School to use dogs to sniff out drugs (The New Zealand Herald)
A Rotorua high school is to use dogs to sniff out illegal drugs. Western Heights High School principal Violet Pelham-Waerea told parents in a school newsletter the move was about making sure the school was drug-free, the Rotorua Daily Post reported.

Thebes effort to control stray dogs falters (Southeast Missourian)
THEBES, Ill. — For a week in mid-April, a newspaper advertisement gave a warning to residents of Thebes: “Public Notice. All dogs running at-large in the village of Thebes will be impounded.” The…

Rabid fox killed after dogs attacked (KTVF Fairbanks)
A red fox that attacked two dogs in Nome has tested positive for rabies, Alaska State Troopers said Saturday.

Menominee Park Zoo animal dies after being harassed by dogs (Fond du Lac Reporter)
OSHKOSH Two dogs that got loose entered the Menominee Park Zoo and harassed two wallabies until one of the small kangaroo-like marsupials died, police said.

Drug dogs called into Rotorua high school (NZPA via Yahoo!Xtra News)
A Rotorua high school is to use dogs to sniff out illegal drugs.

Keylor, Dogs steal one (The Lewiston Sun Journal)
PORTLAND - The Portland Sea Dogs thought they could count on the fluttering knuckleball of Charlie Zink to put the Reading Phillies to sleep on a hot holiday weekend afternoon. But they also knew they could catch Reading backstop Tim Gradoville napping if the right opportunity arose.

Smaller dogs need to be treated carefully (The Cincinnati Enquirer)
Little dogs used to get short shrift from the folks who make pet food and supplies.

Dogs’ eating behavior distresses owner (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Dear Dog Talk: My mother and I have two Brussels Griffon we got from a breeder. These dogs were used only to produce puppies.

Rescue groups bringing diseased dogs into Maine (The Barre Montpelier Times Argus)
PITTSFIELD, Maine — People in Maine and across the nation opened their homes to pets abandoned after Hurricane Katrina, but disease-ridden dogs are now threatening the health of pets in Maine, officials say. … - The Associated Press

Rescue groups unwittingly bringing diseased dogs into Maine (Boston Globe)
People in Maine and across the nation opened their homes to pets abandoned after Hurricane Katrina, but disease-ridden dogs are now threatening the health of pets in Maine, officials say.