By Brendan Nicholson For TheAge.Com.au AUSTRALIAN soldiers serving in Afghanistan gathered at the weekend to conduct a farewell ceremony to honour another comrade killed in action in the long-running war. Medical personnel had tried to save the Australian Defence Force’s life-saving bomb-detection dog, Nova, but she was too badly hurt and had to be put [...]

Baxter, the worlds best, most devoted, and oldest therapy dog, 19 years and 6 months, eased peacefully from his life on Friday afternoon, October 16th. Truly this dog is a blessing.

Quite a beautiful piece about a Coonhound named Hunter Lily. – Kenn By Andrew Walton For The Washington Post It is said that on Capitol Hill, there are even more dogs than lawyers. And, of course, there is that old chestnut, usually attributed to Harry Truman: “If you want a friend in Washington, get a [...]

A very sad, sobering reminder at how short our loyal dogs lives really are. – Kenn From The New York Daily News Taz, the last active duty member of the NYPD K-9 unit to have worked at Ground Zero after 9/11, has died of cardiac arrest. “He was the best partner I ever had,” heartbroken [...]

Thought I’d share some pics from location scouting for my giant size Dog Files Episode, War Dogs. This statue is just off the Garden State Parkway in New Jersey at the PNC Arts Center. They also have a Vietnam Memorial there. From the look of the first pic, I think, somewhere down deep, Max knew [...]

From The Baltimore Sun Just got some very, very sad news that Sweet Jasmine, one of the former Michael Vick fighting dogs that was rescued and taken in by Baltimore’s Recycled Love was hit by a car recently and killed. We just found out about it. The Pit Bull made the cover of Sports Illustrated [...]

I was living in New York City during 9/11. I watched the first tower fall as I waited to use the public phone to let my family know I was okay. My memories of that day is one of sirens, flashing lights, incredibly kind New Yorkers (quite a miracle in itself) and a caustic, burnt [...]