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Cody has worked and volunteered with rescue animals her entire life. She worked as a veterinary assistant and technician in shelters, rescues, boarding facilities, doggy daycares and animal hospitals in New York and Chicago throughout her teens and twenties, and now resides as a pet foster mom in Upstate New York.

Leaving A Dog Inside A Hot Car? Don’t Do It!

Leaving a dog inside a hot car is never a good idea, even if it’s just for a few minutes, especially in summer. Minutes under...

Woman Searches for Her Lost Dog and Finds 8 Others in...

A Delaware woman has spent thousands of dollars and refinanced her home to look for her lost dog, finding 8 other lost dogs in...

How To Spoil Your Dog For When They’ve Been a Good...

Dogs are both social and sentimental animals. They receive the love of their masters and express theirs in their own language. They jump on...

U.S. Statistics on Dog Bites (19 Breeds Compared)

Animal control deals with problems on dogs of all breeds. Sometimes smaller dogs, such as poodles and chihuahuas have a bit of a Napoleon...

Woman Accidentally Adopts Childhood Dog

A Pennsylvania woman searching for a dog to adopt stumbled upon one that looked familiar, and when she adopted the dog she discovered that...

Dog Stolen From Front Yard Makes It Back Home

A Denver family whose dog was stolen right from their front yard has been reunited with their beloved pet 5 days after the theft....

Dog Steals Leftover Pancakes, Starts Small House Fire

A Massachusetts dog recently stole leftover pancakes from his owners’ stove, and almost burned the whole house down because of it. Southwick Fire Department...

Walking App “Wag” Gets $300 Million Investment from Unlikely Source

The LA-based dog walking app Wag has received an enormous investment from an unlikely source - a Japanese banking conglomerate. As if Wag wasn’t...

Tinder Has a New Swipe-Right Option – PUPPIES!

People swiping on Tinder for love this Superbowl Sunday are going to have their options upgraded – by getting to swipe on puppies who...

Scientists Found Hormones Causing Aggression in Dogs

Biologists at the University of Arizona have recently made progress in understanding dog behavior by discovering the role some hormones play in canine aggression. Every...

Not Into Football? Watch the Puppy Bowl This Sunday Instead!

This Sunday, February 4th, you can escape the high-intensity Superbowl frenzy by watching adorable puppies play football instead. Animal Planet is aiming to give...

Animal Abusers Will Now Be Registered Just Like Sex Offenders

New laws in some cities and states will now log animal abusers to a registry, which is a huge step forward for animal rights...

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