Dogs might be kept off refuge sand to help birds (Sun-Sentinel)
Hobe Sound Officials of the Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge are considering a measure that would keep dogs off the sand in order to protect nesting birds.

Shelter spares sick dogs (Casper Star-Tribune)
CHEYENNE (AP) — The Cheyenne Animal Shelter, which euthanized 42 dogs last week because of an outbreak of canine influenza, has decided to treat five other sick dogs rather than put them down.

Most hospitals’ pet therapy dogs carry bacteria (CTV.ca)
Hospitals across Canada use therapy dogs to bring patients cheer and some friendly companionship, but a new report says the animals also bring something else: potentially harmful bacteria.

Dogs get own radio station (News Interactive)
A Thai entrepreneur has launched the world’s first internet radio station for dogs.

Pekin artists prefers to paint dogs (Quad-City Times)
PEKIN, Ill. (AP) Mariam Graff doesn t like painting portraits of people they don t like it if the portraits look like them. She s found a niche for herself she can live with painting portraits of dogs.

Sound bites for dogs (Herald Sun)
THE world’s first internet radio station for dogs has been launched in Thailand.

Dogs and mothers share the day (Oroville Mercury-Register)
From beagles to German Shepherds, all sorts of dogs celebrated Mother’s Day Sunday. More than 40 mothers and dogs ate breakfast and took a walk in Bidwell Park to raise money for the Butte Humane Society.

‘Dogs unleashed (The Reporter)
Matt Hensley is used to being the underdog, but he’s betting that the next national rugby champion will come from Northern California. So why shouldn’t the Vacaville Black Dogs win the crown? “Going to nationals is huge for any of us,” said Hensley, the captain of the high school-level rugby club. “I don’t think we were expected to get this far,

Grueling race harms dogs (Daily Record)
Now that Mine Hill has an ordinance limiting dogs to five per household, let’s hope that Andy Benkendorf stops dreaming about racing dogs in the Iditarod.

Sniffer dogs trained to detect dodgy DVDs (Sydney Morning Herald)
Two black Labrador dogs have become the first in the world to be trained to sniff out counterfeit DVDs. -