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The poor pooch was captured leaning up against a door in the vets after allegedly ingesting cannabisA dog owner captured the moment her pet pooched got 'stoned' after apparently eating a joint while out on a walk. The poor pooch was barely unable to stand on all fours in the vet's waiting room after reportedly ingesting cannabis . In the clip, posted by the dog's owner Chloe O'Neill , from Glasgow, the canine leans his nose up against a door and appears to be completely unaware of his surroundings. At one point in the footage, the dog flinches at nothing...

WHO'S SIDE ARE YOU ON? Dogs? What is a Dog? Dogs spend all day sprawled on the most comfortable piece of furniture in the house. They can hear a package of food opening half a block away, but don't hear you when you're in the same room. They can look dumb and lovable all at the same time. They growl when they are not happy. When you want to play, they want to play. When you want to be alone, they want to play. They leave their toys everywhere. CONCLUSION: They're tiny men in little fur coats. Where Dogs...

An urban dog hunting club aims to help eradicate New York City's vermin.   Ryders Alley Trencherfed Society (RATS) was started by member Richard Reynolds in 1995, at the bequest of a park superintendent who had a rat problem.

These days, it’s not enough to just bring Spot to the groomer. If you really want your dog to dazzle — and you have a chunk of cash to spend — you can take him in for a nip-tuck. Edgard Brito, a São Paulo vet and plastic surgeon, told DuJour that he wants his procedures to make pets more lovable to their owners. “I often say that a clean dog with well-kept teeth will always be in better contact with its owners, otherwise the dog ends up being [put to sleep],” he said.

I hate these "spring forward" time changes, always have, not only is my time clock messed up, so is my dog's. I know it sounds super anal retentive, but my dog still expects to be fed at 3:00 PM, instead of now 4:00 PM.

The family's veterinarian also says the same thing. But Aurora Animal Control thinks Capone is a wolf-hybrid. "It's been real painful," 11-year-old Ciara Abbato said. "Our German shepherd, Capone, got out Feb. 24. He jumped the fence. It’s the first time in the seven years we’ve lived here," said Capone’s owner, Tracy Abbato. Aurora Animal Control picked up Capone that day, but turned away his family when they tried taking him home. "They say he is a hybrid-wolf now and don't want to release (him) back to us because he is an exotic animal,” Abbato said. The city ran a...

A Muslim taxi-driver in England, one Abandi Kassim, was recently fined for refusing to take on a blind passenger’s seeing-eye dog because, as Kassim claimed: “For me, it’s about my religion.” There have been many such cases in the U.S., the UK, and Canada of Muslims refusing to pick up fares with seeing-eye dogs. Many of the Somali taxi drivers who made up three-quarters of the 900 taxi drivers at the Minneapolis airport refused to pick up blind passengers because of their dogs. When forced to do so, some of them simply quit.

Federal contractor hauls off 835 dumpsters of trash and debris from protest sites The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers wrapped up its $1.1 million cleanup of the Dakota Access pipeline protest camps on federal land in North Dakota, hauling away 835 dumpsters of remaining trash and debris. The site, once occupied by thousands of environmental demonstrators, is now vacant. [Snip] Corps Capt. Ryan Hignight said a total of 8,170 cubic yards of debris was removed from the three camps — Sacred Stone, Oceti Sakowin and Rosebud - all within the flood plain on federally managed land. "In total, there were...

Scarlett Johansson finally got to hear her dog’s thoughts in tonight’s episode of Saturday Night Live! The episode marked the 32-year-old actress’s fifth time hosting the comedy sketch show. In the skit, Scarlett watches as her dog Max wears a helmet created by herself and other scientists, allowing humans to hear what’s going through his mind. To her horror, she learns that her dog has been a big fan of President Donald Trump all along. “I like park, and leash, and I like Trump. He’s my man,” Max, voiced by SNL‘s Beck Bennett, says. “It must be a translation error,...

A 56-year-old woman and her dog, who were missing for almost two days after setting off on a hike in unincorporated Woodside, were found Saturday morning, San Mateo County sheriff's officials said. Bethnee Haury, who was last seen Thursday on Skyline Boulevard, was located alive and conscious in a deep ravine at 10:30 a.m. Saturday along with her Australian Shepherd named Camaro, sheriff's officials said. The dog not only stayed by Haury's side while she was lost, but also helped lead rescuers to her. "When we called out for her, we heard her yell back and then a couple seconds...

