Dogs save man from python (News 24 South Africa)
A Mpumalanga man doesn’t have one best friend, but two. His dogs, Tupac and Spotty, have saved him from a three-metre-long python.

Dogs rescued from burning house (WOOD TV 8)
(Algoma Township, April 17, 2006, 11:56 a.m.) — Firefighters were able to rescue two dogs from a burning home in Algoma Township this morning.

Dogs have their day at the circus (Tallahassee Democrat)
The Florida State University circus is going to the dogs - but only for an afternoon. This Saturday, FSU’s one-of-a-kind student circus is teaming up with some amazingly acrobatic canines for a good cause: to raise money for both FSU’s Flying High Circus and for the Leon County Humane Society.

Sonoma County Cracking Down On ‘Dangerous Dogs’ (NBC 11 Bay Area)
Sonoma County is considering cracking down on so-called dangerous dogs after a rash of highly-publicized pit bull attacks.

Dogs Dispatched to Comfort Ill Children (ABC News)
A Lick of the Face, a Nuzzle: Dogs Dispatched to Comfort Ill and Emotionally Troubled Children

Teachers Offered Haven For Dogs (Southwest Times Record)
With dirt in their fur and confusion in their eyes, dozens of dogs found temporary lodging in the homes of two Van Buren women who tirelessly fed and cared for the lost pets in the aftermath of the 1996 tornado.

Off the Record: Have canines gone to the dogs?’ (Gaylord Herald Times)
The expression gone to the dogs has taken on a whole new meaning these days. It used to mean that life was going very badly. Now, gone to the dogs means a world in which a doggone dog can cost mucho dinero that kings (and, queens, sorry girls) would envy.

Jogger’s body found with his dogs (The Daily Telegraph)
A MAN has been found dead with his dogs beside him after failing to return from a jog in Brisbane’s north, police said.

Jogger’s body found with his dogs (The Sunday Mail)
A MAN has been found dead with his dogs beside him after failing to return from a jog in Brisbane’s north, police said. The body of the 39-year-old man was found in Boondall Park on Muller Road last night, police said.