Dogs and beer

I just came home from walking my two dogs around the neighborhood and had this strong thirst for a beer. This got me thinking, and I realized that beer and doggies seem to go hand in hand. There is nothing better than relaxing with your canine friends after a long day of work and tossing back a few beers. So, I thought that others might have similar opinions on the matter and typed "dogs and beer" into Google which yielded these results. Nearly all of them were about feeding beer to dogs and weather or not it was "safe." The Onion had a pretty funny (although questionable ethically) article about testing if a dog liked to drink beer, but perhaps one of the more interesting responses was from this page on WikiAnswers

Do dogs like to drink beer?

While I've met lots of chocolate Labradors named Guinness and yellow Labradors named Molson, even these dogs prefer to drink water over beer. Dogs can be severely affected by alcohol. Yes, they will get drunk, and they may even like the taste, but without the hope of getting laid or even being able to talk to others of their own species, I can't imagine it's very fun. Dogs are like children that way; they've got enough exuberance and imagination to create their own euphoria. Remember, dogs drink out of toilets and muddy swamps when they are thirsty in an attempt to hydrate themselves, so it would be dangerous and self-defeating if Guinness, the Labrador, drank excessive amounts of alcohol - it's severely dehydrating and could damage his liver or even make him sick. We find that this occurs more frequently in dogs living in fraternity houses, among young college kids that think such puppy abuse is "cool" and "funny." Might I remind you that most rapist and serial killers were animal abusers first? I rest my case.