In a crisis, rescue group is ready

Everett Herald - Welton, Elshult and Bosse, the couple’s yellow Labrador retriever, are members of Everett Mountain Rescue, a team of rescue volunteers. Welton is the group’s chairman. Everett Mountain Rescue was called to look for Emily Swanson, the 13-year-old
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To adopt a dog
Statesman Journal - The 47-pound Labrador retriever mix, found roaming at the county’s rural edge, is now clean, well-fed and treated like royalty by new homes for just more than 12 percent (about 300 dogs), transferred about 15 percent to other shelters or rescue
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Working pet ‘parents’ seek places that will watch pooches

Lansing State Journal - Not a day goes by without Sarah Seguin considering her two dogs, a pug and black Labrador retriever. She can spend nine to 10 hours Daily day care costs are tentatively set at $25 a day, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., for puppies and $30 a day for older dogs

Don’t Want the Wii Rain Check? Go Retro
ABC News - Labrador retriever, golden retriever, German shepherd, beagle, Yorkshire terrier and miniature dachshund. Apparently, these puppies are just too cute to resist. Even the most hardened non-gamer will find it difficult not to pet these pooches on the

Some Families Can’t Handle Pets
NBC 6 - greedily eating any morsel sent their way. The only thing missing from the picturesque family was a black Labrador or golden retriever. But puppies and kittens can be particularly difficult because they tend to nip and scratch. They’re learning about

Dennis Anderson: Sadly, every faithful dog encounters its last day
Minneapolis Star Tribune - The dog, a Labrador named Jason, made his last retrieve Sunday evening. The sun I didn’t need a less experienced retriever to add to the chaos. Ever the gentleman understanding, or perhaps self-deception, that old dogs will again romp as puppies

Best friend, indeed, for children with autism

Providence Journal - Dave and Kim Gallo, of Lake Oswego, Ore., raised $13,000 to purchase a Labrador retriever named Oscar from Autism Service dogs of of her dogs, primarily Labrador and golden retrievers, in her home, and the rest come from carefully selected breeders Continued

Toronto Star - Let’s say you are considering a Labrador retriever. Out of 1,000, maybe a third are exactly what a retriever should be, having a Only when your list is completed should you start to look at breeds and breeders. Stick to your plan. Match the Continued

A cop s best friend: Officer remembers fallen K-9 companion

Pharos-Tribune - Shaq, a 12 year-old black Labrador retriever, was humanely euthanized last week after enduring two Typically, police dogs are German shepherds. Shaq was chosen because the Labrador breeds have an extremely keen sense of smell. Continue