Animals and Your Health: Dogs as Disease Detectors (ThirdAge)
You ve heard of dogs being used to sniff out drugs or a lost child, but could their skills of detection soon be used in a hospital near you? A growing body of research is exploring the use of dogs in detecting seizures and cancer.

Dogs Terror (Belfast Telegraph)
There were calls for action on dangerous dogs last night after it emerged that there have been more than 3,000 dog attacks in Ulster over the last five years.

Dogs deaths concern owner (Washington Times Herald)
ELNORA Two times, someone shot windows out of Shaun and Alisha Ault s house. Three times, someone shot their dogs. The couple had about 30 dogs at their old farm house surrounded by corn and soybean fields when the shootings started in April, said Alisha.

Reservoir Dogs Game Banned in Australia (Kotaku)
Video game versions of Mr. White, Mr. Pink and the other Reservoir Dogs won’t be coming to Australia. The country’s censor has banned the Eidos game. The Office of Film & Literature…

Reservoir Dogs Game Banned in Australia (Addict 3D)
Video game versions of Mr. White, Mr. Pink and the other Reservoir Dogs won’t be coming to Australia. The country’s censor has banned the Eidos game. The Office of Film & Literature Classification (OFLC) negged the Xbox, PlayStation 2 and PC game.

Microchipping of dogs to proceed (Scoop.co.nz)
Christchurch dog-owners will have all their details recorded on a National Dog Database and some dog-owners must microchip their dogs, following Government law changes that became effective on 1 July, 2006.

Australia Bans Eidos’ Reservoir Dogs Game (Gamasutra)
According to a posting at the Australian Office of Film and Literature Classification (OFLC), the entity has refused to give official classification to Eidos’ upcoming Atari Australia-distributed video game version of Reservoir Dogs, meaning that the game cannot be sold in stores. The game’s application for classification was filed by Atari, the game’s publisher in Australia, but it appears

Gone to the Dogs… (NPR: Mixed Signals)
So last week on Mixed Signals, the talented Neda Ulaby started a lot of talk about cute NPR dogs. Since I’m the guest blogger, I figure I can contribute to this discussion. I think this here dog, Bailey, is the cutest dog ever. But I have to come clean. He’s not my dog. He’s not even the dog of an NPR employee. He’s owned by two friends of mine, which makes him almost my goddog. So that’s got to

Be better owner, keep dogs near (The Oregonian)
This time of year, we’re all outside with our dogs. It’s easy to assume everyone loves our dogs as much as we do. Don’t. There are many people who can’t come in contact with your dog. People with severe allergies can become ill when your dog touches them.

Dogs in Chesco cruelty case to be put up for adoption (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
The dogs surrendered by Oxford dog breeder Michael Wolf following his animal cruelty conviction will be available for adoption at the Chester County SPCA offices starting at 11 a.m. Thursday.