Dogs given new Leash on Life (Kinston Free Press)
MAURY Eastern Correctional Institution has gone to the dogs. Four dogs that were scheduled to be euthanized will be given a second chance as inmates train and prepare the animals for adoption.

Update: Cambodia bars dogs from Angkor Wat site (International Herald Tribune)
The Cambodian police have banned dogs from the Angkor Wat complex in an effort to give tourists visiting the temples an experience free of dog droppings, an official said Monday.

Whether it’s dancing, herding, chasing or playing flyball, dogs do it all (EdmontonSun.com)
Dogs, dogs and more dogs! They’re our friends, colleagues, sometimes even our “children.” The role of canines in our society has certainly grown in recent years, and that can bring both challenges and rewards.

Dogs help children with reading (Wickenburg Sun)
A Bow-Wow Pow-Wow at the Aguila Branch Library on Friday, Sept. 1 brought together five excited Head Start children and three eager dogs for a get acquainted reading session. The dogs cannot read, and neither can the children yet, but stories are told and pictures admired among the licks and pats.

Michael Madsen reprises role of Mr. Blonde in ‘Reservoir Dogs’ video game (Canadian Press via Yahoo! News)
(CP) - It wasn’t the role he wanted in the movie, but Michael Madsen made the character of Mr. Blonde his own in the 1992 heist-gone-wrong film “Reservoir Dogs.”

Frankly speaking, haute dogs go gourmet (USA Today)
Folks who regard hot dogs as mystery meat may be in for an aquatic surprise: salmon franks. That’s right, hot dogs, made from imported salmon. On whole-grain buns, no less.

Dogs, cats prone to diabetes development (The Edmond Sun)
With so much emphasis on human diabetes these days, I thought it might be of interest to dog and cat owners to know a little more regarding its impact on their pets. Dogs and cats in America have diabetes at about the same rate as we do about one in every 400 to 500 is positively diagnosed each year.

Thieves steal 17 dogs a day (The Scotsman)
AT LEAST 17 dogs are stolen every day in the UK, according to figures from the insurer Direct Line yesterday.