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Tillman the Skateboarding Dog Rolls Into AOL Weird News

By Buck WolfApr 22nd 2011 – 7:10PM
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If you thought The Huffington Post was going to the dogs, you were exactly right. But these dogs are special. Tillman, the world-famous skateboarding dog, rolled into Huffington Post Media Group's new headquarters this week, and he brought his extreme puppy posse for a tail-waggin' good time. We hate to disappoint...

China Dogs' Rescue Shows Growing Animal Activism

Apr 21st 2011 – 7:39AM
AP

AP

BEIJING -- After spotting a truck packed with hundreds of whimpering dogs on a Beijing highway, a man put out a call on a microblogging site, begging fellow animal lovers to help him force the driver to release the animals. Around 200 people responded, blockading the truck at a toll booth for 15 hours until they finally...

Dogs Help Kids Learn to Read

By Rebecca DelaneyApr 11th 2011 – 1:19PM
Tina Anderson

Tina Anderson

A few days a week, Roo goes to the local elementary school, curls up in his spot at the back of the library and listens patiently as children read to him. "Go, Dog. Go!" by P.D. Eastman is his favorite, but he's not picky -- as long as he gets a treat afterward, he's happy. Roo is a reading education assistance dog...

Dog Gets Hugs From Owner After Tsunami Rescue

Apr 4th 2011 – 7:41AM
Japan Coast Guard / AP

Japan Coast Guard / AP

TOKYO -- A dog rescued from drifting ocean debris immediately jumped to her owner and wagged her tail at their reunion more than three weeks after Japan's tsunami. Toshio Suzuki described today's reunion at the animal shelter he heads in the tsunami-wrecked Miyagi region of northern Japan. The owner of the 2-year-old...

Dog Rescued in NH After Living on Streets for Entire Year

By Jane HealeyMar 21st 2011 – 1:26PM
Courtesy Holly Mokrzecki

Courtesy Holly Mokrzecki

It almost sounds like a story out of a children's book. A Nashua, N.H., dog reported missing a year ago had been living on the banks of the Merrimac River with a group of feral cats. The dog, Gypsy Girl, was finally rescued Friday. Courtesy Holly Mokrzecki Holly Mokrzecki, founder of Granite State Dog Recovery,...

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WATCH: This Dog And Cat Cover "Somebody That I Used To Know"

Jun 02nd 2012 - 02:15PM

Gotye's uber popular hit, "Somebody That I Used To Know," might be old news to some, but clever videos featuring the catchy tune keep surfacing online.

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PHOTOS: Local Pets In Need Of Forever Homes

Jun 01st 2012 - 05:26PM

Can you believe June is here already?

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Kailyn Lowry Lives in a Zoo!

Jun 01st 2012 - 05:23PM

Teen Mom 2' s Kailyn Lowry has her hands full with Baby Isaac and her adorable boyfriend, Javi Marroquin, but did you know she has a house full of pets?

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Pet-Friendly Weddings

Jun 01st 2012 - 05:06PM

Creative ways to include your four-legged family members in the fun.

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ASPCA Pummels Puppy Mills With Pressure From Consumers, Politicians

Jun 01st 2012 - 04:49PM

Hurting puppies is unfathomable to most of us.

dogs News From the Web

  • 06/03/12 Woofstock(R) 2012: North America's Largest Outdoor... Source: Russel Metals Inc Photos for this release will be available on the Canadian Press picture wire via Marketwire.
  • 06/03/12 Meet Paige! Source: Rescue Me For the past year and a half, I've been creating educational and really fun Squidoo lenses on all kinds of subjects related to us pups.
  • 06/03/12 Clinic keeps animals healthy Source: The Duncan Banner - Duncan OK Saturday, there was already a steadily growing line outside Comanche City Hall. Its members comprised two- and four-legged personalities, all gathered for the low-cost animal vaccination clinic held there each year.
  • 06/03/12 Exclusive Clip: 'Quill: The Life Of A Guide Dog' Source: The Playlist "What sets this film above so many movies about animals is that it's about a dog who is realistic in every aspect."–
  • 06/03/12 Sarah Silverman Considering Adoption Makes Me Respect... Source: Reality Exploits I'll admit that Sarah Silverman hasn't always been at the top of my list of favorite people, or even someone whose career I follow as closely as I should, but I have to give her serious props for having such open-minded, intelligent views on adoption, and being able to explain them so eloquently.

Background on dogs

The domestic dog (Canis lupus familiaris), is a subspecies of the gray wolf (Canis lupus), a member of the Canidae family of the mammilian order Carnivora.

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