Charlie Mitchell: Dogs shouldn’t ruff it, satellite TV provider says
This is too easy.
A satellite TV channel for dogs was launched this month.
Not about dogs.
For dogs.
To watch.
New center offers help for dogs consumed by fear from abuse
People want their dog to be a friend, not afraid.
But sometimes, fear grips dogs so tightly they shake, cower, bite, growl or pee.
Local women form group to give shelter animals 11th-hour reprieves
A knock on Andrea Spain’s door in Starkville Monday elicits a raucous chorus of what sounds like hundreds of dogs. It’s easy to imagine being bowled off her porch by a canine blitzkrieg of muddy paws and slobbering tongues. But when she opens the door, silence — punctuated by a staccato of wagging tails — ensues. No dog leaves Spain’s home without learning basic house manners.
Dogs cross species barrier, help cheetahs survive
It may sound like a West Side Story-style love story, but some dogs love big cats.
Cheetahs are the fastest mammals in the world, but they also are the world’s biggest scaredy-cats — so much so that they don’t breed easily and are in danger of going extinct.
Incarcerated veterans train dogs for other vets
Hazard Wilson’s new cellmate is a hairy bundle of energy whose playful zeal can’t be contained by steel doors: a five-month-old golden retriever. Yardley is one of three canines assigned since September to inmates at a maximum-security prison in western Maryland for training as service dogs for disabled military veterans.
Dog treadmill sales brisk as pets shape up
Like any true celebrity, Uggie, the Jack Russell terrier from “The Artist” and “Water for Elephants,” puts in his time on the treadmill.
Dog owners urged to vaccinate pets as distemper cases rise
Dog owners take note: Two common canine diseases are on the rise this year, and they may be lurking closer than you think. But there
Pre-teen preps to compete with the
While some 12-year-olds are texting back and forth to find out what their friends will be wearing to the movies, Mary Lee is planning her working wardrobe for Madison Square Garden.
On Feb. 13-14, the new Columbus resident will be one the youngest dog handlers on the famous green-carpet of the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show in New York City.
Oktibbeha to adopt dog ordinance Monday
STARKVILLE — The Oktibbeha County Board of Supervisors will adopt a vicious dog ordinance Monday morning. They need citizens to weigh in one final time before making it official.
Owners of dogs who attacked two children charged
STARKVILLE — The owners of five dogs that attacked two children in Oktibbeha County last month have been charged with two counts of aggravated assault.
Shannon Bardwell: A tasteful bumblebee
Sam and I were on our way to the costume party; I rode beside him dressed in my bumblebee outfit. While I fought with my antennae bumping the headliner, I described costumes from a Miss Hospitality Pageant.
Dogs attack again in Oktibbeha
Less than three weeks after a pack of dogs killed five calves off Oktoc Road, the same group of dogs is suspected of killing a goat and injuring two others Thursday night in the Chapel Hill community.
