GONE TO THE DOGS: Dog owner sues pet cremation service (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
NEW YORK (AP) — A woman has filed a lawsuit against a pet cremation service and a photo agency, claiming they used a picture of her posing with her dogs without her permission.

150 Dogs Confiscated From Mobile Home (Local6.com Central Florida)
VENUS, Fla. — Authorities in Highlands County said they removed 150 dogs from a woman’s dilapidated mobile home and her debris-strewn property. p/> The dogs were living in the filthy mobile home, and in a pallet-lined run-down school bus.

Van gives dogs a ride to life (Tri-Valley Herald)
On any given day, the Hayward Animal Shelter houses between 45 and 60 dogs, and it has far fewer homes lined up for them. The result? Sometimes euthanasia.

Hospital looking for dogs for pet therapy program (The Idaho Statesman)
West Valley Medical Center is looking for dogs for its pet therapy program. Dogs must be at least 1 year old and good with people. Interested owners who would like to volunteer their dogs’ services must attend a training session at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Indian Creek Room at West Valley.

The Take in South Jersey | She helps dogs get a new leash on life (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Barbara Ross is a rescuer. It started with some of the students she taught in the Philadelphia School District, where she also was a psychologist, and has continued for 17 years with small dogs.

Famous dogs love their place in the sun (The Morning Call)
Since it’s the dog days of summer (the period when the sun and Sirius, the dog star, are aligned at sunrise as seen from Earth), it’s a good excuse to write about some famous dogs:

Dogs in the grapes mean business (BizJournals)
Question for the day: Are vineyard dogs meaner than junkyard dogs?

Stray dogs pose rabies threat to Beijing (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Beijing’s more than 100,000 stray dogs pose a risk of a rabies outbreak in the Chinese capital, state media reported.

150 Dogs Confiscated From Highlands County Mobile Home (First Coast News)
VENUS, FL (AP) — Authorities in Highlands County say they’ve removed 150 dogs from a woman’s dilapidated mobile home and her debris-strewn property. The dogs were living in the filthy mobile home, and in a pallet-lined run-down school bus.