Bomb dogs ease workload in Afghanistan (Vancouver Province) Cpl. Rory Adby, a reservist from Medicine Hat, pets Dono, a bomb-sniffing dog owned by an American firm. KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Man’s best friend? Maybe that should be a soldiers best friend as specially trained ‘bomb dogs’ are taking on bigger roles in security in this war-torn […]

Working dogs graduate from Canine Companions (North County Times) OCEANSIDE —- Between the puppies in training, the happy tails of working dogs, the unabashed glee of new owners and the quiet, inward looks of a best friend lost, Canine Companions for Independence graduated 12 human-canine teams Saturday, bringing its 20-year total to 675.
Officers Rescue […]

20 dead dogs, cat found dumped in Decatur (al.com) DECATUR, Ala. (AP) Decatur officials are investigating the discovery of about 20 dead dogs and one cat dumped along a road near a wooded area of Southwest Decatur, a scene the city’s animal control officer called disgusting.
Caseworker Attacked By 3 Dogs […]

Dogs get out of big house (Florida Today) The first group of dogs graduated from the Paws and Stripes program, which uses county inmates to train previously unadoptable dogs.
Chambers’ 3-point fest lifts Lady Dogs (AP via Yahoo! News) A 56-point win is usually an opportunity to empty the bench. For No. 9 Georgia, […]

Stem Cells Help Dogs With Dystrophy (ABC News) Stem Cell Injections Fight Muscular Dystrophy in Dogs; Breakthrough Holds Potential for People
Chambers’ 3-point fest lifts Lady Dogs (AP via Yahoo! News) A 56-point win is usually an opportunity to empty the bench. For No. 9 Georgia, that wasn’t possible. Because of an injury and […]

About 90 dogs euthanized after rabies scare at shelter (KTRE-TV East Texas) WEATHERFORD, Texas An animal shelter in Weatherford is closed and about 90 dogs have been euthanized because of a rabid puppy.
Law enforcement, dogs resume search for Kelly (Crookston Daily Times) Law enforcement officers and search dogs are combing the Red Lake Wildlife […]

K-9 unit needs dogs to fill vests (Atlanta Journal-Constitution) After a murder suspect shot Aryn the police dog in 2004, donations poured into a fund for Gwinnett County’s K-9 unit. The fund has since paid for thousands of dollars in police equipment. It has received about $35,000 since its creation in 1999. Now the police […]

Inqlings | In Lower Merion, fur still flying over LaBelle’s dogs (The Philadelphia Inquirer) Wynnewood’s Patti LaBelle, hounded for years by neighbors complaining about her dogs, has to remove her outdoor doghouse as part of a settlement with Lower Merion Township.
Dogs may be welcome at Condon Park (The Union) In 1958, the city of […]

Crackdown on dogs protested (Fort Worth Star-Telegram) Police have gone through neighborhoods, seizing unregistered dogs and beating some of them to death.
BURNT HOT DOGS (Northwest Indiana Times) GRIFFITH | The special of the day: Hot Dogs, smothered in Panthers. Griffith loved the menu and took full advantage of all you can eat, too. On […]

Dogs revel in joy of the sniff (Akron Beacon Journal) Q: I have four dogs and every time they go outside, they look for particular spots in the yard and throw themselves on their backs and start rolling around for several minutes at a time. When one dog finishes rolling around in the spot the […]