Pet tricks are brain games; like Sudoku for dogs (Lexington Herald-Leader)
Animal tricks — stupid or otherwise — were not invented by David Letterman. Indeed, the Medicis — over-the-top dog people, even by Renaissance standards — supposedly had a dog that cleared the dishes and poured vino without spilling. And arguably for as long as dogs, cats and other creatures have shared our hearths, humans have delighted in any behavior that offers a glimmer of kinship.

Fla. Bill Would Give Dogs a Place at Table (The Herald-Sun)
Some Florida cities would like to throw a dog a bone — or maybe a burger and some fries. Dogs would be able to sit with humans at outdoor restaurant tables in some communities under a measure advancing in the Florida Legislature.

In honour of dogs with jobs (The Star Online)
As man s best friend, it is inevitable that pictures of dogs are used on stamps and philatelic materials.

Fla. Bill Would Give Dogs a Place at Table (AP via Yahoo! News)
Some Florida cities would like to throw a dog a bone or maybe a burger and some fries. Dogs would be able to sit with humans at outdoor restaurant tables in some communities under a measure advancing in the Florida Legislature.

Fla. bill would give dogs a place at table (Syracuse.com)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) Some Florida cities would like to throw a dog a bone or maybe a burger and some fries. Dogs would be able to sit with humans at outdoor restaurant tables in some communities under a measure advancing in the Florida Legislature.

Aid pours in for dogs rescued from kennel (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
The Chester County SPCA has received 3,000 calls offering donations, supplies and new homes in the two weeks since 337 dogs were seized from an Oxford kennel where officials say conditions were deplorable.

Police dogs focus on spot in German canal where Canadian paddler last seen (Canadian Press via Yahoo! News)
HALIFAX (CP) - Two dozen divers carefully searched the murky waters of a German canal on Thursday after police dogs zeroed in on a spot close to where a young Canadian disappeared on the weekend.