LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ready for your dog’s days of summer? Everybody seems to have a list of tips. Most are no-brainers. Don’t leave dogs in hot cars or let them walk on hot asphalt, play too hard or get too much sun. Apply flea and tick repellents, and if you’re in a mosquito-prone area, talk to ...

PAULS VALLEY, Okla. (AP) — Horses at the Bureau of Land Management adoption center in Pauls Valley are the recipients of a new contraception vaccine that officials hope will prevent horses from conceiving for up to five years. The study covers 90 mares that have been treated with either vaccines or a placebo, according to the ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — For nine years, Brac has worked like a dog at a private golf club, chasing geese and sparing members the indignity of goose poop in their spikes. But the 10-year-old black-and-white border collie has arthritis in his legs, cataracts in his eyes and he's lost interest in the birds, so it's time ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Don Hurst figures he's given away millions of goldfish at carnivals over the last 25 years. Fair-goers win a fish in a plastic bag by tossing a ping pong ball into a bowl. With Hurst selling balls eight for a dollar and 20 for $2, the chances of winning are pretty good. Hurst ...

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The New Mexico Veterinary Medical Association recommends that people keep their pets inside and close windows and doors as much as possible to limit exposure to smoke from wildfires. The group issued a statement last week about potential health problems for animals because of smoke from a large wildfire in eastern ...