Death of owner sends Lucas back to shelter
The death of his owner during Hurricane Sandy has sent Lucas, a collie-shepherd mix, back to the same shelter he was adopted from about five years ago. He’s grayer around the muzzle now than he was...
View ArticleLion reported on the streets of Norfolk turns out to be Labradoodle with a...
Reports from citizens about a lion on the loose in Norfolk led police to check in with the Virginia Zoo to make sure both of its lions were in their cages. And that piqued the interest of Virginia Zoo...
View ArticleFlorida deputy adopts dog he helped rescue
A Florida sheriff’s deputy plans to adopt the dog he helped rescue after her owner slashed her throat and stabbed her. The dog, a 70-pound collie-Labrador mix named Amber, was attacked Sunday night,...
View ArticleGerman shepherd shows up for Mass daily at church where master’s funeral was...
A dog in Italy who attended his owner’s funeral has been showing up at the church where it was held everyday for two months. Maria Margherita Lochi died late last year, and her funeral was held at the...
View ArticleOregon college student who refused to return found dog agrees to plea deal
Jordan Biggs, the Oregon State University student who found a dog on the loose in Portland, took him home, and refused to give him back to his owner, is on the verge of giving up her fight for custody...
View Article“Gay” bulldog saved from euthanasia
Did you hear the one about the gay bulldog? Of course you did. The story that quickly rose to the top of the dog news charts yesterday all stemmed from a Facebook post by a Tennessee woman who...
View ArticleHearing in the case of Victory, the noseless dog, scheduled for Valentine’s Day
After a Valentine’s Day hearing, a Texas judge will decide who should have custody of Victory, a bearded collie who is missing her nose. Victory was found last month wandering in Hutto, Texas, outside...
View ArticleMack says goodbye to his pals at the pub
Mack, a much-loved mutt in Michigan, spent this past week as he has spent the last 10 years — hanging out with the regulars at O’Duffy’s Pub in Kalamazoo, enjoying his favorite snacks and the company...
View ArticlePit mix helps save his stricken owner
Thanks to a pit bull mix named Clyde, and some bypass surgery, a Texas attorney is on the road to recovery — or at least the driveway to recovery. Bruce Martin, prone to insomnia, had a heart attack...
View ArticleService dog stolen while taking train home from an SPCA fundraiser in San...
A Pomeranian in a tuxedo, taking the train back home from an SPCA fundraiser in San Francisco, was stolen after his owner fell asleep. Kerrin Lanahan was riding a BART train back to her San Bruno home...
View ArticleIowa woman questions shooting of her dog
Far be it from us to suggest Iowa look two states west for a solution to what it may not even consider a problem. But, if its lawmakers did, they might find some sound thinking behind Colorado’s new...
View ArticleDog hitches ride on ambulance step to follow owner to hospital
Clearly, a beagle named Buddy noticed all the hub-bub when an ambulance arrived to take his owner, 85-year-old Texas rancher J.R. Nicholson, to a hospital. Mason County EMS technicians loaded Nicholson...
View ArticleCellphone video leads to abuse arrest
When public officials say they “take something very seriously,” it’s often because they haven’t been taking it very seriously. Nearly three months ago, authorities in Las Vegas dropped an investigation...
View ArticleWho says dogs can’t climb trees?
Most dogs, when they chase a cat up a tree, leave it at that. Some walk away, deeming their mission accomplished. Some might skulk away, feeling, or so we’d guess, outwitted. And some might stand...
View ArticleFatcat finally catches some breaks
For eight years, Fatcat led a life that was the opposite of her name — in many ways. For starters, she wasn’t a cat. And, as bulldogs go, she wasn’t too awfully fat. And, from all appearances, she...
View ArticleWoman used — and abused — her dog to score painkillers for herself, police say
A Kentucky woman has admitted to police that she injured her dog repeatedly to feed her own addiction to painkillers. Police arrested Heather Pereira, of Elizabethtown, during a visit to her...
View ArticleKarma as it should be — instant
This man was having a pretty good chuckle as he took video of his dog slipping and sliding on the ice at Brooklyn’s McGolrick Park Mere seconds later, he took a dive himself. We love it when karma...
View ArticleDog tracks down her owner — in a hospital
Nobody knows how Sissy did it, but we’d guess it was with her nose. The miniature schnauzer ran away from home last Saturday, and showed up about four hours later and 20 blocks away — inside the Iowa...
View ArticleWhy you won’t be seeing the Kardashians on dog sleds this season
When a front woman for the Kardashians emailed the owner of a dog sled adventure company in Montana, asking him to arrange a half-day trip for Khloe, Kim and eight other cast members — all while being...
View ArticleMore scandalous behavior at Crufts 2015
As an investigation continues into the apparent poisoning death of an Irish setter who competed at Crufts, and reports surface of up to six more poisonings, one of the human contestants has come under...
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