Study Finds That a Type of Cancer in Dogs Is Contagious (Washington Post)
Scientists in England have gathered definitive evidence that a kind of cancer in dogs is contagious — a peculiar exception to the age-old medical wisdom that you can’t “catch” cancer.

Dogs, Cops, Guard Leave Passengers Mostly Unfazed (NPR)
Bomb-sniffing dogs, state police and the National Guard bolster security at Los Angeles International Airport, while in Boston, Gov. Mitt Romney orders the National Guard to Logan. But most travelers seem to take new flying restrictions in stride.

Mystery beast blamed for killing 3 dogs (CBC via Yahoo! Canada News)
People on a northern Manitoba reserve are avoiding a lake after three sled dogs were gutted amid reports that a strange creature is on the loose.

New eatery will serve family’s all-beef hot dogs (The Indianapolis Star)
INDIANAPOLIS — All-beef hot dogs sold in Indianapolis from the 1940s to early ’90s will anchor the menu of King David Dogs, a restaurant to open in September at 15 N. Pennsylvania St. Proprietor Brent Joseph is harkening to a recipe and brand developed by his grandfather, William Hene, and William’s brother Paul.

Voelz Chandler: Dogs, ponies have their day (Rocky Mountain News)
It’s easy, or perhaps glib, to say the Arvada Center is going to the dogs. After all, the summer and fall exhibition - a long, long run, since it continues through Nov. 12 - almost begs for some sort of flip remark.

Pooches pic poached, dogs’ owner charges (New York Daily News)
An elderly Manhattan woman is siccing her lawyer on a company she says is wrongly using pictures of her late dogs to fetch business for a pet cremation service.

Wiener Haus puts German ‘V’ in its dogs (The Cincinnati Enquirer)
There’s a new joint that serves all kinds of tubes - from bratwurst to kielbasa, Italian sausage and metts to hot dogs.