Dogs aren't as honest and obedient as they might like to have us think. We think we're in control but new research shows that dogs can be very deceptive - especially when it involves them getting an extra sausage. Scientists found that dogs can be sneaky and manipulative in order to get what they want from humans.

Twitter has been left in hysterics after a man shared before and after photos of his dog's trip to the groomers. In the pictures shared by Beau Braden from Vancouver, Washington, the family pooch can be seen with a white and fluffy head of fur before and a Mohawk after. Beau's dad Jody is normally responsible for taking their dog Cooper to have his groom but on his most recent trip he instructed the groomer to give him a 'new look'.

By Emily Zanotti | 2:12 pm, February 27, 2017 The Dakota Access Pipeline protesters left more behind than just piles of trash when they were booted from their makeshift camp: they left several dogs and puppies to fend for themselves, abandoned with the rest of their unwanted belongings. Furry Friends Rockin Rescue, a local animal rescue near Bismark, North Dakota, says they’re working to catch all of the abandoned animals, and so far, they’ve managed to rescue two dogs and six puppies. They believe, however, that the dogs represent only a small fraction of the pets left behind at the...

"Our lives have been turned upside down and we're not sure what's next," one of the dog's owners saidA frantic couple in the South Bay has put their wedding on hold to blanket neighborhoods with yellow signs and pour thousands of dollars into the search for their beloved dog, who went missing on Feb. 13. Trendee King and James Galley, who recently moved to the Bay Area from Southern California, dropped off their black and tan Brussels Griffon pooch named Theo at a national dog sitting service located near Blossom Hill Road and Almaden Expressway. The next thing they knew,...

A team of researchers from Kyoto University has found that dogs and capuchin monkeys watch how humans interact with one another and react less positively to those that are less willing to help or share. In their paper published in the journal Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, the team describes a series of experiments they carried out with several dogs and capuchin monkeys and what they discovered about both species social preferences. Common sense suggests that most people prefer to deal with other people who are fair and in some cases, helpful. In this new effort, the researchers sought to learn...

A teen mugger snatched a woman’s purse on a Queens street, but his getaway was foiled by two stray dogs that chased him down and mauled him in a park, police sources said.

According to a U.S. Food and Drug Administration statement released Friday, Evanger’s, a family-owned and -operated cat and dog food business, decided to voluntarily recall five lots of the product – all of the Hunk of Beef products that were manufactured that same week. The products were distributed to retail locations and sold online in these states: Washington, California, Minnesota, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts, Maryland, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. Hunk of Beef is Evanger’s best-selling food. Pets nationwide consume more than one million cans of the product each year, the company said in a...

He patrols the streets, he searches for suspects, and he even investigates fires throughout Santa Clara County. But most of all, the city of Sunnyvale’s Kodiak just loves chewing on his ball. Sunnyvale’s Department of Public Safety has one of the only police dogs in the state cross-trained for regular patrol work as well as accelerant detection, according to Capt. Shawn Ahearn. Kodiak, along with his handler, public safety officer Bill Whitaker, investigated 16 possible arsons in the city last year alone. According to Ahearn, Kodiak is a resource for the county and beyond, having been called in to investigate...

Montana Firefighters Free Puppy That Got His Head Stuck in Wheel Using 'Lot of Coconut Oil, Patience'This playful puppy recently found himself in quite the "ruff" situation after poking his head through a wheel in his owner's yard in Montana. The owner had left the "inquisitive" coonhound named Blaze outside in his yard for a few hours on Monday. When he came home, he found Blaze "in a very precarious position" with his head stuck in a wheel, the Butte-Silver Bow Fire Department wrote on Facebook. The owner took him to a veterinary hospital, which then called the fire department...

A winsome but hardworking Hungarian herding dog, a swift and ancient African hound and a playful, fur-free terrier are about to get their first shot at the most famous US canine championship. The pumi, the sloughi and the American hairless terrier will be newcomers at next month's Westminster Kennel Club dog show, competing among as many as 202 breeds and varieties for the coveted best in show award.