New Orleans family files lawsuit to get dogs back (St. Petersburg Times)
CLEARWATER Fighting in the court of public opinion didn t work, so a New Orleans family has taken its fight to regain two dogs lost in Hurricane Katrina to the Pinellas County courthouse.

With own park, dogs of Hillsboro can run free (The Oregonian)
HILLSBORO — This time next year, dogs for the first time will have a place to roam freely in the city. Officials have approved plans to build a dog park in Hillsboro, expected to open next summer.

Fireworks probably scared many of area s lost dogs (Rockford Register Star)
ROCKFORD Fourth of July fireworks are anything but a blast for dogs.

Police ask, ‘Who let the dogs drive?’ (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
A pair of dogs took a truck on a wild ride in Fayette County yesterday. State police in Belle Vernon said the dogs, identified as the operators of a 1989 Mitsubishi truck on School Street in Republic, were inside the cab when another pooch passed by.

Dogs From New Orleans Come To KC To Find Homes (KMBC TheKansasCityChannel.com via Yahoo! News)
A group of dogs displaced by Hurricane Katrina are still looking for new homes.

Racing dogs keen for company (Collie Mail)
MEET Nanook and Kaysha, young huskies proving what most locals already know, that the South West is cold enough to race sled dogs. They are part of the South West Sled Dog Club, a small but growing branch of the West Australian Sled Dog Association.

Dogs flee fireworks, lightning (Arizona Daily Star)
Summer Severin, 23, of The Humane Society of Southern Arizona, holds a stray female Rottweiler mix found Wednesday. The Humane Society has received 13 stray dogs, double the usual number due to the Fourth of July celebrations.

Fourth Of July Not Fun For Dogs (ABC News 4)
Fourth of July fireworks caused an overwhelming amount of animals to run away. The loud noise we hear from fireworks is a small portion of what dogs hear.