2 guys and 2 big dogs (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette)
Rex, Bob and their two huge dogs, Shamus and Malka, have lived in their beautiful 1920s house for two years. They ve been renovating it room by room, but when they got to their master bathroom they ran out of steam.

Chorus of 1,000 barking dogs launches Alaska’s Last Great Race (AFP via Yahoo! News)
A chorus of a thousand barking dogs echoed through the streets of Anchorage, Alaska Saturday as the Iditarod dog sled race pulled into action.

New program is for the dogs (Florida Today)
In the “Paw and Stripes” program, inmates receive instruction on the history of dogs, are taught pet CPR and gain enough practical knowledge to obtain Pet Care Tech 1 certification from the American Boarding Kennel Association.

Chorus of 1,000 barking dogs launches Alaska’s Last Great Race (AFP via Yahoo! News)
A chorus of a 1,000 dogs barking echoed through the streets of Anchorage, Alaska Saturday as the Iditarod dog sled race pulled into action.

Bangalore targets street dogs after child mauled to death (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Bangalore municipal workers started rounding up thousands of street dogs Sunday in India’s high-tech hub after a young child was savaged to death by a pack of neighbourhood strays last week.

MITCH ALBOM: Training goes to the dogs … and owners (Detroit Free Press)
There is a dog show in Detroit this weekend, and 60,000 people are expected to attend, and 3,000 dogs, and 163 breeds, and we won’t even count the plastic bags and scoopers.

Ice Dogs come through with another clutch win (Fairbanks Daily News-Miner)
In the eyes of the Fairbanks Ice Dogs, it was a small payment on an extraordinary debt, a mere drop in the ocean for men and women who deserve so much more.

Ice Dogs making late season push (Long Beach Press-Telegram)
ECHL: L.B. pulls within eight points of final 3 playoff spot. LONG BEACH — With a month to play in the regular season, time is growing short for the Ice Dogs to make a serious run at the ECHL Kelly Cup playoffs.

Officials call off search, but fear lingers after dogs’ attacks (Sun-Sentinel)
Search for pit bulls that hurt man stopped A roving pack of pit bulls that mauled one man and killed two family pets in Deerfield Beach has residents on edge with the dogs still on the loose and the search for them suspended.

OUTDOORS: Bear facts: Dogs help the hunt (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
Idid not grow up with bears. I did grow up with dogs, however. Beagles, mostly, though the constant companion of my boyhood was a mixed breed named Fanny.