Want a date in LA: get a dog California In LA, you 'syndicate' with a dog group -- ie, use a dog as an appealing accessory when you go out for a walk. Hint: chocolate labs have solid appeal; they're "solid and capable and friendly, soft, loyal, ... good looking, classy"...

Bangkok police dogs lead squalid lives  Bangkok's police dogs lead exhausting lives and are never pampered, yet they do great work. "The 12 Labradors and 44 German shepherds manage to shine in operations that include drug searches, riot control, bomb detection and criminal investigations"...

Dog can't vote or serve on jury duty  Doh. "The 75-year-old Lafayette man, who successfully registered his dog to vote, told a court commissioner that the real fraud has been committed by bureaucrats and lax laws." Hmm, seems like the shoe is on the wrong paw (I mean foot) here. The man was fined for fraudulent voter registration (the dog was summoned for jury duty)...

County considers canine muzzle law  Florida To prevent further injuries from marauding dogs, Broward County is considering a law to muzzle any dog that has been proven to attack. ' "We can't continue to allow dangerous dogs to walk the street," Simon said (a woman whose dog died of injuries inflicted by dogs attacks). "If these dogs could kill mine, they could kill a child. People need to take responsibility for their dogs."...

Cadaver dogs find the dead for the living Washington Post. Trained canines can make the difference in solving grisly murder mysteries. "They get called out on cases for one reason: They can smell death.It leads them to the bodies" Such was the case with some of Chandra Levy's bones...

Motorcycle crash blamed on dog Chattanooga Ouch. A motorcylcist filed a $350,000 lawsuit against a couple over the crash he says he suffered when their dog ran out in front of his motorcycle...

Owner agrees to sterilize pit bulls When police couldn't break up a ferocious dog fight, even with shotgun blasts, they cited the owner for allowing her male pit bull, Choco, to escape from her home. The owner has agreed to sterilize two of the three pit bulls and also agreed to not own or harbor any more vicious dogs...

Illicit dog trade equals dog cruelty China Vendors starve their dogs so they will appear more frisky and healthy when in fact they are very ill...