Starkville seeks to legally protect restaurants that allow dogs on patios
Julie and Matt Capella take their beagles, Frances and Jasmine, everywhere and never leave them at home.
“We pick restaurants where we can eat with our dogs outside,” Julie Capella said. “That’s our criteria.”
Dog-riding monkeys specialty act to perform at Starkville Rodeo
They call Tim Lepard the “Wild Thang.”
Lepard, a Pontotoc native, used to be a bullfighter — even winning a bullfighter of the year award three years in a row.
In 1987, Lepard said, a world champion bullfighter gave him some advice to try something new.
‘My best friend’: Area dog lovers share pet stories for Adopt-a-Dog Month
When Jessica Horton moved away from her family and friends in Columbus, she knew her next stop was Hawaii Island Humane Society.
Naloxone: A tool to protect police dogs in drug raids from overdosing
Police dogs simply follow their noses to sniff out narcotics.
12 animals rescued in Lowndes dog cruelty case
One of the largest dog recoveries in recent memory is an unusual case, according to Lowndes County animal control officer Bobby Reeves.
MSU seeks to work with dog owners
The Mississippi State University College of Veterinary Medicine invites dog owners to enroll their pets in a new study.
Food truck for Fido: New Seattle business caters to canines
Stand on any block around lunchtime near Amazon.com’s downtown Seattle headquarters and there are two common sights: people walking their dogs and people buying lunch at food trucks.
Humane Society at max capacity
If you have been thinking of acquiring a new pet, there may not be a better time than now, says Karen Johnwick, director of the Columbus Lowndes Humane Society.
Reward offered for info about dogs sealed in aquarium
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is offering a $5,000 reward to help find those responsible for sealing two dogs inside an aquarium case and abandoning them.
Truffle dogs sniff out pungent fungus prized by foodies
The growing appetite for truffles is feeding demand for dogs trained to sniff out the pungent fungus prized by chefs and foodies.
Caledonia debates dogs in parks
The Caledonia Board of Alderman on Tuesday continued their debate on allowing dogs in public parks.
Unruh keeps Noxubee Co. from going to the dogs
Over the past four years, 1,604 Noxubee County dogs have been spayed or neutered, with more than a quarter of them — 440 — being adopted by a Massachusetts-based rescue organization called Sweet Paws Rescue.
Natchez looking to catch ‘poopetrators’
After a pile of complaints from residents and tourists about a stinky problem downtown, the City of Natchez is on “poop patrol.”
Charlie Mitchell: World could do worse than to go to the dogs
People say the world is going to the dogs.
We could do worse.
Mushing family a strong presence in Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
Don’t get Dallas and Mitch Seavey wrong. They love each other, even though they might not say it in so many words. But they’re also fierce competitors, more than happy to pass each other on the nearly 1,000 mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race to be the first to reach Nome.
Behaviorists: Dogs feel no shame despite the look
The next time you start shaking your finger and shouting “Shame on you!” because your dog chewed up your favorite fuzzy slippers, just remember that no matter how guilty your dog looks, it doesn’t know what your rant is about.
Even Obama dogs jump through hoops to enter Hawaii
It doesn’t matter that they belong to President Barack Obama — first family dogs Bo and Sunny had to go through Hawaii’s strict quarantine procedures to travel to the islands for their holiday vacation.
Fido’s tail wags more revealing more than you think
NEW YORK — The way Fido wags his tail might reveal more about him than you know. Just ask another dog. A few years ago,
Bigger and brighter — Columbus’ new Humane Society shelter hosts open house Oct. 29
Several days ago, Karen Johnwick stepped into the dingy, cramped and cracked building that only a few weeks ago was home to the Columbus-Lowndes Humane Society.
“When I walked in I wondered again — how did we work here so long?” the shelter’s executive director said.
Impostor service animals growing problem
LOS ANGELES — It’s an easy law to break, and dog cheats do. By strapping a vest or backpack that says “service animal” to their