By MONICA SPRINGER mspringer@gctelegram.com As people walked past Brogue they couldn’t help but smile. Holding his face in their hands, children and adults asked his owner, Carrie McLean of Black Forrest, Colo., more information about him. Brogue, a 170-pound Irish Wolfhound, didn’t mind the attention. His gray, woolly tail wagged as people pet him. Brogue was one of hundreds of ...

By MONICA SPRINGER mspringer@gctelegram.com Dog lovers in western Kansas will get a chance this weekend to see the 19th sanctioned American Kennel Club dog show at the Finney County Fairgrounds in Garden City. The three-day show is scheduled to begin at 8 a.m. Friday through Saturday, with rally and obedience in the West Pavillion. Confirmation judging is scheduled for ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — One hundred sheriff’s deputies and 400 part-time deputies were laid off. SWAT officers were ordered back to the streets. Narcotics and gang units were disbanded. Helicopters were grounded. K-9 survived. To absorb more than $30 million in losses, the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department had to focus almost exclusively on answering 911 calls, but ...

By LINDA LOMBARDI For The Associated Press Dog agility competitions make great TV, with pooches racing around an obstacle course, jumping through hoops and dashing through tunnels. If you’ve seen it, though, your reaction probably wasn’t, “What about cats?” But that’s exactly the thought that Kim Everett-Hirsch of Portland, Ore., had before launching her first cat agility competition ...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4.5 million people are bitten by dogs each year.  While this is an alarming statistic, most of these bites are preventable. “Human behavior is a major factor in dog bites,” explains Dr. Mark Stickney Director of General Surgery Services at the Texas A&M University College of Veterinary ...