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Dog diving competition — White Swiss Shepherd dogs ‘Kenai’, left, and ‘Yasu’, right, jump into the water during the dog diving competition at the International pedigree dog and purebred cat exhibition in Erfurt, central Germany, Sunday, June 16, 2013. 4,000 dogs and 150 cats from 20 countries re shown at the exhibition. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)
Alabama Police Dogs — A beagle mother and pups look through the kennel of the tracking team out of Staton Correctional Facility in Elmore, Ala., on Thursday, June 6, 2013. The Department of Corrections maintains eight teams of dogs for tracking purposes across the state and one K-9 drug-detecting team at Easterling Correctional Facility in Clio, said Brian Corbett, spokesman for the prison system. The purpose of the K-9 units is to track escaped inmates and conduct searches for wanted persons. (AP Photo/Montgomery Advertiser, Amanda Sowards)
In honour of Call of Duty: Ghosts, we present Digital Dogs: A short history of man’s best friend in video games.
Which video game pooch is your favourite?
Train forced to make emergency stop after elderly man ties puppy to tracks: police
Officials say a 78-year-old man tied a puppy to train tracks in the California desert, and an engineer had to use emergency brakes to keep from crushing it.
Riverside County animal control said in a statement Tuesday that Banjo, a 10-month-old poodle-terrier mix, is fine and up for adoption.
The train was near Mecca on April 2 when the engineer saw a man walking away from the tracks and stopped. (Riverside County Animal Services / The Associated Press)
John Norris drives a team of Siberian huskies down Fourth Avenue at the start of the Fur Rendezvous Open World Championship Sled Dog Race in Anchorage, Alaska. Mushers race a 24.8-mile course through the city for each of three straight days. (Photo: Marc Lester/The Anchorage Daily News/The Associated Press)
Yesterday I revealed the tragic fire at a rural Ontario dog training and boarding home that claimed the lives of “Canada’s dog whisperer”, his wife, and perhaps dozens of dogs, mostly puppies owned by wealthy Toronto families there for training. Here are a couple of the dogs who died, sent to me by their sad owners.
See my exclusive report on the incident: http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/02/12/canadas-dog-whisperer-dies-in-rural-ontario-fire-that-destroyed-his-home-killed-puppies/
Meet Banana Joe: The lovable affenpinscher is Westminster’s best in show for 2013.
A class clown, this champion also is pretty bright.
“He speaks German, Dutch, Spanish and English,” co-owner and breeder Mieke Cooijmans offered.Yes. He is smarter than we are. Whatever — we should all spend the day trying to emulate that St. Bernard. (Photos: John Moore, Getty Images/Stan Honda, AFP, Getty Images/Frank Franklin II, The Associated Press)
SUCH HIPSTERS. Bearded collies compete in the 137th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show on February 11, 2013 in New York City. A total of 2,721 dogs from 187 breeds and varieties are to compete in the event, hailed by organizers as the second oldest sporting competition in America, after the Kentucky Derby. The Best in Show dog is to be selected at Madison Square Garden Tuesday night. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
Howl’oween
And now, because it’s Halloween and we can, dogs (and one rabbit) in costumes, at a dog costume parade and contest in Long Beach, California. (ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images)
Chihuahua the ‘size of a shoe’ declared dangerous dog, ordered to be muzzled after nipping mail carrier
A 1.3-kilogram Chihuahua from Windsor, Ont., has been designated a dangerous dog. The title came after a mail carrier alleged she was bitten on the ankle by the pint-sized canine on Aug. 23. On Wednesday, the Windsor Licensing Commission rejected an appeal to the designation by Molly’s owner, Jason Scott.
“I don’t even know if they have muzzles that size — I just think it’s kinda silly, to the extreme,” Mitzie Scott, Molly’s other owner, told Postmedia News on Wednesday. (Tyler Brownbridge/Postmedia News)
Vancouver animal hospital worker to plead guilty in Rottweiler sex case
A Vancouver man accused of having sex with one of his dogs is expected to enter a guilty plea, a judge was told Monday.
Brian Anthony Cutteridge, 37, will plead guilty to one charge of bestiality on Oct. 2 and be sentenced on that day, Crown counsel David Simpkin told B.C. Supreme Court Justice Arne Silverman.
Outside court, Cutteridge’s lawyer declined to comment on why his client, who has been a vocal opponent of laws that condemn sex between humans and animals, decided to enter the guilty plea.
In online writings, Cutteridge has expressed the view that laws that oppose zoophilia, or sex between humans and animals, are logically incoherent and therefore inherently unjust and that it doesn’t cause harm to animals.
Photos: World’s ugliest dog contest won by U.K.’s beady-eyed Mugly
Competing for fame, $1,000 and a year’s worth of dog cookies, Mugly won the honour by beating out 28 other ugly dogs from around the world
Poop, scoop and hang: The doo-doos and don’ts of dealing with your dog’s droppings
“Would you hang your kid’s dirty diaper on a shrub in your backyard?” asks Janice Palmer, a retired biology teacher and volunteer who plants native trees and shrubs in Sherwood Park. “It’s crap, for God’s sake, and it’s plastic in a natural area. It’s unsanitary, it’s unsightly and it’s disrespectful of other park users and it’s disrespectful of nature.”
Man charged after abandoning adorable puppies in a suitcase — with his name tag attached
An Ohio man has been charged with animal abandonment after a litter of six English bulldog puppies was found in a suitcase with a tag bearing his name, according to Humane Society authorities.
Cyndi Condit, spokeswoman for the Toledo Area Humane Society told Reuters Wednesday that the man, identified as Howard Davis of Toledo, lived only two blocks from where the suitcase was found.
The mother of the puppies was found pacing around the suitcase, which attracted the attention of a passerby. (Photos: Toledo Area Humane Society/Cyndi Condit/Reuters)
Westminster Dog Show 2012: Meet Malachy, the Pekingese best-in-show
About 20,0000 people poured into Madison Square Garden in each of the past two days to cheer for their favourite dogs at the 136th annual Westminster Dog Show. Victors included Genghis Khan, a chow chow owned by homestyle guru Martha Stewart that also won a best-of-breed award Monday night.
The overall top dog from the group champions – an 11-pound Pekingese named Malachy – was crowned on Tuesday night. Malachy triumphed over a German shepherd, a Doberman, an Irish setter, a dachshund and a Kerry blue terrier.
It’s Malachy’s 115th overall best-in-show title. “He’s a super dog, who had a stupendous night,” Judge Cindy Vogels said. (Photos: Mike Segar/Reuters)
