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The Daily Treat: Student Graduates Alongside Her Service Dog in Matching Cap and Gowns

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"Pomp and Circumstance" – or pup and circumstance?

Recent University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign graduate Bridget Evans marked the milestone with a very special classmate by her side: her service dog, aptly named Hero.

"He's been with me through all my classes," the Master's degree recipient, 24, who was born with spina bifida (a birth defect hindering mobility), tells Today. "He deserved a cap and gown as much as I did."

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Adopt Us! Meet Three Kittens Who Will Steal Your Heart

Credit: Courtesy SPCA of Westchester

Home. Some pets never have one to call their own. We'd like to help change that by introducing you to extraordinary adoptable pets every week. Say hello to Oreo, Sunshine and Stripes – three adorable 8-week-old kittens who love causing trouble.

It's kitten season, so sweet faces like these are a dime a dozen at shelters across the country. Oreo, a black-and-white male, Sunshine, an orange female, and Stripes, a tabby male, recently came in as strays to the SPCA of Westchester in Briarcliff Manor, N.Y., and have been causing quite the fuzz – er, fuss – ever since.

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It may look like your standard piece of fruit, but Suspicious Cat knows the truth ... or maybe he's just really hungry.

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The Daily Treat: Hey, Look, There's Something on Finn Seyfried's Nose!

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Well, now, this is awkward.

We're not sure if we're the right ones to say it, but, um, Finn Seyfried, it seems like you got a little something on your nose.

Or perhaps the Australian shepherd, who calls Les Misérables star Amanda Seyfried Mom, likes it that way?

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That time your dog learned the meaning of the "Circle of Life."

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Lauren Conrad: My Dogs Are the Lives of the Party

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She's beautiful, stylish and fun, but when Lauren Conrad throws a party, it's actually her rescue dogs, Chloe and Fitz, who end up stealing the scene.

"They get thrilled when I have people over because they get so much attention," the fashion expert, 27, told PEOPLE at a launch event for Malibu Island Spiced Rum in New York on May 7. "They're the belles of the ball," she said, before humorously wondering about new addition Fitz, "What's a boy belle of the ball?"

But while she described her pooches as "sweet," not everything is perfect at Casa Conrad since the arrival of Fitz, whom the former MTV star dogshamed in November for chewing on one of her shoes.

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The Daily Treat: Why We're Jealous of Ryan Reynolds's Dog | Ryan Reynolds

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We've committed a great deal of time and energy to envying Blake Lively. Those legs. That wardrobe. Her man.

Yes, she's the girl who won Ryan Reynolds's heart, getting the best of our jealous hearts and marrying him last September.

But we're going to let her off the hook for a minute because there's a new subject deserving of our green streak: We're looking at you, Baxter.

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This hamster is just a furry version of that kid who never gave you any of his fruit snacks in the cafeteria.

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Biggest Loser Dachshund Obie Shows Off 40-Lb. Weight Loss

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Well, someone's ready for swimsuit season!

Months after taking on a Biggest Loser-style fitness challenge in September, Obie the dachshund is showing off his weight loss one step at a time. Literally.

The pooch, who weighed in at 77 lbs. at his heaviest, flaunted his 40 lbs.-slimmer physique during a Mother's Day hike documented on his Facebook page by his foster mom-turned-owner, Nora Vanatta.