Cats and dogs available for adoption Saturday (Dayton Daily News)
MIAMI TWP., Montgomery County As part of the Eighth Annual Iams Home 4 the Holidays Pet Adopt-a-Thon, orphaned dogs and cats from Montgomery County shelters will be available for adoption Saturday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the Dayton Mall in front of Sears.

Nina Nastasia Dogs (Pitchfork)
On Dogs , Nina Nastasia sings about dogs, as a symbol of the pursuit of love, or a metaphor for the easy life, but also as a colloquialism– “your dogs are tired,” on “The Long Walk”– or to set up, by way of the cat/dog dichotomy, a clever pun, when Nastasia admits that “curiosity kills me.”

Rescue Groups Rally to Save Neglected Dogs (First Coast News)
JACKSONVILLE, FL — Rescue agencies from all over the state are working to save dozens of neglected dogs. The dogs were discovered in danger this week at a home in Keystone Heights in Clay County.

Names of DPS dogs now honor memory of fallen officers (The Arizona Daily Star via Yahoo! News)
When Arizona Department of Public Safety Officer Brian Greene decided to name his new K-9 Rebel, he did it for two reasons:

Family found guilty of cruelty to 36 underfed cats and dogs (icWales)
A COUPLE and their teenage son, who kept more than 100 animals in their three-bedroom council home, were found guilty of cruelty to cats and dogs yesterday.

Dogs Help Bell Ringer Collect Donations (The Kansas City Channel)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Three dogs are helping draw people to one Salvation Army bell ringer’s post. KMBC’s Donna Pitman reported that Nancy Coates has been rigning bells and collecting donations with her three dogs — Gabriel, Dottie and Happy — for several years.

No dogs, cats in house not ever! (The Times and Democrat)
When my wife and I married, she said she didn t want cats or dogs in the house. She said this with strong conviction. When she said no cats or dogs inside, she meant no cats or dogs in the house. None. Not ever.

Mumbai dogs get home-delivered meals (AP via Yahoo! News)
Mumbai’s fussy high-society dogs can now feast on gourmet cuisine specially adapted to their individual tastes and delivered to their homes.

Dogs Help Bell Ringer Collect Donations (KMBC TheKansasCityChannel.com via Yahoo! News)
Three dogs are helping draw people to one Salvation Army bell ringer’s post.

Dogs rescued from kennels blaze (BBC News)
Seven dogs are killed and 33 others rescued during a fire at kennels near Lincoln.