Dancing with the dogs latest craze (Toowoomba Chronicle)
A NEW trend in dancing is sweeping Australia, but there’s a catch - your partner must be hairy and have four legs. Coral Pethers has two such dance partners, her dogs Kasha and Grande.

Happier life beckons for cruelly abused dogs (Wairarapa Times-Age)
THERE was a happy ending on Sunday for six dogs that were involved in one of the country’s worst-ever animal abuse cases. The SPCA became involved after 21 cats and 23 dogs were removed from what a High Court judge called “an animal concentration camp” in Taranaki.

Dogs at county shelter awaiting homes (Southwest Iowa News)
The Pottawattamie County Animal Shelter takes care of all the animal control needs for one of the largest counties in Iowa and our adoption program has been a huge success. There are currently seven dogs available for adoption.

Test using dogs to sniff out live ordnance proves a dud (Rocky Mountain News)
A test for the Air Force to see if dogs could be trained to sniff out buried, unexploded military ordnance has failed.

Dog Allegedly Attacks Other Dogs and Girl (KTRE-TV East Texas)
A dog is being quarantined after an attack in Lufkin Sunday. The incident happened in a neighborhood by Chambers Park. Animal control officers were called to the scene after a Rottweiler apparently got out of a fenced-in area and attacked two other dogs.

Dogs were alive when burned, report says (Long Beach Press-Telegram)
Police seek information on 2 Chihuahuas whose charred remains were found in L.B. alley. LONG BEACH - Necropsy results on the charred remains of two Chihuahuas found that the dogs were alive when they were set on fire, officials said Monday.