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Loyal Lab Sticks With Dog Pal Hit by Car

Mary Papenfuss — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 00:01:00 CDT

Doggone it, that's loyalty. A faithful black Labrador braved whizzing traffic to stick with a pal fatally hit by a car on a busy boulevard in Los Angeles County. A good Samaritan placed traffic cones to protect the dogs and took a cell-phone video of the arresting sight, and animal...

Bird Dog Shoots Hunter

Mary Papenfuss — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 03:30:02 CST

Good thing Fido's not a better shot. A Utah dog unloaded 27 pellets into his owner's butt as the "excited" hound discharged a 12-gauge shotgun in a boat during a duck-hunting trip. The man was hit as he bent down standing in a marshy area of the Great Salt Lake...

Strange Light Falls on Dead Vet's Dog

Mary Papenfuss — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 04:10:00 CST

A strange, almost, er, heavenly, light that fell on a dead veteran's dog during 20/20 filming has given a photographer paws for reflection, she reveals in an unusual note on ABC News.com. The beam of light that briefly bathed Hero the mutt during a "simple" shoot at the New...

Hero's Dog Guards His Coffin

Mary Papenfuss — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 13:09:24 CDT

A loyal Labrador retriever kept a faithful vigil at his master's side this week even as friends and family wept at his human's coffin. "Hawkeye" waited patiently at the Iowa funeral for a word or a whistle from downed Navy SEAL Jon Tumilson, 35, killed with 29 other US service...

Tornado Dog Crawls Home on Broken Legs

Mary Papenfuss — Sun, 29 May 2011 17:48:05 CDT

A still-happy pup blown away by an Alabama tornado last month managed to crawl on two broken legs back home, where his family found him this week wagging his tail on their front porch. Terrier-mix Mason completely snapped his two front legs, but managed painstaking travel on his doggie "elbows....

Bound, Shot Dog Buried Alive, Survives

Mary Papenfuss — Fri, 27 May 2011 02:30:00 CDT

Man's best friend just found out how evil man can be. A female dog was found bound and whimpering with gunshot wounds to her head, and buried up to her muzzle in Malta. Incredibly, the dog rescuers nicknamed Star is recovering in an animal shelter while cops seek the animal...

Puppies Left to Die in Suitcase Reunited

Mary Papenfuss — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 00:27:00 CDT

Newborn puppies locked in a suitcase and left to die in a cupboard have been reunited big, happy, and healthy. It was too late to save five of the black-and-white mixed breed pups when British animal control officers discovered them in a breeder's home. But seven survivors were nursed back...

Man Springs Pup From Pound; Flees on Lawnmower

John_Feeney — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 10:30:21 CDT

Edwin Fry loves his prized pooch. When his dog, Buddy Tough, found himself locked up in the town kennel, Fry decided to bust him out of jail. Fry could have paid the $100 fine to have his dog released, but instead, he decided to visit the pound with a pair...

Pets' Carbon Pawprint Cause for Alarm

Mary Papenfuss — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 03:38:00 CDT

Forget the gas guzzler—it's Fluffy and Fido who are delivering a carbon blow to the global environment. That's the odd warning from a pair of New Zealand professors who claim the carbon pawprint of a large dog delivers twice the impact of a Toyota Land Cruiser driven 6,000...