Dogs

Bryson Kliemann’s family could not afford a life-saving treatment for his sick puppy, so the eight-year-old sold his prized Pokémon card collection to raise the money.

Speech pathologist Christina Hunger usually works with children, but she wondered if her dog could pick up one some speech lessons too. Hunger explains how she taught her dog to “talk” using buttons that play recorded words when pressed.

Prancer has adjusted to both his new life and his viral celebrity status quite well.

When human contact was in short supply last year droves of Americans turned to their local shelters and adopted pets. But your office is now making plans to bring its employees back together under one roof. Try explaining that to the new dog or cat that’s been spoiled rotten by your presence.

One of President Joe Biden’s dogs has left some poop in a White House hallway

Could the French bulldog become America’s favorite purebred pooch?

Dogs have been man’s best friend for thousands of years. And they have one of man’s most important jobs – serving our nation’s heroes. Rory Diamond is the CEO of K9s for Warriors, an organization that places service dogs with veterans suffering from PTSD or other trauma.

It’s a reunion that came together with a lot of help and a little luck, but before that, it was a race to find Harley.

North Bethesda now has a membership-based dog park with automatic water bowls for pups and craft beer for humans.  Bark Social recently opened in North Bethesda on nearly an acre of land. It triples as a dog park, beer garden and coffee shop where dogs run around off-leash under the supervision of “bark rangers.” The business’ tagline is “Dogs...

A high-end dog park with a cover charge for dogs is now open in North Bethesda. News4’s Tommy McFly took a look.

The president’s German shepherds look right at home in the White House’s inner sanctum.

To every sport, there’s a season, a spot on the calendar that fans mark for the big event. World Series, October. College hoops, March. Indy 500, Memorial Day. For dog owners, it’s right around Valentine’s Day. That’s when they normally cuddle up on the couch with their precious pooch to watch the Super Bowl of Dogs — the Westminster Kennel...

Over the past three years, the island of Puerto Rico has faced mounting disasters – the devastating Hurricane Maria in 2017, several large earthquakes and aftershocks in 2020, and, most recently, the coronavirus pandemic. The disasters have left non-profit animal rescue groups like Animal Lighthouse Rescue with a big problem on their hands as the population of stray dogs, called…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recalled certain varieties of Sportmix pet food products due to toxic levels of aflatoxin. On Monday, Midwestern Pet Foods, Inc. expanded their recall to include “all pet foods containing corn and manufactured in the company’s Oklahoma plant, and having an expiration date on or before July 9, 2022.” Aflatoxin is a toxin...

They call her Lucy, the Parkway pup. She’s not as exotic as Sunny the red panda, but the stray dog who got fed by passing motorists along Lynnhaven Parkway had a loyal following of her own. While Sunny had an air of mystery surrounding her disappearance from the Norfolk zoo, Lucy’s a street-smart hound dog who learned how to...

There’s been a lot of pandemic puppy love happening this year as many families taking advantage of the time at home to get a pet. But fraudsters are taking advantage of the pandemic, telling buyers they can’t meet the animals before sending money. The Better Business Bureau says puppy and kitten scams have more than doubled this year, with projected...

With the spike in pet adoptions during the coronavirus pandemic, pet businesses, big and small, are experiencing a spike in sales.

The “Queer Eye” star reveals what he’s learned after adopting a dog amid the pandemic.

Say goodbye to emotional-support animals in airplane cabins