Pets

Ryle Smith, 6, of Seneca, Missouri, has his family dogs to thank for saving his life Friday night after Ryle got lost in the woods. Ryle’s parents, Ryan and Holly Smith, called police at around 5 P.M. CST Friday night after Ryle failed to come back inside after playing in the backyard. Police say the ... read more »

A Connecticut family is praising their adopted mixed breed dog they rescued six years ago for saving the life of their newborn daughter on Sunday. Jenna Brousseau, the dog’s owner, says she and her husband were startled Sunday night when their dog “Duke” jumped onto their bed and started shaking so much, it woke the ... read more »

Steve Gustafson, 66, says he had no choice but to act when he saw an alligator grab his 13 pound Highland Terrier pooch from the backyard of his Villages, Orlando, Florida home. He says he just had to save her. Gustafson, a retired corporate lawyer and grandfather, witnessed his dog get nabbed at the shoreline ... read more »

An Oregon family is celebrating the return of their beloved pet after their Border Collie mix dog ran away nearly three years. The dog was found only recently in Utah. The dog, named Sarah, had been with the Riccitti family in Oregon since it was a puppy, but ran away while staying with family friends ... read more »

A 10-week-old stray kitten was rescued after his scary encounter with glue.  Passerby’s found the kitten with his body partially immersed in epoxy glue used to cover cracks around a parking garage in Salem, Oregon. The black kitten had it’s share of bad luck when he found his legs, paws and belly frozen inside the ... read more »

The owners of a dog ‘Onion’ who mauled their 1-year-old toddler Jeremiah Eskew-Shahan to death at the end of April are taking steps to prevent their dog from being destroyed. Jeremiah was killed by the 120 lb. Rhodesian-Mastiff mix last month, as the baby tried to hold himself up using the dog as support. The ... read more »

DogTV is a new breed of television programming aimed at our four-footed friends. The ad-free programming is geared towards man’s best friend while their humans are at work. Many pet owners have been leaving televisions and radios on for their furry companions when they go out so their pets have company, said Dr. Nick Dodman, ... read more »

Cafeteria workers reportedly found two miniature poodles among a trash mound outside a grade school in Indianapolis, Indiana last week. The puppies were discovered by two Mount Comfort Elementary School employees, April McMullen and Debbie Snow, while they throwing items into the recycle bin. One of the workers said she opened the bin and there ... read more »

The owner of Isis, a shepherd terrier mix, was charged with animal cruelty last month after the dog was found outside in the cold, having been severely beaten by neighborhood children in Chicago. The owner, Lashon Johnson, and her teenage son, reportedly abandoned the dog before moving to an apartment a few blocks away from ... read more »

A homeless man residing in a homeless shelter in Davidson County, North Carolina, heroically rescued a kitten from a storm sewer after hearing him cry for 5 days straight. The rescue came after animal control and the fire department failed in their attempts to rescue the tiny kitty. That’s when Crisis Ministry Homeless Shelter resident, ... read more »

In West Haven, Connecticut, NBC News is reporting that a 20-month-old toddler has been killed in an attack by as many as three pit bulls. The toddler was visiting her aunt’s apartment at the time. Police were called to the scene that evening and told the girl had been bitten by a dog. She was ... read more »

A Canadian woman was walking her Pit Bull in Surrey, Canada, along with her 6 month old baby who was being strolled simultaneously when they met another dog owner with a Doberman who claims the woman’s Pit Bull was being aggressive. The Royal Canadian Police reported that the man told them he tried pepper spraying ... read more »

A pregnant woman was mauled to death by her pet pit bull in her home in Pacifica, California. Police Captain Dave Bertini reports that the body of Darla Napora, 32, was found by her husband around noon with a pit bull, one of the family dogs, standing over her. The husband was able to get the pit bull outside before ... read more »

A dog called Yoda has won the World’s Ugliest Dog Competition. The chihuahua and Chinese Crested dog cross, aged 14. His owner found him abandoned behind an apartment, and said originally she thought the dog was an overgrown rat. Chihuahua’s and Chinese Crested dog’s win the title most often, with Yoda taking over from a ... read more »

According to their website, the mission of the 4-H Club is to “…empower youth to reach their full potential, working and learning in partnership with caring adults.”   When you think of 4-H Clubs, however, different people get two distinctly different visions in their mind. For one group, it’s kids nurturing sweet little calves, children winning ribbons, urban gardens ... read more »