepage about all pet food recalls is [here].
The first pet food recall RSS news feed is now available [here].

Feb - 07:
Rufus wins "Cutest Dog in America " category in NBC Digital Media's Dog Show USA sponsored by Purina! Rufus appeared NBC Today Show on Saturday Feb. 24th with NBC anchors Lester Holt and Campbell Brown [Watch it here]. The new 30 page story book of his trip to the "big apple" is [here]. Rufus's appearance on NBC was mentioned in Dogster's Corporate Blog for Feb 23rd, 2007 [Read it here]. Rufus could just be the cutest dog in the world!