NC college starts pet-friendly dorm
Lees-McRae College, located in the mountains of North Carolina, has designated its first pet-friendly dormitory, allowing students who live there to bring along their dogs, cats, birds, fish, ferrets,...
View ArticleNeighborhood Pit Bull Day in Baltimore
Neighborhood Pit Bull Day — a day to love on and learn more about your pit bull — is coming to Baltimore this Sunday (July 10). The one-day event provides free resources, products, education and...
View ArticleCash for gold? Nope, try gold for poop
A city in Taiwan has kicked off a gold-for-poop scheme it hopes will encourage residents to clean up after their dogs. Starting on Monday, people who take dog feces they have collected to New Taipei...
View ArticleFrom greyhound track to high school?
If the school district in Hudson, Wisconsin, has its way, an empty greyhound racing track could be turned into a school. The school board approved an $8.25 million offer Monday to buy the St. Croix...
View ArticleLook out, Chicago: City plans to start ticketing unlicensed dogs next year
The city of Chicago, which has long let dog owners slide when it comes to licensing their pets, plans to put the “man” back in mandatory. After a 90-day public education period, the city will begin...
View ArticleDirector asks Puerto Ricans to take pledge
Among the honors the documentary “100,000” has received is an Emmy award. Director Juan Agustin Marquez is shown here accepting it, and asking Puerto Ricans to take a pledge. “We set out to change the...
View ArticleOf watchdogs and dogfighting
When a Hollywood movie goes over budget, it’s no big deal. When one being paid for by taxpayers — or even toll violators — does, it is. So, as snarky as this investigative report by the 13 Undercover...
View ArticlePit bulls to parade Sunday in Baltimore
For the past four years, B-More Dog members and friends have come together to hold “Pit Bulls on Parade” events at Baltimore’s Inner Harbor. On Sunday May 20th, they’re planning their biggest yet. Up...
View ArticlePiglet who flew off farm truck, became dog’s best friend, now lives at a...
Mu Shu was just four pounds and four weeks old when she fell off a livestock truck in Kansas and was picked up off the highway and taken home by the owner of Hunter, a yellow Lab. That was in April,...
View ArticleA matter of Faith: Girl, 5, gets service dog
A family in northern Maine says it is “overwhelmed” by the generosity they saw from friends and strangers who donated enough money for them to get a service dog for their 5-year-old daughter, Faith....
View ArticleThere’s more than one way to skin a frog
Holy Formaldehyde! Times are changing. As of this fall, thousands of Catholic school students in the Philadelphia area can opt out of that once mandatory, highly stinky rite of passage — dissecting a...
View ArticleAutistic student’s right to service dog upheld
An autistic student’s right to bring his service dog to school was upheld by an Illinois appeals court last week. The appeals court upheld a Monroe County court ruling that permitted Carter Kalbfleisch...
View ArticleThe truth about cats and dogs in the UK
There are more cats and dogs in the UK than anyone thought. According to figures in a new study, there are around 10.3 million cats and 10.5 million dogs in the UK, a total of 4 million more than...
View ArticleVet school to cease “terminal surgery labs”
Starting in fall 2010, the College of Veterinary Medicine at Michigan State University will no longer use dogs and other healthy, live animals to teach surgical skills. The college in East Lansing will...
View ArticleReading, writing, arithmetic and gun safety
Much like McGruff the Crime Dog, Eddie Eagle — aka a National Rifle Association representative in an eagle costume — has been showing up in school assemblies for more than 20 years. But it appears the...
View ArticleYou, too, can get an online degree in dogology
Classes are underway at Dog College. What is Dog College? It’s a series of free online courses — not for real college credits — being offered by Dog Fancy magazine in conjunction with DogChannel.com....
View ArticleThird graders bring a dog park to New Jersey
Glassboro, N.J. has a group of third graders to thank for its new dog park — expected to open next year. More than a dozen students from Dorothy L. Bullock Elementary School showed up at a borough...
View ArticleGive us the goods on your veterinarian
We want to know about the veterinarian of your dreams – whether you’ve found him or her, or not. For an article in an upcoming issue of The Bark on how we choose a veterinarian, we’d like to know what...
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