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• Dog ‘heroes’ Donate Blood, Save Canine Lives, Solve Supply Issues

  

  The very first Utah canine blood bank is now saving dogs’ lives and solving local veterinary supply issues across the valley. Until recently, Utah... Read more

  Posted on 17 June 2013 PETS

• Alert Guide Dog Helps Trio Escape Car on Sidewalk

  

  A mid-morning stroll in downtown San Rafael nearly turned disastrous when a 93-year-old woman drove backward down a sidewalk, narrowly missing two employees... Read more

  Posted on 16 June 2013 PETS

• Dog Takes on Admin Role at Quarry

  

  Misty the Border collie has taught herself how to fetch and carry delivery forms and credit cards to help out on the front desk. Read more

  Posted on 15 June 2013 PETS

• Service Dog Can ‘read’ Disabled Boy

  

  When CoCo is wearing her vest, she’s working, and she knows it. She won’t eat her dinner until she’s on break. She even bypassed a snack of french fries that... Read more

  Posted on 14 June 2013 HOME, PETS

• Dog Sniffs out Missing Animals

  

  A Winnipeg man has trained his dog to search for other people’s lost pets. Rene Belliveau used books and online training to teach his black lab, Shadow, trackin... Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2013 HOME, PETS

• Dog Saves Residents from Blaze

  

  Tiny Yorkshire terrier Skip has been praised after his frantic barking woke his owners as flames licked against their front door in a suspected arson attack. Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2013 HOME, PETS

• Indiana Rescue Dog Adopts Puppies Orphaned After Oklahoma Tornadoes

  

  A pregnant dog that was saved from a scheduled euthanasia at an Indiana shelter — only to have all of her puppies die — has come to the rescue of six orphaned... Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2013 HOME, PETS

• Britain’s First Underwater Sniffer Dog Can Find Submerged Bodies up to 100ft Away

  

  A sniffer dog has become the first in Britain to be specially trained to search for bodies underwater. Sasha, a three-year-old border collie, uses her incredibl... Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2013 HOME, PETS

• Dog Saves Abandoned Baby

  

  A pedigree Thai dog carried a plastic bag containing a newborn baby girl believed to have been left in a roadside dump back to its home on Monday morning, savin... Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2013 HOME, PETS

• Police Dog Paws His Final Farewell at Casket of Fallen Master

  

  Man’s best friend and a brother in blue — two unbreakable bonds, even after death. Figo, a police dog, bowed his muzzle and reached his paw out to touch the... Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2013 HOME, PETS

• New Ways to Stimulate Pets When Home Alone

  

  House pets are more disciplined when both their minds and their bodies are stimulated; a lazy or bored house pet is often a naughty or destructive pet. Read more

  Posted on 07 June 2013 HOME, PETS

• Therapy Dogs Ease Stress for Students

  

  Santa Ana, Calif. — Purses, backpacks and textbooks are piled up on the floor, benches and any available surface, completely forgotten. Instead, students fill... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2013 HOME, PETS

• Bringing Your Dog to Work is One Way to Lower Stress Levels

  

  The South Australian family-owned business says opening its doors to staff’s dogs has helped their owners deal with the stress of working in the disability... Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2013 HOME, PETS

• Guide Dog Puppies Start Lessons

  

  Guide Dogs for the Blind delivered six puppies to Lemoore High FFA students Friday afternoon for a summer of training. Puppy truck driver Lee Shenk made the tri... Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2013 HOME, PETS

• Little Dog Does a Big Job in Oregon

  

  He can’t see, and he’s not very big — but as dogs go, Xander the pug is having a big impact on his community in Klamath Falls, Oregon. Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2013 HOME, PETS

• A Beloved Dog’s Legacy

  

  Last January my beloved dog, Misty, died. The decision to put her down was the most difficult of my life. Misty was an amazing dog and my constant companion. Sh... Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2013 HOME, PETS

• Dog Microbes May Be Good for You

  

  A new US study from North Carolina State University and the University of Colorado shows that households with canines are home to more types of bacteria than... Read more

  Posted on 01 June 2013 HOME, PETS

• Deaf Dog Learning Sign Language Commands

  

  You can’t tell by looking at Rudi that she’s different from any other dog. The energetic young “pit bull”-mix loves to play and loves the attention of her owner... Read more

  Posted on 31 May 2013 HOME, PETS

• Rescued Dog Turns Hero, Gains National Recognition

  

  Watch Floyd Tibbetts and his dog, Rocky, on an outing in the forest near their Susanville home, and they could be any man and his dog enjoying the day in the... Read more

  Posted on 30 May 2013 HOME, PETS

• Dog Sniffs out Grammar

  

  Chaser isn’t just a 9-year-old border collie with her breed’s boundless energy, intense focus and love of herding virtually anything. She’s a grammar hound. Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2013 HOME, PETS