Seton students raising future guide dogs (Community Press & Recorder)
Ten girls are raising the pups for the Pilot Dogs Puppy Raising Program through Pilot Dogs Inc.

Pet dogs are guinea pigs in tests for cancer drug (Sun-Sentinel)
Dogs have long been used for medical research, usually to the dismay of animal rights activists.

Dogs that fatally mauled boy were seen before (Austin American-Statesman)
No one had reported pit bulls to Harris Country authorities. HOUSTON The two pit bulls that fatally mauled 4-year-old Pedro Rios near his home Tuesday had been seen before by residents of his northeastern Harris County neighborhood, but no one had ever reported the dogs to county authorities.

Human bones found by dogs (Hattiesburg American)
Bones dragged up to a Glendale home by two dogs were confirmed to be human Friday and Forrest County investigators are now working to identify the deceased person.

Dogs’ days get better (The Journal)
Former waifs and strays which have become perfect family pets are the stars of a calendar raising cash for a charity for dogs.

New 4-H club teaches kids — and dogs (Jonesboro Sun)
JONESBORO — Love dogs? Want to learn more about them? Interested in training, grooming or showing dogs? If the answer to any of those questions is yes, then the Craighead County Canine Club is the club to choose.

U.S. trials for new cancer drugs benefit family dogs (International Herald Tribune)
Researchers are using dogs in controlled clinical trials meant to benefit humans and animals alike.

Israeli group trains dogs for California’s homeland security (Baltimore Sun)
Dogs have long been used to sniff out things that humans have a hard time smelling, such as drugs, cadavers and bombs.