Training owners to train their dogs (Kane County Chronicle)
GENEVA Dogs, as any owner knows, can bring unconditional love and joy to a family. Unfortunately, many owners also will attest that they can bring chewed up couches, soiled rugs and troubles with the mailman.

Counties set up wall for prairie dogs (Casper Star-Tribune)
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — To some, prairie dogs are an important native species. To others, they’re vermin.

Valley Fever On The Rise In Dogs (KOLD News 13 Tuscon)
The long period of dry weather means Valley Fever is on the rise among dogs. The Humane Society of Southern Arizona says it’s been seeing about 200 cases every year, more than in previous years.

Council opens two borough parks to dogs (Centre Daily Times)
STATE COLLEGE — They had to tangle with a zoning amendment, contract bids and fire-safety rules. But a simple measure to allow dogs in two parks caused the most divisive debate among Borough Council members on Monday night.

Dangerous Dogs Dumped in Seneca County (WTOL News 11)
JACKSON TOWNSHIP — Wild dogs are attacking people’s pets in Seneca County and that has some people on edge. The county’s dog warden says someone has been dumping vicious dogs in Jackson Township just north of Fostoria.

Mulino dogs draw outpouring of aid (The Oregonian)
OREGON CITY — Animal lovers flooded Clackamas County Dog Services over the weekend after hearing that 99 hungry, dehydrated dogs had been removed from an 1,800-square-foot Mulino home.

Sega to Release Sega Dogs for DS. Not a Joke (Spong)
However, these dogs live in a cup of tea. Not a joke

Benicia kids train guide dogs for blind (Contra Costa Times)
Fifth-graders Kyle Smith and Caitlin Fitzgerald are training Tamiko, a yellow Labrador puppy, to become a seeing eye dog through the Guide Dogs for the Blind program.

Accused breeder says his dogs were his family (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
In his heyday, Michael Wolf was a nationally known breeder of champion show dogs. China Dragon, his small blond Pekingese, won 29 best-in-show titles in the 1980s. Scores of other winners came from Wolf’s Mike-Mar kennels in Chester County.