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I love your smile, and your pug

I love your smile, and your pug

Something happens whenever Aaron Morrill takes his large and fluffy mutt, Donut, for her daily walk, and ...

Something happens whenever Aaron Morrill takes his large and fluffy mutt, Donut, for her daily walk, and it’s something that always catches him a bit by surprise. Women gather. They flock to Donut — “ ...

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How 3,000 very good golden retrievers could help all dogs live longer

How 3,000 very good golden retrievers could help all dogs live longer

Most dogs get poked and prodded at the veterinarian's office. Piper, a 4-year-old golden retriever in Chi ...

Most dogs get poked and prodded at the veterinarian's office. Piper, a 4-year-old golden retriever in Chicago, gets far more scrutiny than that. Her annual checkup this month took three hours. Her fla ...

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Dog having uncontrollable tremors is concerning

Dog having uncontrollable tremors is concerning

Q: I have an 11-month-old English bulldog and he recently started having a head tremor. He started to tre ...

Q: I have an 11-month-old English bulldog and he recently started having a head tremor. He started to tremor back and forth and it would last one to three minutes and then stop. He seems fine, but whe ...

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A woman’s dog died, and doctors say her heart literally broke

A woman’s dog died, and doctors say her heart literally broke

Joanie Simpson woke early one morning with a terrible backache. Her chest started hurting when she turned ...

Joanie Simpson woke early one morning with a terrible backache. Her chest started hurting when she turned over. Within 20 minutes, she was at a local emergency room. Soon she was being airlifted to a ...

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If you love the wilderness, leave your dog out of it

If you love the wilderness, leave your dog out of it

Tens of millions of Americans have gotten out to enjoy their incredible vacation property this summer -- ...

Tens of millions of Americans have gotten out to enjoy their incredible vacation property this summer -- their national parks, forests, wilderness areas and monuments. And more and more, their enjoyme ...

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Dog almost died from HGE. What is it?

Dog almost died from HGE. What is it?

Q: My dog Chloe vomited and then the next morning she started having huge amounts of diarrhea. I let her ...

Q: My dog Chloe vomited and then the next morning she started having huge amounts of diarrhea. I let her out early in the backyard when it was still dark outside, so it wasn't until it got light that ...

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The doggy lived after falling off a bridge. But she couldn’t survive this.

The doggy lived after falling off a bridge. But she couldn’t survive this.

Brickell the Miracle Dog lived five years after plummeting three stories off an opening drawbridge. Peopl ...

Brickell the Miracle Dog lived five years after plummeting three stories off an opening drawbridge. People were so taken with her story that Brickell had a Facebook page, adopted families and a doggie ...

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No need to smell fear: Dogs have other reasons to bite

No need to smell fear: Dogs have other reasons to bite

Q: Can dogs smell fear? A: Dogs have remarkable olfactory ability and can be trained to smell a chemical ...

Q: Can dogs smell fear? A: Dogs have remarkable olfactory ability and can be trained to smell a chemical at very low concentration, said Dr. Katherine Albro Houpt, a professor emeritus of behavioral m ...

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Is this dog dangerous? Shelters struggle with live-or-die tests

Is this dog dangerous? Shelters struggle with live-or-die tests

INDIANAPOLIS — Bacon, a cream-colored retriever mix, took a behavior test recently at an animal shelter h ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Bacon, a cream-colored retriever mix, took a behavior test recently at an animal shelter here. He flunked. Bounding into the evaluation room, Bacon seemed like an affable goofball, read ...

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Where the teacher’s pet sleeps in a dog bed

Where the teacher’s pet sleeps in a dog bed

NEW YORK — Room 125A at Public School 75 in Manhattan has all the usual trappings of an elementary school ...

NEW YORK — Room 125A at Public School 75 in Manhattan has all the usual trappings of an elementary school classroom. There are low tables and little chairs. There is student work on the wall, covered ...

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