‘Tap Dogs’ brings the working-class funk (The Bellingham Herald Online)
The international touring production of “Tap Dogs” arrives at Mount Baker Theatre on Wednesday.

Dogs search lockers at Shippensburg Area High School (The Sentinel)
Police with drug-sniffing dogs examined students’ lockers at Shippensburg Area Senior High School Wednesday. As a result, one student was suspended for possession of suspected drug paraphernalia.

Canine canons: Parks and Recreation looking at where dogs can roam free (Missoulian)
What about fencing 10 acres in High Park for dogs to exercise off leashes with their people? What about creating the same kind of areas in part of Scotty Park in Linda Vista, or in White Pine Park off Scott Street and other parks?

Israeli dogs donate blood to toxic pet food victims (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
A rare public appeal went out on Wednesday to Israeli pet owners to bring their dogs to donate blood to help save more than a dozen canines poisoned by toxic American pet food.

Vets: Product Used To Clean Dogs’ Teeth May Cause Injury (WTAE ThePittsburghChannel.com via Yahoo! News)
Reports indicate at least 13 dogs have died after part of a Greenie treat lodged in their esophagus or intestine.

Urgent search for homes for dogs (BBC News)
An urgent search is under way to find a new home for two dogs whose owner is terminally ill.

Drug dogs kept on shorter leash (Miami Herald)
In a decision cheered by civil libertarians, an appeals court on Wednesday upheld a controversial court ruling that keeps drug dogs from sniffing on private property without a search warrant.

Two Chesco men accused of cruelty involving 337 dogs (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Humane officers filed 402 cruelty charges yesterday against two operators of a Chester County dog-breeding kennel for allegedly keeping 337 dogs in unsanitary conditions.

Meet the Dogs (Washington Post)
Buck. Reddish brown. High-spirited malamute. One of the biggest dogs in the movie.