Diamond dogs are forever (The Japan Times)
Let’s face it: dogs don’t live very long. About 14 years, if they’re lucky. Yet, that is a fact of life a growing number of pet owners in Japan refuse to accept.

The very same week, the dogs came back (Mudgee Guardian)
Molly and Bobby are back home. In last Monday’s Mudgee Guardian, Giordano and Jan Zubani told a heart-wrenching story of how their two dogs - Molly and Bobby - had gone missing from their Henry Lawson Drive home on December 19 and how they were making a last ditch community appeal for their return.

It Was A Day For Dogs To Show Off Their Best Features (KLTV Texas)
Dog lovers and their pets came out to Derby Dogs today in the Hasting’s parking lot.

5 dogs excel at sniffing out cancer (Detroit News)
In the small world of people who train dogs to sniff cancer, a little-known Northern California clinic has made a big claim: that it has trained five dogs — three Labradors and two Portuguese water dogs — to detect lung cancer in the breath of cancer sufferers with 99 percent accuracy.

‘RALPHIE’S A CHARACTER AND THE DOGS TRUST GAVE HIM A CHANCE’ (Sunday Mail)
TERRIER-CROSS Ralphie was a bundle of bones when he arrived at the Dogs Trust rehoming centre. But thanks to the charity his shaggy dog’s tale has a happy ending.

Owning high pedigree dogs, a new fad in Punjab (New Kerala)
By Sunil Sharma, Chandigarh: Keeping dogs as pets is an expensive hobby, and if these dogs belong to some of the top breeds, the hobby calls for really deep pockets.

Dogs valued at $1,000 stolen from Kannapolis home (Salisbury Post)
Two female boxers were stolen from a Kannapolis home Jan. 13, according to the Rowan County Sheriff’s Department. John Mark Burgess, 2425 Eagle St., Kannapolis, reported the dogs are valued at $1,000.

They go to the dogs gladly (Arizona Daily Star)
Precious Sugar Biscuit III, a white poodle, now has a home, but many dogs at the Pima Animal Care Center still face the threat of being euthanized.

From Chasing Money to Chasing Dogs, Cats (RedNova)
By Domingo Ramirez Jr., Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Jan. 22–KELLER — Loose dogs and cats of Keller, beware. There’s a new animal-control officer in town with a master’s degree in business administration from Pepperdine University.