Vital Needs develops new pet formula to help dogs with diarrhea (San Antonio Business Journal)
Local biotechnology firm Vital Needs International Inc. agreed to license to United Pet Group Inc. the company’s proprietary bismuth sodium tartrate formula to develop a new line of anti-diarrheal products for dogs.

Dogs, hamsters are rescued from blaze (Salem Statesman Journal)
Keizer firefighters rescued several dogs and hamsters from a house fire Monday morning, city fire district officials said.

SPCA rescues 62 dogs (This Ithaca Journal)
ENFIELD - At least 62 dogs — most of them puppies — are being rescued by the Tompkins County SPCA from one Enfield home, Executive Director Jeff Lydon said Monday.

“One law for all dogs” Nats told (NZCity)
National has had one of its famous campaign lines turned against it in the House as the micro-chipping dog debate flared up. It follows the Government’s refusal to budge on section 36 of the Dog Control Act requiring all newly-registered dogs to be micro-chipped from July this year.

Three guilty of cruelty to dogs (BBC News)
A man, his partner and brother could face jail after neglecting two dogs in their care, a court hears.

Singaporean hopes to set up body to provide guide dogs for the blind (Channel News Asia via Yahoo! Asia News)
SINGAPORE : Dogs are man’s best friend and this is perhaps more so for the blind.

Necropsy results released for two dogs (KTVA)
Iditarod officials have released the results of necropsies performed on two dogs that died this weekend on the trail.

Drug-sniffing dogs cleaning up prisons (Knoxville News Sentinal)
NASHVILLE - Drug-sniffing dogs are helping to keep drugs out of state prisons and upcoming drug testing of employees should also help, Correction Commissioner George Little told lawmakers Monday.

Pet Pooches Being Stolen For Bait Dogs (WISC Channel3000.com via Yahoo! News)
Dog owners from Rock County to Kenosha County are being warned to keep their pets on a short leash.

Enfield woman housed 62 dogs (This Ithaca Journal)
ENFIELD At least 62 dogs most of them puppies are being rescued by the Tompkins County SPCA from one Enfield home, Executive Director Jeff Lydon said Monday.