Grand Marais Ready For The Dogs (WLUC TV 6)
The quiet town of Grand Marais will be bustling with activity over the next few days, thanks to the UP 200 sled dog race. Grand Marais is the checkpoint at halfway through the race. The mushers and their dogs will be arriving on Saturday.

Fake e-mail claims Norwich dog pound preparing to kill dogs (Norwich Bulletin)
NORWICH A bogus e-mail concerning the impending death of two dogs has prompted calls of concern to the Norwich dog pound. The e-mail, dated Feb. 20, calls for help in saving two dogs at the pound whose death is imminent, and gives the Norwich dog pound s telephone number.

For Gym Dogs, ‘perfection is key’ (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
For the Georgia gymnastics team, there’s no rest for the wary. The Gym Dogs (9-0-1) are still ranked No. 2, and coach Suzanne Yoculan doesn’t want them to slip any further behind No. 1 Florida or lose their confidence in tonight’s meet against No. 12 Auburn (4-4). The Gym Dogs competed in three intrasquad meets this week to determine tonight’s lineup.

Dogs that attacked 66-year-old Semmes man freed (Mobile Press-Register)
Misdemeanor charges were dropped Thursday against the owner of two Semmes dogs involved in the November mauling of a neighbor. The reason for the decision, a prosecutor explained to Mobile County District Judge Judson Wells, was that there are no laws to address what happened.

Avalanche Dogs Play Huge Role in Rescues (KTVN Reno)
We’ve showed you how K-9’s search for drugs and how patrol dogs put their handlers first. Now, we take a look at how dogs save lives during avalanches.

Limits on noisy dogs may be hard to enforce (The Record)
CLIFTON — Woof, bow-wow. Yip, yap. Dogs small and large can have the same effect: Bark too long and neighbors get ticked off. But how long does a dog have to bark before the owner becomes a lawbreaker and has to pay a fine?

Condors are Ice Dogs’ prey (Long Beach Press-Telegram)
The Ice Dogs lost a two-goal lead in the third period, but recovered to beat the host Bakersfield Condors 4-3 in a shootout on Friday night. It was the Ice Dogs’ third straight win.

Dogs are everywhere we want to be (The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News)
This is not a good time to be in charge of booking guests for shows such as “The Oprah Winfrey Show,” “Larry King Live,” “The View,” or any program that craves splashy interviews with high-profile personalities. I have to believe that a lot of those schedulers are banging their heads against a wall these days and yelling, “Why, why, why can’t that dog TALK?!”