Pet Airways has announced it is launching the first pet-only airline service, with flights going to five major cities: New York, Los Angeles, Denver, Chicago and Washington, D.C.
“We believe there is truly a need for this,” said Alysa Binder, one of Pet Airways’ founders. “Putting your pet in cargo, just isn’t the ideal situation, and [...]
Thousands of dogs are enlisted to aid U.S. troops in their service abroad, but once they return home, military men and women sometimes still yearn for the support a trained canine offers.
Freedom Dogs, a San Diego-based nonprofit, caters to that need with a program, which trains service dogs to help Marines coming home from Afghanistan [...]
MASONVILLE, Colo. - Zoey is a Chihuahua, but when a rattlesnake lunged at her owners’ 1-year-old grandson, she was a real bulldog.
On Dec. 29, Oprah Winfrey aired an update to her previous show focusing on puppy mills. Winfrey said several puppy mills have shut down or have been raided since that first show.
A mill in Tennessee was raided and 747 dogs were rescued from the horrible conditions and sent to shelters in seven states.
It [...]
Getting an Invisible fence is a good idea. A big thing is just watch your dog and make sure it nows what to do. the dog should listen and come in when you call it.
Dogs are known for their kindness to humans, but one dog in Kenya went above and beyond the behavior that is normally expected from “man’s best friend.”
In May of 2005, the crying of a human baby became the clarion call that saved both the life of the baby and perhaps the life of an amazing [...]
To keep the peace at home, Keith Hearn had to scold his new robotic vacuum cleaner.
The trouble started when Mr. Hearn first turned on his Roomba automatic cleaner. When the device started scooting around the floor, Mr. Hearn’s dog, Argos, attacked it.
PHOENIX (AP) — A frenzy of tiny-dog lovers has descended on an animal shelter that rescued hundreds of Chihuahuas from a filthy rural Arizona home, with some potential owners getting into shoving matches and others calling from around the globe.
By Georgina Cooper
TARRINGTON, ENGLAND (Reuters Life!) - They’ve got patrol cars, walkie-talkies, wear uniforms and even use sniffer dogs when pounding the beat - but these aren’t police officers - they are Britain’s first proper pet detectives.
Call it Survivor Island for Pit Bulls.Alberta vet Pilar Gosselin wanted a place for her pit bulls, who were Hurricane Katrina survivors, so she bought an island.