Clientele can be unpredictable at salon for dogs and cats (NorthJersey.com)
The Spoiled Rotten Pet Salon certainly earns its name. Washing, blow-drying, nail polishing and bow adornments are all part of the pampering for the dogs, cats and even bunnies who visit there.

Shaggy Dogs Rescued From Abuse (WESH)
Two dogs rescued from a storage unit were half their size after getting long-overdue haircuts.

Westminster dog show starts in New York, remembers the lost dogs of Katrina (Fort Wayne News-Sentinel)
NEW YORK - The Westminster Kennel Club dog show started a day after the biggest snowstorm in city history blanketed New York. A total of 2,622 dogs in 165 breeds and varieties were entered in America’s most prestigious dog show, which began Monday at Madison Square Garden.

Killer dogs slaughter farm animals (TVNZ)
There is concern about killer dogs butchering flocks of sheep in Northland and forcing desperate farmers into drastic action. Four dogs have slaughtered more than 100 ewes and lambs on Roger Cook’s farm near Kaikohe, costing him more than $10,000.

Scottish dogs are barking to imitate their master’s voice (Edinburgh Evening News)
IT may sound barking mad, but researchers today claimed that dogs imitate their owners’ accents.

Owners destroy dogs (CFCN.ca)
Two dogs were killed Monday because of the recent attack on a little Calgary boy. Five year old Cayden Stevens was attacked January 30.

Marc-Andre Gragnani scores shootout winner as Rocket edge Sea Dogs 3-2 (Canadian Press via Yahoo! News)
CHARLOTTETOWN (CP) - Marc-Andre Gragnani scored a goal in the shootout and added another in regulation as the P.E.I. Rocket edged the Saint John Sea Dogs 3-2 in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action Monday.

Westminster Remembers Lost Dogs of Katrina (Fox News)
America’s most prestigious dog show planned to remember lost dogs with a tribute Monday night at Madison Square Garden.

Dog Show remembers dogs from Katrina 2/14 (Provo Daily Herald)
NEW YORK — When he was a boy, Hiram Stewart took a bus to Virginia, put a puppy in a paper bag and cradled it all the way home to New Orleans. For more than three decades, he’s cared for dogs in the Big Easy. Usually champion dogs, the kind that will reach the Best in Show ring this week at Westminster..