Manchester police want more dogs (WCAX 3)
MANCHESTER, N.H. Manchester (New Hampshire) Police are looking for a few good dogs. Deputy Chief Marc Lussier recently wrote to the City Council asking for money to…

Manchester police want more dogs (Boston Globe)
Manchester (New Hampshire) Police are looking for a few good dogs. Deputy Chief Marc Lussier recently wrote to the City Council asking for money to purchase more police dogs. After one retirement last year and three earlier this year, the department’s kennel is down to four police dogs and one drug sniffing dog.

Rescued Dogs Poisoned In Sabine Parish (WDSU.com)
For the second time in four years, someone in Sabine Parish has poisoned dogs cared for by a couple from the Pleasant Hill community.

Sabine residents wonder why dogs poisoned (The Town Talk)
PLEASANT HILL — Thursday Mary Collins watched as nine of her 14 dogs died from poisoning. On Friday she watched as city crews buried the dogs on her property.

Animal Friends staff rescues 19 dogs, 3 cats (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Nineteen dogs and three cats scheduled to die before the start of the new year received highly publicized 11th-hour reprieves yesterday. The dogs were plucked from three animal control facilities and taken to the Ohio Township shelter operated by Animal Friends.

Rescued dogs poisoned in Sabine Parish (The Town Talk)
PLEASANT HILL (AP) For the second time in four years, someone has poisoned dogs cared for by Mary and Herbert Collins. This time, nine of the 14 dogs the couple rescued from a Sabine Parish dump died. The dogs died Wednesday night as the two watched helplessly.

Teaching children good manners around dogs (The Payson Roundup)
For most children, being around dogs comes naturally, especially if their parents help them understand how to relate to dogs.

Mat Dogs grab two wins at Elbert Duels (The Hartwell Sun)
The HCHS Mat Dogs won two out of three matches Dec. 19 at the Elbert County Duals in Elberton. Hart defeated Westside of Augusta 52-30 and Washington-Wilkes 54-30.