Heat beats sniffer dogs (News Interactive)
POLICE sniffer dogs succumbed to the heat yesterday, only catching 30 Melbourne Big Day Out revellers with small amounts of drugs.

Sled dogs pull in crowds (Glenwood Springs Post Independent)
Cafe Redstone is closed during the winter. But not this weekend. “I wanted to open for one event this winter,” said Sara Stanaszek, the cafe’s owner. “I thought the sled dogs would be a good one.”

Local dogs win best in snow (Denver Post)
Tom Day and three friends shoveled and chiseled a massive block of snow into two 10-foot-tall puppies touching paws in a Breckenridge parking lot. It took nearly 65 hours, Day said Sunday, but it was worth it. The four dog lovers - who have eight dogs among them - won first place in the 16th annual Budweiser International Snow Sculpture Championships.

THE CHIEL Where dogs may roam (Daily Dispatch)
STILL with Nahoon Beach after looking at the web camera the other day … a letter from Margaret Struwig: “Please tell us what has happened to the banning of dogs on beaches.

Killing of dogs triggers probe (The Des Moines Register)
The shooting deaths of seven dogs by the chief of police in Hamburg last fall has gained national attention, leading to an investigation by the…

Lack Of Funds Causes Shelter To Give Dogs Away (WRTV Indianapolis)
SPENCER, Ind. — A central Indiana no-kill animal shelter is giving away its dogs and won’t take anymore because it can’t afford to keep them. Owen County Humane Society volunteer Tina Neckebroeck said the shelter had 42 dogs and a dozen cats two weeks ago, but just $200 in the bank.

Illness Hitting Local Dogs Hard ; Strain Resistant to Vaccinations (RedNova)
By Scott Richardson Kennel cough Symptoms Dogs with kennel cough appear to have a head cold. Following are the symptoms to watch for: Coughing. Some dogs sound as if they have something stuck in their throats. Others sound like a goose honking.

Dogs blamed for killing alpacas, goats (ABC 7 Chicago)
January 29, 2006 (MICHIGAN CITY, Ind.) - Dogs are believed to have killed two alpacas and injured at least nine others on a farm in LaPorte County.