Dogs booted from park’s boardwalks (St. Petersburg Times)
EAST LAKE - Sallye Hatfield started walking the trails at John Chesnut Sr. Park in 1982, when the park was known as Brooker Creek Park. So last week, she was upset to see a new sign banning dogs from the trail’s boardwalks.

6 dogs’ lives spared (Home News Tribune)
MONROE The decision to euthanize six dogs labeled too aggressive for adoption will be revisited, authorities said.

PETS: Most popular dogs: And the winners are … (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Little dogs keep getting bigger, and the Yorkshire terrier is the biggest one of all.

End deer hunting with dogs (Gainesville Sun)
Today marks the end of another deer-dog hunting season in Alachua County. Hunters take dogs into the woods to track and run down deer. This hunting practice has been outlawed in Georgia and Pennsylvania because it is cruel to wildlife, and hunting dogs (along with the hunters) do not…

Poll: Many back ban on certain dogs (Mobile Press-Register)
Support among area residents for banning dangerous breeds of dogs has increased dramatically over the last five years and so has the number of people identifying pit bulls as the dogs most likely to attack people, a new survey suggests.

Ice Dogs’ playoff chances dwindling (Long Beach Press-Telegram)
ECHL: Loss to Fresno makes Long Beach’s task more difficult. LONG BEACH - The Ice Dogs have four big games next week in their bid to rally into the ECHL playoffs. But to keep things in perspective, the three games before are just as meaningful.

Swanville man rescues dogs on ice (The Republican Journal)
BELFAST A fast but risky response from passersby saved two Labrador retriever dogs after they fell through thin ice Sunday on the Goose River.

Dogs team up for sled competition (BBC News)
About 1,000 dogs are taking part in the biggest event in the Husky Dog calendar which is taking place in Aviemore.