Dogs booted from park’s boardwalks (St. Petersburg Times) EAST LAKE - Sallye Hatfield started walking the trails at John Chesnut Sr. Park in 1982, when the park was known as Brooker Creek Park. So last week, she was upset to see a new sign banning dogs from the trail’s boardwalks.
6 dogs’ lives spared (Home […]

Woman found with 104 dogs in filthy Palmdale home (San Francisco Chronicle) Animal control officers found 104 dogs living in a feces- and urine-stained home later declared unfit for habitation because of shattered windows, broken pipes and a damaged roof. Fifty-seven dogs were impounded and property owner Linda Papineau, 48,…
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Car Home to Dogs for Months (FOX 5 Atlanta) ATLANTA (FOX5) — Three dogs have been living in the backseat of a car, confined to cages for at least three months. Click video for moer information.
Sniffer dogs at Kumbh to keep watch on suspects (EARTHtimes.org) Allahabad, Jan 19 Apart from the hundreds of paramilitary […]

Winter can be hard on outdoor working dogs (The Leaf Chronicle) Winter has finally arrived in Middle Tennessee and the cold weather requires special consideration for working dogs that are used in the field while hunting quail, rabbits and other small game, or to retrieve waterfowl.
Dogs saved before falling into Claybanks lake (Oceana’s Herald-Journal) […]

Dogs require special attention in winter (Observer-Reporter) Despite their furry coats, dogs are susceptible to the dangers of winter weather.
Dogs sniff out Polk County Jail escapee (Tennessean) Polk County authorities used tracking dogs to find the last of five inmates who escaped in three unrelated jailbreaks over the weekend. Richard Dye Jr., 20, was […]

American Kennel Club Reveals Salt Lake City’s Top Dogs (RedNova) NEW YORK, Jan. 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The American Kennel Club(R) announced today the “Top 10″ most popular AKC(R) registered dogs in Salt Lake City for 2006.* The AKC also announced today that the tiny Yorkshire Terrier is making news nationwide.
Drug sniffer dogs face school […]

Pimobendan Can Prolong Lives Of Dogs With Heart Failure Up To Nine Months, Study Says (Medical News Today) Dogs suffering from heart failure can gain an extra nine months of life over conventional treatments by using pimobendan, a study published in the Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association (JAAHA) says.Overall, one in ten (10%) […]

ODOR-ABLE DOGS (New York Post) DEAR DR. FOX: We have two female dogs whom I bathe and brush every couple of weeks. However, they often come back into the house stinking to high heaven - even after a bath! What could it be and how can I prevent the stench? - T.W., Naples, Fla…
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COMES FROM WILD DOGS IN CHINA: Groups howl over canine fur (The Charlotte Observer) J.C. Penney removed some fur-trimmed coats from its racks around Christmas after animal-rights activists objected that the fur came from wild dogs in China.
Pet Vet: Test dogs sniff out human ills (Billings Gazette) The most incredible part of a dog […]

Call for register and identity chips for dogs (The Herald) Dog owners could be required to register dogs and have them identity-chipped, under proposals set out by a senior Nationalist yesterday.
U.S. Approves First Drug for Obese Dogs (HealthDay via Yahoo! News) THURSDAY, Jan. 11 (HealthDay News) — Recognizing that overeating isn’t limited to […]