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New panel will help draft rules for dogs (Louisville Courier-Journal) Dog enthusiasts will sit on an advisory panel to help the Louisville Metro Council come up with a plan for controlling dangerous dogs. Councilwoman Cheri Bryant Hamilton, the lead sponsor on a proposed dangerous-dog ordinance, said she plans to announce creation of the panel today […]

QUEENSLAND police have trained their first dogs to help in the search for human remains. (The Border Mail) Police Minister Judy Spence said three general purpose dogs had been given the additional skills over four weeks at the Police Dog Squad Training Unit at Oxley, west of Brisbane.
Dentistry for the dogs (News 24 South […]

Ice Dogs Fall To Grizzlies, 3-0 (OurSports Central) LONG BEACH, Calif. - The Long Beach Ice Dogs (29-18-6) were unable to get any offense going Friday night, falling to the Utah Grizzlies (31-20-4) by a score of 3-0. It was only the third regulation loss for the Ice Dogs in their last 20 games and […]

‘Doctor dogs’ diagnose cancer by sniffing it out (NorthJersey.com) SAN ANSELMO, Calif. — In Africa, giant rats have been trained to sniff out tuberculosis in humans and land mines in fields. In England, dogs have identified bladder cancer. In Georgia, wasps have detected bombs.
Police dogs get well-earned retirement (Deseret Morning News) Bayo, below, a […]

Pet tricks are brain games; like Sudoku for dogs (Lexington Herald-Leader) Animal tricks — stupid or otherwise — were not invented by David Letterman. Indeed, the Medicis — over-the-top dog people, even by Renaissance standards — supposedly had a dog that cleared the dishes and poured vino without spilling. And arguably for as long as […]

Dancing Dogs (Tampa Bay’s 10) Pet lovers can choose a lot of different activities to do with their dogs. Some chose obedience school, others choose tracking competitions. A select few, however, chose something entirely different: Canine Freestyle.
Assistance Dogs (NBC 4 Los Angeles) There are guide dogs for the blind, hearing dogs for the deaf, […]

Ban on tail docking to cover working dogs (The Scotsman) THE docking of dogs’ tails in Scotland is to be completely banned under legislation now going through Holyrood.
Picking a pooch: Dogs, people don t always match (Rapid City Journal) Terry Besler sees it all the time: dogs and owners who just don […]

Dogs Misplaced In Hurricane Katrina Looking For Miami Valley Homes (WHIO-TV 7 Dayton) Three dogs from Louisiana, misplaced when Hurricane Katrina hit, are in the Miami Valley looking to find loving homes.
Search dogs brought in by Spanish rescue team look on at buried Guinsaugon village in central Philippines (AlertNet) Search dogs brought in by […]

Dogs sell out matinee (Daily American) The matinee sold out in a small town, people cried during the film, hundreds shows up to see the dogs, so there’s going to be a repeat performance.
Mutts? Nuts! Pet lovers going wild for haute dogs like chorkies and chiweenies (Kansas City Star) It […]