Dog Groomers Clean Up  A San Francisco couple brings high class to dog grooming...

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Jobless man kills dog with golf club  Japan. How NOT to get a job. He got arrested instead...

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UK tries to deal with doggie cr*p It's a worldwide problem, how to get rid of the 'dog dirt', as it's decorously named in the UK... (Maybe someone should tell them about the 'devious use of peanut butter.'

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Sled dogs damned by insurance rates Australia. "A pack of  siberian huskies and alaskan malamutes face death  because of the public liability insurance scandal. Greg Badior, who runs Australia's only dog-sled tour company, may have some of his dogs put down because of the astronomical insurance costs..."

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Pet Memorials, Pet Cemetaries become big business There exists a range of options for people who want to memorialize their pets...

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Service dog barred from restaurant The Americans with Disabilities Act didn't dissuade the owner from his actions to prevent service dogs from entering his restaurant.

' "This is a black restaurant, and black people don't eat with dogs," he said. Smith also said he was concerned about health regulations. Health regulations have been a concern at Ricky's before. In 1997, inspectors found evidence of live cockroaches, rodent droppings and food being kept at improper temperatures, and fined the restaurant $1,500...'

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Cyber Sniffer Dog Alert Service Helps Drug/Gun Smugglers Evade Cops. Australia. A system using SMS mobile phone messages to warn people about sniffer dogs has outraged NSW police. NSW Police Minister Michael Costa slammed civil libertarians behind the scheme, saying the government was seeking legal advice on whether the operation could be shut down. But for people wishing to dodge police drug and gun sniffer dogs it will be as simple as registering onto www.snifferdogalert.com

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Hot doggie resorts cater to dogs and their owners California. ' "Sheep Dung Estates" is, let's face it, a pretty disgusting name for a resort - unless you happen to have four legs and an entirely different olfactory agenda...'

Three kittens help Great Dane dog get over depression Australia. Three kittens found a foster mother in a loving Great Dane...

Jack Russell Terrier Club in dog house with American Kennel Club A lawsuit over breeding lines and club practices has Jack Russell Terrier Club owners barking in frustration...

Burglars call RSPCA over dog's hellish conditions They may have been thieves, but they weren't cruel. Thieves called authorities about a poor dog was trapped by its own waste and unable to walk because it's nails were four inches long....

DNA from dog convicts three in murder case Illinois. "In a case that largely hinged on DNA from a dog, a man and his parents were found guilty of murder for killing his ex-wife, cutting up her body with a power saw and dumping the parts in a lake..."

Pet detective finds lost dogs She doesn't do it for the money; ‘‘I do it for the dogs because they need all the help they can get.'' The canine sleuth uses dirty socks, a pet friendly trap and dogged determination to locate missing pets...

Internet scam nets cash from dog lovers Ohio. A bogus breeder hustled naive chat room participants into forking over money for non-existent purebred dogs...

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