Child mauled by his pet pit bull Pennsylvania The 14-year old boy was bitten on the face, arms and legs and had his upper lip bitten off in the attack, which occurred in his bedroom. Police officers had to shoot the pit bull when it continued attacking. Searchers did not find the upper lip...

Do animals care for one another like humans do?  Animals have capacity for love and devotion as well as learning. Dominion Post Jun 20 2002 [Moreover - Animal news]

The ultimate dog washing machine Florida "There are currently seven of the $34,000 machines in operation throughout Miami-Dade County. The ultimate dog washing machine features a cat. The sudsing, rinsing and drying procedure takes 30 minutes to complete and costs an average of $20 to $25 at most pet shops"... a slide show of the automated wash and dry is included.

[Wow, we spend alot more than that on our chow chow's bath every three weeks. I want one. My dog hasn't had a bath in two months because we're waiting for his hip to heal completely after his total hip replacement in April (one more month, sigh). So we're using the ionic brush and dryer from the Sharper Image on him.  And we're brushing him every day and using Nature's Miracle Dander Remover and Body Deoderizer for pets.]

The more I blog, the more I like my dog. The more I use Radioland software, the more I like it. Radioland's aggregator is an incredible tool for digesting the news. Radioland's blogger API can seamlessly integrate with Blogger of blogspot.com and many other blogging tools. Radioland's scripting abilities are incredible ... on this site, we're sharing our favorites, google-it tools, calendars, comments links, and pictures.  We're broadcasting to syndicated channels, as well as good old dognews.blogspot.com and dc_dogs.blogspot.com and other news channels.

Thanks, Dave, we're grateful. Now, we just want you well and back with us, so we can learn more and appreciate more. We love Radioland and thanks to Radioland, we have time to take our dog for walks and rides and still have a great news site, thanks to all these brilliant tools (and the Radioland team). This blog is about dog news, but in the end, it reflects on the people, good and bad, who dogs depend on....  time to go ... take the dog for a walk in the cool air...

Police officers, firefighters called ... for dead pomeranian  Mississippi When a woman saw two men throw a box in the water at a Long Beach pier, she called police. Firefighters and police hoped to rescue whatever was in the box, but it was too late. The pomeranian found floating next to the box was already dead....

Pampered poodles cost socialite a penthouse Australia Socialite Rose Porteous signed a contract and put a sizable deposit down on a  $4 million penthouse but was forced to withdraw when the building's managers refused to allow her beloved poodles to move in.

"Mrs Porteous said the poodles -- Lulu, Dennis and Linus -- had their teeth brushed daily, had individual hair dryers, were bathed with human-grade shampoo and slept on feather-down dog beds 'which cost me a fortune'.  'They are very protective, and if somebody goes near me they are just yap, yap, yap' ."

The dogs are getting nervous about the move and Dennis has already had a breakdown which required medicine ...

Bloodhound rounds out Baltimore K-9 unit Baltimore, MD Rosie, the Bloodhound, graduated yesterday and was promoted to officer in for the city's K-9 unit, along with eleven human handlers and ten other dogs...

Eat cats in New Zealand, dogs in Korea New Zealand A plan proposed by a bureacrat in New Zealand recommends making it a New Zealand tradition to eat cat stew. The councillor thought of the idea when she learned that cat registration was too expensive to enforce. Other countries have come up with odd plans to diminish their unwanted animal population as well: that crazy Australian plan to get rid of dogs The idea didn't go over well... so now the councillor says it was all a joke.

Instead, another idea is being considered:  have a "shoot cats day" sort of like the "shoot dogs day" that Borneo residents hold to get rid of their stray dogs.  New Zealanders are concerned about the diminishing bird population due to cat overpopulation.

Dogsitter shoots dog 14 times and stabs it too UK "A 26-year-old man who shot his friend's dog 19 times with airgun when he was supposed to be looking after him, has been jailed for five months...In what magistrates described as a "despicable act only imaginable in nightmares", 13 air pellets were found in his body, two in his neck and four more in his body. The dog had also been stabbed."  x-ray photo included [from Madville.com via Newsisfree]

Woman calls 911 for her dog "When a frantic Covington woman called 911 on a pay phone and said her 3-year-old had stopped breathing, dispatchers sent two fire trucks, two sheriff's deputies and an ambulance crew to a gas station near Mandeville.The rescue workers raced to the scene only to discover that the youngster in question had four legs, a tail and a cold, wet nose." from [Obscure Store via Newsifree]

Animal rescuers protest new law in Virginia Virginia A law designed to protect animals from neglect and abuse has come under fire from people who say it tramples on their Fourth amendment rights. "The law requires animal rescuers to pay a  fee of $100 and register as "animal rescue agencies." "The agencies must then list their contact information in the phone book and at local public pounds and the agencies, as well as any foster home they use to house animals, also will be subject to inspections by the state veterinarian if a complaint is filed against them..."

Bobcat scales 6-ft fence, destroys pet dachshund California A couple's little dog served as a quick snack for a hungry bobcat that scaled a secure 6-ft chain link fence to get to it....

No pet is really safe in a fenced and locked back yard. In the news: thieves will pull up fences to get to pitbulls which are used in underground fighting gangs. And purebred dogs are often stolen for their resale value. Daily Press Jun 19 2002 [Moreover - Animal news]