Police dogs and trainers compete in U.S. championships in St. Paul (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
Police dogs and their handlers from around the country competed this week in St. Paul during the U.S. Police Canine Association’s national championships. The event concluded Thursday night at Midway Stadium with awards and demonstrations. The top three overall winners, in order, were Lazaro Cabrera of the Lady Lake, Fla., Police Department; Thomas Conroy of the Stafford Township, N..J., police,

Ice Dogs back on course in Bismarck (Fairbanks Daily News-Miner)
Goaltender Shane Madolora was on top of his game and five different Fairbanks players found the back of the net as the Ice Dogs skated to a 5-0 North American Hockey League victory over the Bismarck Bobcats on Thursday night.

Dogs in custody after suspected rampage (News-Herald)
Two dogs suspected in what was described by one witness as an overnight killing rampage were taken into custody without incident by the Lake County dog warden late Wednesday.

Iron County Officials Frustrated By Prairie Dogs (KUTV2 Salt Lake City)
Iron County officials are frustrated that prairie dogs are preventing development in southern Utah.

Rangers on trail of sheep-killing dogs (Wairarapa Times-Age)
The Masterton District Council’s animal control service is appealing for any information the public might have to aid an investigation into the killing of sheep by dogs last weekend.

Bandits spraying dogs to steal (Tobago News)
A Hampden, Lowlands resident is advising Tobagonians to be aware of bandits who spray their dogs and steal their building material from their property.

DVD Sniffing Dogs Are New Weapon In War On Movie Piracy (10 News San Diego)
Dogs are trained to sniff out drugs and bombs, but in Burbank, the Motion Picture Association of America shows off two black Labradors trained to smell DVDs.

Police talk to model about dogs’ conduct (AP via Yahoo! News)
Police have spoken with Claudia Schiffer about controlling her two large dogs near her mansion in the countryside, authorities said Wednesday.

SACRAMENTO / Lawmakers outlaw long-term tethering of dogs (San Francisco Chronicle)
Dogs in California will not be allowed to be tethered to a stationary object for more than three hours under a bill signed into law by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Wednesday. SB1578 by state Sen. Alan Lowenthal, D-Long Beach, was co-sponsored by…