Dog Blog

Spot the Dalmatian was an aggressive dog, biting his owners up to 40 times each week.

But it wasn’t until one particularly painful incident that his owners decided to seek help from Nicholas Dodman, an animal behaviorist at Tufts University in North Grafton, Massachusetts.

“The husband was getting out of the shower and stepped across the dog,” Dodman said. “And the dog lunged up, like a breaching whale, and bit him in the unmentionables.”

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The deadly dog flu epidemic that has clawed at racetracks from the Bay State to Texas now appears to be infecting dogs in vets’ offices, shelters, and in one case, a pet store.
Researchers are now turning up cases of pet dogs with a newly discovered strain of canine influenza in Florida and New York, researchers reported yesterday.
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Karen Zale arrived at Milwaukee’s Mitchell International Airport to meet Delta flight 1667 from Atlanta excited and a little anxious.

“Is she as cute as the pictures? Shy or outgoing? Healthy, I hope.”

She stood at the cargo counter, waited and wondered.

Minutes later, the airline agent emerged with the crate, and for the first time, Zale met the specially ordered puppy she sought and bought over the Internet.

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If you like hybird puppies take a look at designer puppies for sale

Beginning in October, 20 to 30 dogs each month will be whisked away in style from the local animal shelter to other destinations where it is hoped they will be adopted.

Fort Wayne Animal Care and Control is teaming up with Rescue Waggin’, a program that safely and humanely transports homeless dogs and puppies from Fort Wayne to areas of the country with a shortage of adoptable dogs and puppies.
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Jane Scarola’s veterinarian thought the X-ray was a joke. He’s seen strange items get into the stomachs of dogs before, things like kebab skewers and small utensils. But a 13-inch serrated knife that somehow was swallowed by a 6-month-old puppy?