Hunting for hot dogs in Hub? (Boston Herald)
The canine mascot for Spike’s Junkyard Dogs made a marketing campaign appearance at the Boylston Street restaurant. ‘Spike’ the bulldog inaugurated the new restaurant by biting into a…

250 dogs rescued from Sumner puppy mill (Tennessean)
BETHPAGE Two weeks ago, Peggy Olea, an animal rescuer, disguised herself as a prospective dog buyer and visited a farm home here that was rumored to have more than 300 dogs for sale.

New policy to put down stray dogs (BBC News)
A council says problems re-homing stray dogs means it can no longer promise they will not be destroyed.

WTC Search Dogs Fare Better Than Humans (CBS News)
Dogs dug in the toxic World Trade Center dust for survivors and later for the dead. Their feet were burned by white-hot debris. But unlike thousands of others who toiled at ground zero after Sept. 11, these rescue workers aren’t sick.

Ice Dogs fall short in opener (Long Beach Press-Telegram)
ECHL: Idaho wins taut battle in front of more than 4,000. LONG BEACH With the drop of the puck Friday night, the new era of Ice Dogs hockey was born.

9/11 rescue dogs apparently stay healthy (The Washington Times)
NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have spent years studying the health of search-and-rescue dogs that nosed through the debris at the World Trade Center site, and to their surprise, they have found no sign of major illness in the animals.

The Colossal Triumph Of Joe Cocker s Mad Dogs & Englishmen (All About Jazz)
The phenomenon known as Joe Cocker’s Mad Dogs & Englishmen turned 35 years old in 2005. A six-disc limited edition box set, Mad Dogs & Englishmen The Complete Fillmore East Concerts , was released to commemorate the anniversary, and documents all four shows performed by the band at New York’s Fillmore East Auditorium on March 27th and 28th, 1970. Released concurrently were the two-disc Mad Dogs &

DA alleges race-fixing involving dogs on sex-performance pills (al.com)
Thirteen people have been charged in an alleged race-fixing scheme at Mobile Greyhound Park in which dogs were slowed by being fed pills designed to boost men’s sexual performance, Mobile County District Attorney John Tyson Jr. said Friday.

Dogs And Cats Are Not Allowed To Run Freely (KGBT 4 Rio Grande Valley)
After receiving numerous complaints of dogs bites - Rio Grande City is trying to clean up the streets with the new mandatory leash ordinance. Some say they’re vicious and roaming the streets, and now they’re causing problems.