Dogs

A costume contest, a limbo contest, and a cooking demo are on the free schedule.

A team at a veterinary school in France is training dogs to identify the scent of people infected with COVID-19. Researchers hope this could provide an effective and cost-effective mitigation tactic in the near future.

A fun program in the D.C. area gives kids the opportunity to read to therapy dogs.  The D.C. nonprofit People Animals Love (PAL), switched from in-person to virtual meetings, and sessions are booking up fast. To meet demand, PAL is adding 120 reading slots next week. Sessions are free and done over Zoom. In Bethesda, 8-year-old Zac Wancjer and...

Reading to dogs helps many kids get more comfortable with reading because dogs aren’t judgmental about mistakes. News4’s Juliana Valencia takes a look at a local program that’s gone virtual amid the coronavirus pandemic.

With a lot more time at home, many people are adopting pets. When lockdowns lift, it will be difficult for your new pet to understand the changes. News4’s Drew Wilder spoke to animal experts about how you can prepare your pet for changes to come.

For the 29th year in a row, the Labrador retriever has topped the list of most popular dog breeds, according to the American Kennel Club registry list, a record-breaking honor for the breed.

America’s dogs are having their day as the coronavirus keeps many people at home more with their pets and is spurring so much adoption and fostering that some shelters’ kennels have emptied

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania Vet School are studying whether dogs can use their keen sense of smell to identify COVID-19 patients.

A North Carlina pug named Winston has tested positive for the coronavirus along with three human members of his family after a Duke University study.

These days you can use video chat for just about everything, including seeing therapy dogs. News4’s Aimee Cho shows us how the nonprofit Pets on Wheels is using Zoom to help bring a smile to hospital workers’ faces.

District Dogs is adapting to the coronavirus pandemic by implementing a curbside pickup. News4’s Aimee Cho reports.

With senior centers and nursing homes closed to visitors due to the coronavirus pandemic, a Texas woman and her Great Dane are offering therapy services through residents’ windows.

Pet cats and dogs cannot pass the new coronavirus to humans, but they can test positive for low levels of the pathogen if they catch it from their owner.

Is your dog a good boy or girl? Consider yourself lucky. A new study by researchers in Finland found that 72% of dogs showed problematic behavior like aggression.

With cold weather hitting many parts of the country, here are some tips to keep your furry little friends safe and happy this winter.

A Ridgefield couple believes the grain-free food they fed their three-year-old dog Kilo contributed to his death.

Los Angeles Responsible Pit Bull Owners started six years ago as a way to bring a community of pit bull owners together for group walks. Now, founder Troy Smith is leading classes for all breeds of dogs in Sherman Oaks and Long Beach each weekend.

Animal experts say pets often process loss in a manner similar to humans. In a recent newsletter published by the Funeral Consumer Alliance of Maine, researcher Jessica Pierce says a growing body of research into ‘animal thanatology’ suggests common pets such as dogs and cats seem to share with humans many behavioral reactions to death, such as mourning and rituals...

As part of NBC’s “Clear the Shelters” pet adoption drive, we asked Team USA to share their own “tails” of pet adoption and how these animals have impacted their lives.

An Arizona woman’s dog is being hailed a hero after the puppy shielded its owner from a snake bite during a hike. Paula Godwin wrote on Facebook that she was out for a hike last Friday on the Sonoran Preserve, in north Phoenix, with her dogs Todd and Cooper. Godwin wrote that it was a beautiful morning, “but as we...