Unbelievable: An Ohio Man Tied His Dog to a Tree for Four Years
In Ohio, a man left his starving dog tied to a tree for four years. He was arrested on Sept. 27. His punishment: a $25 fine. That’s the story the many news agencies are running — it makes a great...
View ArticlePit Bull Rescue Goes Viral After a Gut-Wrenching Craigslist Post
Last Friday, a Pit Bull showed up at a woman’s house in Nashville, Tennessee. The dog was wrecked, viciously abused. The woman knew exactly what to look for — she was an animal hospital employee. “When...
View ArticlePit Bull Rescue Goes Viral After a Gut-Wrenching Craigslist Post
Last Friday, a Pit Bull showed up at a woman’s house in Nashville, Tennessee. The dog was wrecked, viciously abused. The woman knew exactly what to look for — she was an animal hospital employee. “When...
View ArticleThis Robot Is Called the WildCat, But It Looks Like a Lovable Dog
Boston Dynamic, the premier maker of robots, has made a remarkable new robot. The company called it the WildCat rather than the WildDog for reasons only known to its marketing department — which, for...
View ArticleElle the Pit Bull Is Named Top American Dog Hero for 2013
The top American Hero Dog of the 2013 American Humane Association Hero Dog Awards is a Pit Bull: Elle, from Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, who helps teach children about dog safety, reading, and...
View ArticleCrash Test Doggies: Dog Car Harnesses Fare Poorly in Tests
In early October, Subaru of America Inc. and the Center for Pet Safety announced the results the 2013 Harness Crashworthiness Study to test the effectiveness of pet harnesses marketed with safety...
View ArticleAre the Brains of Dogs and Humans Equally Complex? Science Says … Maybe
Dog lovers can find themselves being teased (or even outright mocked) for treating their beloved pets like people. The next time one of your friends rolls their eyes and reminds you that “It’s just a...
View ArticleGuy Fakes Falling Off a Cliff Photo for Reddit — And His Italian Greyhound...
One day, a Redditor by the username French Heart was out taking a walk with his dog friend — an adorable Italian Greyhound. French Heart was enjoying the beach scenery when he saw something that made...
View ArticleThis Photo of an Adorable Chihuahua Rescued on a California Freeway Goes Viral
Last week we talked about how a picture of a dog won a major international photography contest. But the cropped version of the photo you see above? And the full version you see below? That photo is...
View ArticleTHIS Is a Service Dog: He Calls 911 After His Handler’s Seizure
Trust me, coming out of a generalized seizure — the kind that used to be called “gran mal” — is no fun. It sucks like a big old sucky thing, and not in the good way. It’s a scary, infantilizing...
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