Dogs in Japan can retire to nursing home (Chicago Sun-Times)
TOKYO — Japan has a new nursing home for a swiftly graying population — dogs. The country’s first nursing home for dogs comes with round-the-clock monitoring by veterinarians and a team of puppies to play with the aging pooches to help them keep fit, a pet products company said Wednesday.

Dillon will have new tricks for “Old Dogs” (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Matt Dillon is in final negotiations to co-star in the Walt Disney Pictures comedy “Old Dogs.”

Camden says keep local police dispatch service dogs allowed on beaches right of way rules fail Anita … (Camden Herald)
CAMDEN Referendums to keep police dispatch in town and allow dogs on beaches at certain times won voter approval at the polls Tuesday, June 12, defeating efforts by town officials to regionalize dispatch and keep beaches dog-free.

DNA to bust delinquent dogs? (CNN.com)
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Council rangers in Australia are being trained to bring delinquent dogs to heel using DNA technology.

Katz harvests fresh stories about dogs (The News & Observer)
Jon Katz lives on a farm in rural New York state, and he can quickly rattle off the animal inventory at his place: two steers, one cow, 26 sheep, four donkeys, a rooster, some chickens, two goats (which are on order) and “between three and five dogs.

Prison Reforms Puppy Mill Dogs (WBAY Green Bay)
A program called Rebound isn’t just helping dogs recover from abuse or neglect, it’s helping rehabilitate their trainers, too.