Category: February 2017

The Sanremo Music Festival is a highlight of Italy’s cultural calendar, usually drawing attention for the celebrities, established singers and newcomers who take to the stage in glitzy attire.  Continue reading “Italy’s music festival honours firefighters and rescue dog”

Sgt David Evans is “heartbroken” at the prospect of not being able to keep 4-year-old Ivy when he retires after 34 years’ service, his daughter said.  Continue reading “More than 20,000 people sign petition for hero cop to keep his loyal police dog”

Within four months, Moses and several other women completed the intricate, stunning dog blankets for the a nnual Yukon Quest. 1,600 km Yukon Quest sled dog race kicks off in Whitehorse today.  Continue reading “Dog blankets making a comeback at 2017 Yukon Quest”

Each year in advance of the Super Bowl, there’s another ‘Bowl’ that catches the imagination of thousands of fans. Now, into its 8th year on Animal Planet, the Puppy Bowl has become momentous event.  Continue reading “Puns Proliferate Puppy Bowl XIII”

Grab you biscuits and leashes, because the Westminster Dog Show is quickly approaching.Here is a guide to everything you need to know about the 130-year-old event.  Continue reading “Westminster Dog Show 2017: Everything you need to know”

This official 2009 NASA picture of astronaut Leland Melvin, sent out by the rogue NASA account, went viral because people love dogs.  Continue reading “Here’s the amazing story behind the viral photo of Astronaut Leland Melvin And his dogs”

The RCMP in British Columbia, Canada has begun training dogs to alert them to the presence of fentanyl, an illegal opioid drug one hundred times as powerful as morphine.  Continue reading “Canadian Mounties training dogs to sniff out fentanyl”

” It had no microchip,” reads a post written on Monday by the Hingham Police department in Hingham, Massachusetts.  Continue reading “Dog abandoned on Massachusetts road in Crate with his blanket, coat and toys”