Drug dogs make a difference (The Tennessean)
After searches of more than 600 cars and 5,000 school lockers, dogs such as Tiger Lily have helped expel two Metro Nashville students this school year, school officials said.

Search dogs hold hope in boater search (Herald & Review)
CLINTON - Rescue teams searching for a missing 8-year-old boy in the waters below a spillway at Clinton Lake were given their first encouraging news Sunday as search dogs indicated possible sites the child’s body may be located.

Iditarod officials disqualify musher for hitting dogs (Casper Star-Tribune)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - A two-time runner-up has been disqualified from this year’s Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race for abusing his dogs, race officials said.

Malaysian sniffer dogs uncover 1 million pirated optical discs (EARTHtimes.org)
Kuala Lumpur- Two Malaysian sniffer dogs on loan from Ireland helped police make a major seizure of 1 million pirated optical discs worth some 10 million ringgit (2.85 million dollars), a news report said Wednesday. Dogs Lucky and Flo, who had been f…

Veterinarian: Killer dogs weren’t bred to be aggressive (Austin American-Statesman)
CAMERON A veterinarian testified Tuesday that Jose Hernandez’s dogs that killed an elderly woman were not bred to be aggressive and did not show signs of having been used for fighting.

Local pet owners getting dogs and cats tested for kidney problems (Winston-Salem Journal)
Local pet owners have been getting their dogs and cats tested for kidney problems after a pet-food company reported that several dogs and cats had become ill or died after eating its food. On Friday, the Food and Drug Administration recalled about 60 mill

Girl who was mauled by dogs in Wapato gets out of hospital (Yakima Herald-Republic)
A 4-year-old Wapato girl who was mauled by dogs last week is home from the hospital, a state Department of Health and Social Services spokeswoman said Tuesday.

Girl Scouts help dogs, cats in emergencies (The Times of Northwest Indiana)
HAMMOND | A group of Robertsdale Scouts has turned their proceeds from a year of fundraising into emergency rescue equipment for dogs and cats.