Dog and pony show

Wilmington Morning Star - In rural communities, the sight of a horse-drawn cart - while novel - isn’t all that unusual. But when Terry Duff drives his 2,000-pound draft horse, Jake, around this small town, the sight draws more than a passing glance. It’s not just Jake’s size
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Commissioners approve new dog park in Forsyth
Winston-Salem Journal - Dogs soon will have a new place to run in Forsyth County. The Forsyth County commissioners voted last night to create a dog park at Horizons Park in the northern part of the county. The 2-acre fenced area will be across from Horizons Park’s overflow
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Detroit-area police consider shoot-to-kill order on wily coyotes
Lansing State Journal - That’s it? 1 cat and 1 dog, will order the witch hunt of the Coyote? 1 cat & 1 dog? Who gives a damn? “It’s terrible. We can’t have these houligan Coyotes running the streets of our fair city.” I am running to get my pitchfork right now. Can
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DAY 18
Anchorage Daily News - The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race started horribly for 47-year-old Norwegian Tove Sorensen but ended marvelously on Sunday when she learned the other competitors in the 1,100-mile adventure across Alaska had voted her the winner of the Chevron Most
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Family vows to press case in service dog fight
Newsday - A deaf Westbury teenager was distraught Tuesday after a judge ruled that his service dog, Simba, must stay home when the boy goes to school. “He’s inconsolable. He doesn’t even want to go to school ,” Nancy Cave said of her son, John Cave Jr., 14
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New leader dog Harper comes fully loaded, but … 

I recently came home to Midland with Harper, my $39,000 German shepherd. I wouldn’t use this expression in guide-dog parlance, but he comes fully loaded. He’s had nearly a year of socializing with a nice woman from Paw Paw who never, ever let him run in an unprotected place off leash and made certain he was a very obedient fellow. Read More…

Salt Lake City’s got one tough bloodhound. J.J., the city’s senior police dog, made his 223rd apprehension Feb. 16 despite being in the middle of cancer treatments, the Salt Lake Tribune reports. Read More…

That fur trim on your jacket that you think is fake Tell it to Fido. An animal advocacy group says its investigation has turned up coats — some with designer labels, some at higher-end retailers — with fur from man’s best friend. Some retailers scrambled to pull the coats from shelves, take them off websites and even offer refunds to consumers. Read More…

Some Seattleites say the word for female pooch doesn’t belong. SEATTLE Lori Pacchiano needed a catchy brand name for her high-end pet-products business. “High Maintenance Dog” didn’t have the right ring to it, and “High Maintenance Mutt” might offend pure-bred owners. Read More…

ACS has a plethora of puppies

San Antonio Express News - puppy season has come early to San Antonio. Animal care Services reports being inundated with puppies and pregnant dogs. They blame the early season on our long winter. Each pregnant dog is averaging about five puppies a litter. ACS is trying to get
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E.V. tech firm says they do IT right
East Valley Tribune - Atmosphere Solutions provides a variety of technical services for both commercial and individuals, including developing hardware and software for clients specific needs, technical support and, the latest product, a puppy Cam. The official
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Wild about Webkinz
News-Courier - It teaches them responsibility, because you actually have to check in on it, said Laura Lamare of Beverly, whose 6-year-old daughter, Rachel, saved up her allowance to buy a Webkinz puppy. It s an amazing idea. I wish I d come up with it
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Woman ‘forced to lie in dog bed’ 

A woman was forced to lie in a dog’s bed and threatened by her former partner, a court hears. Continued…

By SARAH SKIDMORE Associated Press Writer GOVERNMENT CAMP, Ore. — Three climbers who tumbled off a ledge on Mount Hood were taken away in an ambulance after they hiked down much of the state’s highest peak with their rescuers — and a dog who may have saved their lives. Continued…

Winter, gone to the dogs 

IN THE BWCA - Years ago when I lived in Ely you could ride a snowmobile to Knife Lake. This was when Dorothy Molter was alive and in winter some of the boys would ride their machines up Moose, into Newfound and Sucker lakes, and on to Knife. There they would cut ice for Dorothy to put up in her sod freezer, on her Knife Lake island, and in summer the ice cooled root beer she sold to passing … More…

LONG BEACH - The mural painted outside Noah’s Ark Animal Rescue on Redondo Avenue depicts an inspiring tale: a happy cluster of dogs and cats being saved, two by two, and sailing the ocean in search of loving homes. More…

Dogs and handlers can dance at workshop Have you ever thought of training your dog through dance You can next weekend at the Pawsitive Partners Dog training Facility in Indianapolis. More…

With arctic conditions driving New Yorkers to bundle up, what about our dogs If yours has a thick, woolly coat, he won’t need an additional thermal layer. But short-coated dogs should not go outdoors in their birthday suits, or they risk… More…

AVERY, Idaho - A wolf pack killed two hunting dogs and seriously injured another before being driven off by gunshots, an Avery man says. Jamie Parker said he and some friends were hunting a mountain lion in the hills about a mile from Avery last Sunday when his three Plott hounds were attacked. More…

