Courtesy photo A team of dogs at Dog Sled Adventures gets ready to hit the trail, which runs through the Stillwater (Whitefish Pilot)
On Hemi and Roter, Turbo and Throttle, Buckwheat and Spanky, Cupid and Safire. What may seem like a case of Santa’s reindeer gone wrong is really an example of dogs, paws and working as a team.

Animal lovers alarmed as dogs sales rise for Lunar New Year (Channel NewsAsia)
SINGAPORE : Pet shops have seen a spike in the sale of dogs the last few weeks as many prepare to celebrate the Lunar Year of the Dog. But this is alarming news for some animal lovers.

C.P. dogs attack mutt, owner cited (The Times of Northwest Indiana)
CROWN POINT | Police have cited the owner of two dogs after they jumped a neighbor’s fence Wednesday and attacked a mutt, which later died.

Trent Reznor nails Chinese cruelty against cats, dogs (Mail and Guardian)
The frontman of United States rock band Nine Inch Nails has become the latest celebrity to speak out against Chinese cruelty towards cats and dogs, through an animal rights video launched on Friday.

Deputies Find 136 Abused Dogs (The Ledger)
MULBERRY — Sheriff’s deputies found 136 malnourished dogs on the property of a Mulberry man Thursday, along with evidence that the dogs had been abused and trained to fight.

Chinese dogs face bleak New Year (TVNZ)
Dogs in China face a bleak start to the Year of the Dog as families trawl pet stores for gifts ahead of the Spring Festival, animal rights activists say.

Dogs Playing Poker Picture Gets Modern Twist (Rolling Good Times)
ARIZONA (PRESS RELEASE) — Sometimes you’ve got to know when to fold them. “I swore I’d never do a version of dogs playing cards,” says Ron Burns. “But everyone’s playing poker these days and too many people were asking for this. Quite frankly, I folded.”

There are two sides to dogs’ shooting death (Star-Gazette)
I believe that issuing a summons to the owner of Hershey and Zach (”Owner of slain dogs gets summons,” Jan. 17) was a good thing. People say that the owner has already been punished. Well, what about the accused shooter, who is going through a lot?

‘Doctor dogs’ diagnose cancer by sniffing it out (San Jose Mercury News)
In Africa, giant rats have been trained to sniff out tuberculosis in humans and land mines in fields. In England, dogs have identified bladder cancer. In Georgia, wasps have detected bombs.