Havin Obrien 
For David Hartwig, the joy of showing off dog tricks died in 2007, along with his dog Skidboot — the remarkable blue heeler we’ve shown you before. Skidboot’s still gone, but Hartwig is back. Due to popular demand, he’s entertaining audiences with a trio of new dogs – Tiedown, Bois’d’arc and Little Skidboot, the Dallas Morning … Read more
Amid the bashing she’s taking on the Internet for picking her dog up by the tail, there are those coming to the defense of Rebecca Cross, owner of Knopa, the Scottish terrier who won Best in Show at Crufts. But the explanations those defenders offer, and their justifications for the practice — which has existed for … Read more
A new study has confirmed what many of us guys already knew, or at least suspected — having a dog can make us more appealing to women. The study goes a step beyond stating the obvious, though, looking at why that is, and why using a dog as date bait — unfair as it may … Read more
Here’s a report from Russia Today on Natasha Mikhailova – the five-year-old Siberian girl who walks on all fours, and barks, meows and eats like the dogs and cats she was raised among. Natasha, who is only the size of a two-year-old, was removed from the unheated three-room flat she lived in with her dad … Read more
Here’s a song Michael White wrote after losing his dog Max to cancer. Yes, it might make you cry, but it’s a good kind of cry. Max was a basset hound-boxer mix and “one heck of a dog,” White says. White posted the video on YouTube more than a year ago, where it has received a couple … Read more
Yesterday, as can happen in life, I took a wrong turn on the way to Utopia, ending up instead on a dead-end dirt road. So I turned around, drove back through my own dust, took a different road and finally spotted the driveway I was looking for — the one into Utopia Animal Rescue Ranch, founded by mystery novelist, … Read more
An enterprising pet owner with a quirky sense of humor listed a wingtip shoe his dog chewed up on eBay, billing it as art. And apparently, it was — at least in one person’s view. It sold for $378. That’s at least $100 more than a new pair of Cole Haan wingtips costs. The shoe, … Read more
A San Antonio teenager who believes she’s a werewolf has admitted to beheading a dog in her kitchen but says the dog was already dead. Sarah Rodriguez, 18, who prefers to be called “Wolfie Blackheart,” was contacted by authorities after a photo of the dog’s severed head appeared on the Internet. “I didn’t kill any … Read more
Once upon a time in Butte, in a huge and barren expanse of waste that’s part of the nation’s largest Superfund site, there lived a dog. Nobody knows how he got there, why he stayed, or how he managed to remain alive in the toxic confines of what’s known as the Berkeley Pit. But live he did, for 17 … Read more
We’re sure she meant well, but “Real Housewives of Dallas” star Kameron Westcott’s new dog food line is getting some harsh reviews. Westcott is new to the series, and one of the plot lines it follows has revolved around her efforts to develop and market a bubblegum pink dog food brand called SparkleDog. The new … Read more