Group Rescues Dog Frozen To Ground 

A dog trying to survive the subzero wind chills froze to the ground, but because of one woman’s generous heart, the dog has another chance at life. Find Out More…

Wanted posters are being put up to track down two dog owners who let their pets foul a playground. Find Out More…

Rescuers from both Anne Arundel and Prince George’s counties save a woman and dog stuck on the banks of the Patuxent River. Find Out More…

Con Edison says it can’t find any stray voltage where the owner of a Boston terrier claims her dog was electrocuted yesterday. Joanne Collaza claims her dog Boston Bob was shocked while she was walking him on Rector Street. The dog collapsed after walking over a sewer cover. Find Out More…

Deputy eyeing top cop job 

The race to replace Calgary police chief Jack Beaton may have its first contender, after Deputy Chief Dean Young said today hes contemplating running for the job. Read More…

A North Miami Beach pup is one step closer to winning best in show at The Westminster Kennel Club 131st Annual Dog Show. Finnabeir’s Rocket’s Red Glare, a 19-month-old Glen of Imaal Terrier known to his family as ‘’Riley,'’ took top honors in the best in breed segment this afternoon. Read More…

No students or teachers are at Wausau West High School this morning as the building is locked down after a threat of violence this weekend, said Wausau School District Superintendent Steve Murley. Murley said administrators are in the offices while police and fire officials conduct a thorough search of the building and school grounds. Canine units and a bomb squad have also been brought in, he … Read More…

Students at Red Mountain High were released from school Monday afternoon after the campus was locked down following an armed robbery nearby in the parking lot of Red Mountain Multi Generational Center. Read More…

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Interesting twists 

It is so nice to know that the issues we all worry about - biggies like the Iraq War, Iran, Korea, current cuts to Medicaid, medical and education, the starving people of the world - are no longer an issue for the front page. Continued…

ORLANDO, Florida (AP)–A Walt Disney World employee who dressed as the characters Goofy and Beast from Beauty and the Beast has been arrested on child pornography charges. Continued…

RAISINVILLE, Ohio, Feb. 9 (UPI) — An Ohio woman found that her best friend, a pit bull puppy, had “stolen” her diamond-studded wedding ring. Tina Burlett said her grandmother solved the crime. Continued…

Saxon sniffs out the fire-setters

Portsmouth Today - fire service, where he is helping to bring arsonists to justice. The two-year-old black Labrador is now the force’s fire investigation dog the first of his kind in Hampshire. Saxon has taken up his post after 11 weeks of intensive training with his
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Every dog has his day
Eden Daily News - He is training a dog for a member of the Eden search-and-rescue squad and hopes he can grow the business enough to train two law-enforcement dogs each month. For more information on Shiloh K-9, visit www.shilohk9.com or call 949-3157. Staff
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Dogs get their doctors’ notes to race the 1,000-mile Yukon Quest
Anchorage Daily News - FAIRBANKS — Getting their dog teams examined by Yukon Quest veterinarians is hardly a stressful exercise for mushers in you can’t run any that you don’t get checked,” said Parvin, who saw five potential Quest dogs fall through during training
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NACS board OKs canine program
Fort Wayne News-Sentinel - The dog, which goes through six weeks of training, will be used to perform random searches of lockers, classrooms and cars. The canine, typically a Labrador retriever, can detect a single marijuana seed or a spent shell casing through a car door
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‘All 4’s’ offers canine care for the 21st century
WISC News - A manners program is also offered as a pre-requisite to enrollment in the day care, and more training will be available beginning in March through The Dog Den of Madison. “We’re slowly growing the doggie day care part of the business,” McNamee said.
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Throngs expected for dog adoptions
Asheville Citizen-Times - Throngs expected for dog adoptions Most of the dogs are Australian Terriers, which are loyal and affectionate but also very independent, which can make training
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Animal Control Helps in Concord Case

Thomaston Times - Starving animals are being rescued a week after neighbors complained about their condition at a 600 acre farm in Concord, Last week, the Georgia Department of Agriculture found 98 starving horses, along with cows, goats and dogs on a farm in Pike More

Guardian Unlimited - Massimino football stadium, the scene of the rioting. Baseball bats and iron balls, described by police as offensive weapons, were found in a room used by the stadium’s caretaker, who was arrested after he tried to stop the raid by setting dogs on More

Lufkin Daily News - NACOGDOCHES When Reese Andrews saw two golden retrievers trapped in the muddy creek bed, he thought the youngest of the two dogs was near death. “She had her face down in the mud, and it looked like she had just given up,” he said. Nacogdoches More

Slate - A piece analyzes the peculiar appeal of “designer dogs” and canine cross-breeding. “Beagles and basset hounds are making Bagels; bassets and Shar-Peis are making Sharp Assets.” These dogs’ popularity owes something to their “Rorschach-like ability to More

Bradenton Herald - LAKEWOOD RANCH - Wild horses couldn’t keep these super dogs from strutting their stuff for a good cause on “Super Dog Sunday” at the Sarasota Polo Club at Lakewood Ranch. Neither could gray skies or the chill in the air. Besides, since one of the More