Gabriel the therapy Weimaraner
Gabriel, a Weimaraner who helped thousands of people in his ten years as a therapy dog, passed away recently in Arizona. Since his death, the Arizona Republic reports, his owners have received about...
View ArticleBy the time we got to Phoenix …
It was 104 degrees. Too hot for dogs, in Ace’s view — even though I pointed out to him it was a dry heat. Too hot for fleas, too. I’m told. Temperatures get so high in summer, that pesky species...
View ArticleCosmo Park: A desert oasis for dogs
How do you go from drainage pit to the nation’s top dog park? You take a giant leap. Of course, it also takes imagination, planning, dedication and money. But with enough of all four — as was the...
View ArticleBidding farewell, for now, to Roscoe
As much as I love dogs, and love dog lovers, I have to admit — being one — that there are times many of us tend to view canine behavior anthropomorphically, interpreting what dogs are doing in terms of...
View ArticleLet there be (poop-powered) light
Arizona’s Cosmo Dog Park may soon be using dog waste to shed some light. The town of Gilbert is looking at teaming up with Arizona State University students to build a “digester” — like one we showed...
View ArticleOne more dead dog, but no more answers, in Arizona’s Green Acre Dog Boarding...
Sometimes really big stories that raise really huge questions that demand really immediate answers have a way of slipping out of the public eye. Sometimes that’s the fault of lazy news organizations...
View ArticleDeputies conduct search of Green Acre
Maricopa County Sheriff’s deputies have finally conducted a search at the Gilbert boarding facility where 22 dogs died last month, seizing computers, cell phones, business documents, wiring, drywall...
View ArticleSearch finds little evidence to back up claim that chewed-through wire led to...
Necropsies conducted on some of the victims, and an intensive search of the Arizona boarding kennel where more than 20 dogs died, have revealed no evidence supporting the belief that a chewed-through...
View ArticleFelony charges urged in Green Acre case
Justice for the more than 20 dogs who died at an Arizona boarding kennel came one step closer this week with a recommendation from the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office that both felony and misdemeanor...
View ArticleFour indicted in Green Acre boarding deaths
The owners of Green Acre Dog Boarding and two caretakers, including the son of a senator, were indicted yesterday on animal cruelty charges in connection with the deaths of more than 20 dogs at the...
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