WICHITA (AP) — Officer Allie is retiring after a long and productive law enforcement career. Her bosses hope to find a replacement that's equally skilled at tracking bad guys, finding hidden evidence and greeting hundreds of school kids with a wildly wagging tail. The 9-year-old Labrador retriever is one of several that will soon retire from ...

PITTSBURG (AP) — Barney Google Squarepants is one of the top dogs in the nation when it comes to agility, the ability to race through an obstacle course without making a single mistake. He and his owner, Jill Van Dieren, Pittsburg, both worked like dogs to earn Barney the honor at the American Kennel Club Agility ...

FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — Musher Amanda Byrd received a long dog hug in her backyard Dec. 27 after she picked up her old dog from the pound that morning. Her dog, Bridget, has a new lease on life after living in the wild for more than three years. Bridget ran away from her new owner only ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dogs have more to look for under the tree this Christmas than cats do. Fifty-six percent of dog owners say they'll buy their pets a gift this Christmas, but only 48 percent of cat owners plan a gift. A majority of all pet owners — 53 percent — said in an Associated Press-Petside.com ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — It’s a less than beautiful day in the bucolic fields of rural Darlington County, but the light rain isn’t dampening the first meeting between a group of 40 Labrador retrievers and their new Marine handlers. It is training day for the Marines, not the dogs. The dogs are all pros, some champion ...