Dogs get out of big house (Florida Today)
The first group of dogs graduated from the Paws and Stripes program, which uses county inmates to train previously unadoptable dogs.

Chambers’ 3-point fest lifts Lady Dogs (AP via Yahoo! News)
A 56-point win is usually an opportunity to empty the bench. For No. 9 Georgia, that wasn’t possible. Because of an injury and a suspension, the Lady Dogs don’t have one.

People with vicious dogs may be vicious too -study (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
People who own vicious dogs such as pit bulls have significantly more criminal convictions — including crimes against children — than owners of licensed, gentler dogs such as beagles, researchers reported on Thursday.

20 dead dogs, cat found dumped (The Decatur Daily)
Decatur Animal Control officer Miles Naylor is investigating the discovery of about 20 dead dogs and one cat dumped along a road near a wooded area of Southwest Decatur.

Everyone Has A Story: Hot Dogs, Sausages & Wieners (KTHV Little Rock)
This week the dart landed in Alread in Van Buren County. There we found a story you have to see to believe. Hot dogs, sausages and wieners all running around on 45 acres in North Arkansas.

Stem cells help dogs with dystrophy (AP via Yahoo! News)
In promising new research, stem cells worked remarkably well at easing symptoms of muscular dystrophy in dogs, an experiment that experts call a significant step toward treating people.

Mauled survivor: Destroy the dogs (Mobile Press-Register)
The man mauled by his next door neighbor’s two pit bull dogs returned to his Semmes home late Thursday evening, unable to walk on his own, every move causing more pain.