Where dogs run free (Roanoke Times)
Fishburn Park is home to Roanoke’s first official public off-leash area. Dogs can now frolic untethered in the back yard of a house in Roanoke’s Fishburn Park.

Malaysian pirates put sniffer dogs on hit list (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Malaysian piracy syndicates are trying to assassinate two black labradors after the dogs helped find millions of dollars of fake DVDs and CDs, a report and officials said Thursday.

Shelters Bear Compassionate Woman’s Care Of Dogs (KSAT ClickOnSA.com via Yahoo! News)
San Antonio area animal shelters gave a second chance to more than two dozen dogs that were abandoned by their owners.

Malaysian DVD pirates want sniffer dogs dead (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Malaysian movie pirates have put a bounty on the heads of two sniffer dogs who busted a fake DVD ring with a seizure of discs worth about $3 million, media and officials said on Thursday.

Report: Bounty offered to kill two American sniffer dogs in Malaysia (WANE-TV Fort Wayne)
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia Two American sniffer dogs have been put in hiding after reports of threats against them from pirated movie syndicates in Malaysia. The two Labradors,…

Owner of killer dogs says they weren’t aggressive (Austin American-Statesman)
Jose Hernandez testifies that his young grandchildren would help bathe the dogs.

Report: Bounty offered to kill two American sniffer dogs in Malaysia (KTRE-TV East Texas)
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia Two American sniffer dogs have been put in hiding after reports of threats against them from pirated movie syndicates in Malaysia.

3 dogs die after eating bad food (The Sentinel)
At least three dogs in Cumberland County have died from kidney failure after eating dog food that was later recalled.

Dogs Rescued from Filthy Home (WOAI)
Rescue groups rounded up dozens of dogs found living in a northeast side home filled with feces and trash Wednesday. The woman who owned the dogs had not lived at the home in four years, officials said.

Dogs as different as night and day (Yakima Herald-Republic)
I was thinking about dog personalities the other day. Not that I am trying to affix human traits to dogs, but you have to admit that different dogs have different personalities. At least all of mine have and do.