Hound Dogs raising money for McCann (The Natchez Democrat)
NATCHEZ Every dollar raised by the Natchez Hound Dogs is a love note to Janet. Judging by the efforts thus far, the notes will top $10,000 for sure and perhaps $15,000, the figure the late Janet McCann threw out as a challenge before succumbing to cancer earlier this year.

Dogs’ Sense Of Smell Is Nothing To Be Sneezed At (Hartford Courant)
DEAR MR. KNOW-IT-ALL: Why do dogs have such a great sense of smell? Why can’t people smell the same things that dogs smell?

All this fancy stuff’s for the dogs … no, really (The Herald)
YORK — Dogs hate me. The feeling is mutual: I run every time I see a mutt, then grab a rock or a stick. Dogs need to eat? Table scraps and water, I say.

Police: 27 Dogs Found In Mobile Home (WISN TheMilwaukeeChannel.com via Yahoo! News)
A Racine woman faces charges after police said they found 27 dogs packed into her mobile home.

What to do about dangerous dogs? (FOX 13 Tampa Bay)
TAMPA - Tim Golden breeds Cardigan Welsh Corgi’s out of his South Hillsborough County home. But he only sells his dogs to responsible owners. So, a discussion Wednesday at Hillsborough County Commission got his attention.

3 dogs die after eating bad food (The Sentinel)
At least three dogs in Cumberland County have died from kidney failure after eating dog food that was later recalled.

Dogs set to howl, ‘plow’ into opener (The Lewiston Sun Journal)
PORTLAND - If last night’s forecast rings true, it will probably take all the plows and shovels in Portland to get Hadlock Field ready for tonight’s scheduled season opener. But the Portland Sea Dogs are on a roll when it comes to making things go their way.

Hot dogs to get cold shoulder at opener for Tribe (Akron Beacon Journal)
Hot dogs, with that spicy brown ballpark mustard, are as much a fixture at Jacobs Field as the bleachers and scoreboards. But this Friday — Good Friday — practicing Catholics will probably replace the hot dog with a fish sandwich or some other meatless alternative during the Cleveland Indians’ home opener.

Dead dogs found in Lee County creek (Columbus Ledger-Enquirer)
A Lee County, Ala., woman made a gruesome discovery on her property Friday evening when she uncovered the bodies of six dogs in her creek, said Sheriff Jay Jones.

‘Dogs’ unusual; director agrees (Arizona Daily Star)
Bobcat Goldthwait’s directorial debut, “Sleeping Dogs Lie,” is a controversial dramedy about a woman (Melinda Page Hamilton) who can’t get comfortable in relationships because she hides a dark secret in her past involving bestiality.