Latest Dogs News

Missing dog returned to family home and rang the doorbell

Dec. 27, 2024 17:53 PM EST

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — After a nearly weeklong search, Athena found her way home to her Florida family in time for Christmas Eve and even rang the doorbell. Athena, a 4-year-old German Shepherd and Husky mix, escaped her home in Green Cove Springs, Florida, on Dec. 15,...

Max Fried's first thought on how to spend his Yankees fortune was his 3-year-old mutt, Apollo

Dec. 18, 2024 15:38 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — Max Fried thought about the dog days when asked how he'll spend his fortune. No, not those hot, humid summer afternoons but rather time with Apollo, his 3-year-old mutt. "I think the first thing that kind of popped into my mind was probably just like...

These Brazilian caramel-colored stray dogs were long overlooked. Now, they're having a major moment

Dec. 18, 2024 14:25 PM EST

SAO PAULO (AP) — For decades, they have scrounged for food on streets across the country — undesired, abandoned and overlooked. But today, the caramel-colored mutts of Brazil are having a major moment. The “vira-lata caramelo” (literally: caramel trashcan-tipper) is being...

3 dogs that fatally mauled their owner in a San Diego park are euthanized

Dec. 16, 2024 18:44 PM EST

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The San Diego Humane Society said it has euthanized three dogs that fatally mauled their owner last week at a neighborhood park while horrified onlookers tried to help him. A second person was hospitalized with bite injuries following the attack Friday afternoon...

Argo the dog, a TSA calendar star, protects air travelers by sniffing out explosives

Dec. 15, 2024 00:12 AM EST

LINTHICUM, Md. (AP) — When Argo walks through the doors of Baltimore-Washington International Airport, he knows it’s time to work. The 9-year-old black Labrador retriever spends most of his waking hours patrolling the airport, with his sensitive nose finely tuned to detect...

Police search for whoever discarded an emaciated bulldog inside a trash bag in Iowa

Dec. 14, 2024 15:15 PM EST

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Police are trying to find out who taped a bulldog inside a trash bag and abandoned him in Des Moines. The emaciated dog was found Tuesday afternoon near a railroad viaduct with his head sticking out of a black plastic garbage bag. The dog was unable to walk...

A fugitive gains fame in New Orleans eluding dart guns and nets

Dec. 10, 2024 17:33 PM EST

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A scruffy little fugitive is on the lam again in New Orleans, gaining fame as he outwits a tenacious band of citizens armed with night-vision binoculars, nets and a tranquilizer rifle. Scrim, a 17-pound mutt that's mostly terrier, has become a folk hero,...

Two family dogs kill a 5-year-old girl at her home near Los Angeles

Dec. 09, 2024 11:01 AM EST

COVINA, Calif. (AP) — Two family dogs attacked and killed a 5-year-old girl at her Southern California home over the weekend, authorities said. Deputies responding around noon Sunday found the injured child in the backyard of the house in Covina, east of Los Angeles, according to...

Harris found success with women who have cats, but Trump got the dog owner vote: AP VoteCast

Dec. 04, 2024 11:54 AM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — The lead-up to the 2024 election was all about cat owners. But in the end, the dogs had their day. President-elect Donald Trump won slightly more than half of voters who own either cats or dogs, with a big assist from dog owners, according to AP VoteCast, a survey...

Family of pilot who died on an animal rescue flight to receive remains of dog killed in crash

Dec. 01, 2024 15:09 PM EST

The ashes of a big-eyed, brown and white puppy named Lisa that died last week in a plane crash in New York's Catskill Mountains were being delivered Sunday to the family of the animal rescue pilot who lost his life trying to give the dog a chance at a new one. Leah Kim, the...