FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — To watch Naki’o bound around the green yard of Aspen Grove Veterinary Care with his fellow puppy friends, he appears just like any other dog - happy and carefree trying to sniff out treats. But Naki’o is not just any other excitable puppy. The 8-week-old red heeler mix has four custom-made ...

FILER, Idaho (AP) — Those four cages stacked by the table inside Mary Stotz's RV speak volumes about an absorbing way of life. So does the bathtime reaction of a corgi named Lacey. "When I give Lacey a bath she knows she's going somewhere special," said the corgi's owner, Dorothy Sayers. Both Buhl women are among the ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hairballs are normal in cats, but they’re a nuisance for cat-owners to deal with. There are a few things you can do, though, to reduce hairballs and other feline dietary upsets. Cats ingest a lot of hair because their tongues have tiny tentacles (papillae) that act like brushes when they clean, explained ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A blast from a suicide bomber on a motorcycle in Afghanistan gave Joshua Endicott injuries from his head to toes. Doctors and the medical staff at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington worked to heal most of those wounds. But 10 months after Endicott, 20, of Columbus, was hit and ultimately evacuated ...

GREELEY, Colo. (AP) — Molly Wilson has been one of the more loyal volunteers in the past few years at North Colorado Medical Center. She cheers up sick kids, gives people with cancer hope and makes the tough days a tad easier for nurses and doctors. She just doesn’t realize she’s volunteering. When you’re a sheepdog who ...