Brandie The Dog Spared From Death Row
By Eric Barton For browardpalmbeach.com Brandie the dog has received the caninie equivalent of a last-minute death row call from the governor. Rather than being put down for biting to death an off leash toy poodle, she’ll be released to her owners later this week. That’s thanks to a deal cut last night by Broward […]
Woman Fined For Dying Poodle's Paws Pink
From TodaysTHV.com A Florida woman says she’s been fined $255 because of her dog’s Halloween costume! Christine Hill says she decided to dye her poodle’s tail and feet pink in honor of the holiday. But when an animal control officer saw the dog, Hill got a ticket for breaking a state law. Christine hill says […]
Border Collie Tracks Bed Bugs With 95% Accuracy
By Abby Roedel A Valencia County man sent his dog to a special school to learn how to sniff out a critter irritating to people across the nation. A border collie, Sienna, is now the only dog in New Mexico trained to track down bed bugs. The dog’s owner, Robert Duck, trains Sienna every day […]
Dog Flap Comes Back To Bite Attorney General Candidate
Click to join our Facebook Fan Page and follow us on Twitter! By Emily Nipps for St. Petersburg Times TAMPA — Before she became the Republican nominee for Florida attorney general, Pam Bondi was a familiar face as a legal analyst on CNN and the Fox News Channel. But Bondi may be best known for […]
Dog-Racing Foes Want Poker In Spotlight At Greyhound Parks
Click to join our Facebook Fan Page and follow us on Twitter! From floridatoday.com An anti-greyhound dog racing organization says it’s time for Florida to change regulations that force many gambling facilities to offer pari-mutuel operations such as dog racing in order to have poker rooms. And Grey2K USA has an unlikely ally: Melbourne Greyhound […]
Confiscated Dogs Get A Bath Thanks To Volunteers
Click to join our Facebook Fan Page and follow us on Twitter! From wtsp.com WINTER HAVEN, Florida — Dozens of volunteers from the Bay area community and across the state gathered to give more than 260 rescue dogs baths. The dogs were taken from the Mid-Florida Retriever Rescue back in May, but because the custody […]
Six Severed Dog Heads Found In Largo, Florida Restaurant Dumpster
Click to join our Facebook Fan Page and follow us on Twitter! By Charisse Van Hor For Tampa Headlines Examiner Last week, six severed dog heads were found in a dumpster belonging to a Largo, Florida restaurant. The dumpster is owned by the Tucson Southwest Grill and an investigation is underway to determine who placed […]
Missing Dog Turns Up 600 Miles Away From Home
Click to join our Facebook Fan Page and follow us on Twitter! Your dog is missing. You’ve spent a month doing everything you could to find him. When do you give up? Is he alive? Is he dead? A Virginia couple recently went through just this. They finally came to the conclusion that their beloved […]
Cody The Register Dog Laid Off
From HoundBound.com I recently introduced you Cody, the dog who worked as a store clerk at a Florida gas station. Unfortunately, Cody’s got so famous due to the extensive media coverage that even the health department took notice and they banned the owner from keeping the dog at the store. Although the only types of […]