Bomb-Sniffing Canines Named After 9/11 Victims
Chicago Police Officer Nick Spencer finds the best reminder of what his job is about at the end of a leash. There, sniffing packages, garbage cans and even commuters at a downtown subway stop is Gillis — a 3-year-old black Labrador Retriever named after New York Police Department Sgt. Rodney Gillis, who died when the […]
Heart Surgery Boss Arrested After Trying To Operate On His Dog While Drunk
A director of heart surgery at a top medical group has been arrested after attempting to operate on his pet dog while drunk. Stewart Gibbs, 44, who works for the DuPage Medical Group in Chicago, Illinois had been trying to remove a cyst from his Doberman’s right ear when police were called to his apartment. […]
Hero Chicago Firefighter Brings Dogs Back To Life
A Chicago firefighter is The Dog Files’ latest hero after she brought not one, but two dogs back to life using CPR. Chicago Fire Dept. firefighter Tammy Rodriguez responded to a fire on the back porch of a home Friday afternoon and pulled two dogs from the blaze — an adult dog and a puppy, […]
Chicago's Brookfield Zoo Welcomes Endangered African Wild Dog Pups
Brookfield Zoo’s African wild dog pack recently grew by 10 little pups. Six-year-old mother Kim birthed the sizable litter — six males and four females — on Thanksgiving Day. After weeks in a dark, hay-lined nest box, the puppies recently began to emerge and explore the world around them. “What we wanted to do was […]
Scooby The Great Dane Saves Girl From Sex Attack
By Caroline Kyungae Smith and Matthew Walberg Suspect in alleged sex attack arrested after Great Dane, onlookers give chase. When Agustin Zamora Jr. saw a girl being attacked in the yard next to his Logan Square home, he quickly ran outside to help. But not without first calling for Scooby, his 160-pound giant of a […]
Chihuahua Is Given CPR, Brought Back To Life
by Manuel Rodriguez for news.gather.com An 8-year-old, 3-pound Chihuahua was miraculously saved via CPR after he was bit by another dog. The incident took place in Barrington, Chicago while the dogs were being taken care of by Dr. Larry Kosinski who was watching the Sunday football games. The dog, wearing a tiny Brian Urlacher […]
American Airlines Still Probing Dog Deaths
Click to join our Facebook Fan Page and follow us on Twitter! By Pamela Jones for cbs2chicago.com Did the heat kill seven puppies after a flight to Chicago? That’s a question officials with American Airlines hope necropsy reports will answer. CBS 2’s Pamela Jones says it’s a case that has some animal lovers asking why […]
Dog Sniffs Out 23 Pounds Of Opium In One Week At O'Hare
Click to join our Facebook Fan Page and follow us on Twitter! A U.S. Customs and Boarder Protection Officer working with his trusty drug-sniffing dog Rambo uncovered over 23 pounds of opium at the Chicago O’Hare Foreign Mail Facility. All 23 pounds of opium were concealed in various ways according to a release from the […]
Naperville, Illinois Dog Becomes Stuck In Recliner
Click to join our Facebook Fan Page and follow us on Twitter! From Associated Press NAPERVILLE, Ill. — Firefighters in the Chicago suburb of Naperville are still talking about one of their strangest rescue missions. It involved a small dog who became wedged in its owner’s mechanized recliner chair. The firefighters who responded to the […]