School defies agency order to admit service dog
BY CARL MACGOWAN

Defying a state agency’s order to comply with New York’s human rights laws, a Westbury principal yesterday refused to allow a deaf student to bring his service dog to school.

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What a great idea!

Thanks to NewsWales for this article.

Police dogs stamp their mark
11/3/2008

Four-legged hounds trained at South Wales Police Dog Training School sprang into action for their latest mission - helping launch Royal Mail’s new set of stamps featuring canine heroes.

The Working Dogs stamps pay tribute to man’s best friend in miniature.

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Thanks to the Seattle Times for this article.

Therapy dog: big heart unleashed
By Connie Bloom

Akron Beacon Journal

AKRON, Ohio — “I can still eat, gab and complain, and I do it all,” confided Emma Holmes, 87, scooting her wheelchair behind Annabelle, a luscious English bulldog and the attraction of the day.

Stand back.

Dressed in a sequined pink brimmed hat and feathery boa, the 50-pound pooch provided a breathtaking view, a combination of slink and waddle as she strolled through the Cuyahoga Falls Village Retirement Community, home to about 130 seniors, including the charming Holmes.

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Thanks to News.com.au for this followup on this horrible case.

Follow this link to read the original post.

Joshua Peterson fined $22,000 for leaving dog to die
By Katelyn John
March 06, 2008

Joshua Peterson forgets about border collie in car
Car reaches 50c, dog tries to dig itself out of cage
Dog dies, Peterson ordered to pay $22k

A MAN who left a dog to die inside a car which got as hot as 50C has been ordered to pay more than $22,000 in fines and costs.

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Thanks to The Sydney Morning Herald for this article.

Bureaucracy is biggest obstacle for guide dogs
February 23, 2008

Photo: Bernardo de Niz

LUCKY, China’s first seeing-eye dog who was trained with Australian help, is finding life in Beijing a trifle bureaucratic.

His new owner, Ping Yali, China’s first Paralympic gold medallist, is thrilled with the golden retriever, who has graduated from the country’s first guide dog training centre, but the pair are finding it difficult to be seen in public.

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What a story! Dogster Zita was lost for two years and has now been found!

Dear Dogster…if you want happy endings, here is one you won’t believe.

My name is “zita” and I am a guide dog in Israel. i had a diary here over two years ago. However, in March 2006, I got lost. This last Thursday (Jan. 2008!) I was found. Don’t you think that this is a wonderful story that others might want to know about???

And here is Zita’s story:

Zita Has Been Found!
26 January 2008 at 9:37 a.m.

What more an appropriate entry to this diary, which has been ignored for so long, than with the ecstatic news of the recovery of Zita.

The story is related to my trip to Vietnam, which will be recounted here, eventually, as you will see forthwith.

So here is the story, step by miraculous step.

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It does seem hypocritical to have guard dogs when dogs in general are banned. Let me see… good enough to protect you but not good enough to be part of a family.

Thanks to ADNKronos for this article.

Iran: President’s dogs upset religious leaders

Tehran, 5 Feb.(AKI) – A decision by Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to acquire four guard dogs has upset the ayatollahs from the holy city of Qom.

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Big barks for Trading Standards and this court!!!

Thanks to The Press Association for this article.

Taxi firm fined over guide dogs

A taxi company that refused to pick up a blind couple with their guide dogs has been ordered to pay hundreds of pounds by a court.

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Thanks to the Seattle Times for this article.

Portland stations giving guide dogs electrical shocks
By The Associated Press

PORTLAND — Wet platforms at some light-rail stations are causing mild electrical shocks to guide dogs for the blind that can cause the animals to ignore their training and make them unable to do their jobs.

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Maybe some of these soldiers will remember how Boe helped them in Iraq and adopt dogs when they come home.

I noticed the CNN report mentioned that soldiers in Iraq are being drawn to the local dogs. How about letting some of these dogs live on base? That would help them AND the soldiers.

Follow this link to watch the CNN video.