Pics We Love: A Legislator in Canada Brings Her Service Dog to Work
Traditionally, members of legislative bodies have had no more than two legs. Sometimes, due to misfortune, they might have less, but two is pretty much the maximum. That’s just the way things are....
View ArticleOrange County Looks at Putting “Dangerous” Dogs on the Map
A couple of days ago, we wrote about a plan under consideration to start keeping track of dangerous dog owners, just like some states do with sex offenders. In Orange County, California, supervisors...
View ArticleAfter Eating His Dog to Survive, Hiker Is Offered a New One
Yesterday I wrote up one of the most disturbing stories that I’ve published here at Dogster: the account of Marco Lavoie, a Canadian hiker who had to kill and eat his beloved German Shepherd in order...
View ArticleArchaeologists Find More Than 100 Mummified Dogs in Peru
People deal with the death of a beloved pet in many different ways. Some buy a casket and a plot of land, just as they would a human. Some emulate the Victorians and turn to the local taxidermist to...
View ArticleHooray for Muttville! Our Favorite Senior Dog Rescue Saves Its 2,000th Dog
Muttville, located in San Francisco, is a really remarkable organization, and most everyone here at Dogster would admit to having a soft spot in our hearts for the senior-dog rescue group. Rescue...
View ArticleKilling Stray Dogs and Beating Pussy Riot: Just a Glimpse of Putin’s Ugly...
By now, you have probably seen or at least heard about the video showing Russian Cossacks attacking members of the band Pussy Riot with whips and tear gas. It’s a memorable, horrible scene, and it...
View ArticleKilling Stray Dogs and Beating Pussy Riot: Both Acts Show Vladimir Putin’s...
By now, you have probably seen or at least heard about the video showing Russian Cossacks attacking members of the band Pussy Riot with whips and tear gas. It’s a memorable, horrible scene, and it...
View ArticleAre Small Dogs Less Obedient Than Large Dog Breeds?
The University of Sydney recently conducted a study that found a correlation between a dog’s size and his level of obedience. In short, the smaller the dog, the worse the behavior. The study was based...
View ArticleThis Dog and this Baby Are the Cutest Things on the Internet
Grace Chon is a professional photographer based in Los Angeles, and because two of the cutest things in her life are scurrying around her feet every day, it was only a matter of time before she...
View ArticleAfter Two Years Apart, an Iraq Vet and His Canine Partner Meet Again
Chicago’s O’Hare Airport was the site of an especially emotional reunion this week. Two years ago, Sgt. Jason Bos said farewell to Cilia, the bomb-sniffing chocolate Lab that he served with in Iraq....
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