Winter can be hard on outdoor working dogs (The Leaf Chronicle)
Winter has finally arrived in Middle Tennessee and the cold weather requires special consideration for working dogs that are used in the field while hunting quail, rabbits and other small game, or to retrieve waterfowl.

Dogs saved before falling into Claybanks lake (Oceana’s Herald-Journal)
CLAYBANKS TOWNSHIP Nicole Scott had just taken a shower when she let her two dogs, Blitz and Leroy, outside for a little bit of exercise Jan. 11. What all three got instead was the scare of their lives, when both dogs became trapped out on a thin sheet of ice that had formed on Jakes Lake, in central Claybanks Township.

A rabid fox wreaks havoc until 2 pet dogs kill it in their living room (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
A rabid fox terrorized two New Kensington women at their homes Saturday afternoon before pet dogs at one of the residences turned on the wild animal, killing it.

Swanville man rescues dogs on ice (The Republican Journal)
BELFAST A fast but risky response from passersby saved two Labrador retriever dogs after they fell through thin ice Sunday on the Goose River.

AKC Releases List Of Top Dogs In San Diego (KGTV TheSanDiegoChannel.com via Yahoo! News)
The new American Kennel Club list of most popular dogs in San Diego was released, 10News reported.

Mum s plea to tighten dangerous dogs law (Tameside Advertiser)
THE mum of a girl mauled by a bull mastiff hopes the law will be changed to allow the destruction of dogs that attack people on private property. Tracy Walker s daughter, Courtney, had her face ripped apart by the animal after she went into a neighbour s garden to fetch a pair of ladders.

Parks ban for dogs? (Tameside Advertiser)
PATROLLERS are going undercover to catch out dog owners whose pets foul parks and footpaths. The problem is so bad in one Dukinfield park that the council is even considering banning dogs altogether.