Books: ‘Shelter Dogs’ (CBS News)
To learn more about many of the books discussed on The Early Show , check here. Among those from August, you’ll find excerpts of “Shelter Dogs” and “When Friendship Hurts.”

Airport Bomb-Sniffing Dogs More Critical Than Ever (KOLD News 13 Tuscon)
Three bomb-sniffing dogs began patrolling Tucson International Airport about five months ago.

Dogs’ condition consistent with prolonged starvation, report states (The Eureka Reporter)
A veterinary report issued Saturday left little doubt that at least two of the dogs rescued from kennels on the former property of Roberta Bugenig were suffering from starvation.

Disease making area dogs ill (Mesabi Daily News)
VIRGINIA Remington the Weimaraner puppy is back to his spunky self. But the story doesn t always have a happy ending for dogs that contract the parvo virus.

Pirates and Sandcastle plan events open to dogs (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Is everything going to the dogs? Some upcoming local events might leave that impression.

PARKS GOING TO THE DOGS? (Miami Herald)
DAYTON, Ohio — Iggy and Bear, two small, mixed-breed dogs, are racing through tunnels on the agility course and watering the trees at the city’s new dog park as their owners beam.

Recruiting foreign dogs (New York Daily News)
The dogs of war are in short supply.

Mean dogs cause concern (Syracuse.com)
The way people keep dogs is changing, says Maureen Marion, a public affairs specialist with the U.S. Postal Service.

Dogs show off their agility, obedience at rally competition (Greeley Tribune)
Carleta Yarain of Denver and Chappe, a border collie, waited patiently for their turn as they watched trainers and dogs complete the rally competition Saturday during the annual Greeley Kennel Club Dog Show.

Groups threaten lawsuit over prairie dogs (Deseret Morning News)
Conservation groups served notice Thursday they intended to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for refusing to study whether to give federal protection to prairie dogs known for their ability to warn one another of danger in explicit detail.