Pooches put to friendly test on rainy day - Buffalo News

Those rains and winds were better than sunny, hot days for running dogs, said Barry Hohmann, WNY Retriever Club (WNYRC) Hunt Test coordinator, after a May 17-18 outing.
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Bill would revamp DGIF board - Roanoke Times
The 11-members currently on the board of the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries would be dismissed and replaced with an expanded, 13-member board under a bill introduced by Scott Lingamfelter, R-Woodbridge. Lingamfelter, a co-chairman of the
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Metro dog bans: Fewer bites in Denver, more in Aurora - Rocky Mountain News
Sonya Dias sits with her pit bull Gryffindor at her office in Centennial on March 28. Dias moved from Denver to the suburbs in 2006, after Denver reinstated its ban on pit bull dogs, which Gryffindor is one. Judy DeHaas The Rocky Florence Vianzon
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Children help dogs help the disabled - Roanoke Times
Angie Davis is preparing Ready with her family to help him pass his tests, one of which includes responding to the command ‘help.’ If he doesn’t pass the tests, he may be adopted, but Davis said there is a waiting list. One of Zeus’ first stops after
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dogs warm to children with autism - Chicago Tribune
NEW YORK - After 8-year-old Danny Gross was sent to his room for snatching his younger sister’s new umbrella, his mother found him sobbing on his bed. But Danny wasn’t upset about being punished for bullying his sister. Instead, he was distressed
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Products to pamper your pets - Denver Post

Vets installing pacemaker in S&R dog - Jefferson City News Tribune Online

Pampered pooches can cost the earth to keep - Edinburgh News

Bow wow! Dog chapel draws animal lovers - MSNBC

Pet foster home opens doggie doors in Palmetto Bay - Miami Herald

High winds rip region, knock out power - Roanoke Times