GARY BOGUE: Bad things can happen when dogs left to roam (Contra Costa Times)
Something for you to think about this morning. THANK YOU, NOT! Gary: I wanted to thank the owners of two pit bulls that attacked my dog and myself. The owners, I guess, didn’t want these dogs anymore. One is a large blue-and-white pit and the other a brown pit. Someone let them go around Foothill Drive in Antioch, three weeks ago. That’s when my poor little Jack Russell terrier got attacked.

Colourful Houses For Sofia Stray Dogs (Novinite.com)
Bulgaria in Brief: 21 April 2006, Friday. Children helped make much more appealing the houses for Sofia stray dogs by painting them in fresh colours.

Dogs bidding for chance to have their day (Barnsley Today)
THEY will be grooming, preening and pampering their pets when dogs of all shapes and sizes strut their stuff at the Wombwell and District Canine Society dog show on Sunday. (21/04/2006 10:11:42)

Short Ends: Dogs In A Pipe (Defamer)
We give it about a week before Samuel L. Jackson takes his first meeting for Dogs In A Pipe. [via TVGasm] The Corporate Casual blog messes with some spammers working a deaf child adoption…

Dogs’ day in the sun (The Times of Northwest Indiana)
HOMEWOOD | Local area dog owners are taking advantage of the warm weather and heading off with their furry friends to Rover’s Run Dog Park. Rover’s Run, located two blocks east of Center Avenue on 191st Street, is a three-acre fenced area where unleashed dogs can frolic and play.

Barking up wrong tree with Dow dogs fund (Chicago Tribune)
Roger B. from Sarasota, Fla., is thinking that the economy is about to favor big, dividend-paying stocks again. He wants to put some of his money into a fund that follows the “Dogs of the Dow” strategy, because he expects that tactic to produce good results over the next two years.

Major operation to save suffering dogs (Bexhill Today)
STARVING dogs with coats matted with their own filth have been taken in by a Bexhill charity in response to a “house of horrors” crisis. (21/04/2006 11:04:43)

City ordinance to limit tethering of dogs (Leavenworth Times)
Responding to residents concerns about neglected dogs, the Leavenworth City Commission decided Tuesday to change city ordinances relating to canine treatment.

DOGS SET FIRE TO FLAT (Daily Record)
TWO dogs died after setting fire to a flat while their owners were at work, it emerged yesterday. The kitchen blaze was apparently sparked when one of the pets jumped on top of a cooker and switched on the electric oven.

Japanese group to promote use of guide dogs in China (Asahi.com)
One bright spot in Japan-China exchanges has literally gone to the dogs. Fueled by a best-selling book, the Japan Guide Dog Association (JGDA) and an organization for blind people in China concluded a partnership deal Thursday, officials said.