A dog who gave everything she had to a litter of puppies is repaid with the ultimate gift. When her health was failing and she needed a kidney transplant, her family did not have to look too far for help. This story begins three years ago on a hot summer day in southern Missouri. A dog named Star was found in a plywood box with a litter of puppies. They had no food or water, according to Shannon Flegle, DVM and owner of Murphy Animal Hospital in High Ridge.

As anyone with a pet or two can tell you, most animals don’t like fireworks — but a town in Italy has a solution to the problem: Located in the Parma province, the town of Collecchio uses silent fireworks instead of the ones that make big, loud…

A new study shows that our beloved four-legged friends are moved to action when they see us in emotional distress.

For chronic pain sufferers, it may be smart to let sleeping dogs lie, a new University of Alberta study suggests. Contrary to blanket medical advice, shooing Fido out of the bedroom may not help people with long-term pain get a better night’s sleep, said researcher Cary Brown of the Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine. “Typically, people who have pain also have a lot of sleep problems, so usually if they ask their health-care provider about a pet, they’re told to get the pet out of the bedroom. But that standard advice can actually be damaging.”

Most of the 800 veterinarians surveyed feel ethical qualms when pet owners ask them to euthanize animals that could be treated, or when owners ask to keep pets alive who will suffer needlessly.

After a suggestion from a Model 3 owner on Twitter, Tesla CEO Elon Musk agreed that the automaker should release a ‘dog mode’ to keep your puppies safe and cool inside Tesla vehicles. Tesla has already made updates to its software to help with child or pet safety with its Cabin Overheat Protection feature released in 2016.

A helpful guide on finding a lost dog in different situations and places. All dog owners need to check this out and bookmark this article.

Barbra Streisand is not alone. At a South Korean laboratory, a once-disgraced doctor is replicating hundreds of deceased pets for the rich and famous. It’s made for more than a few questions of bioethics.

New York City said the doghouses on sidewalks outside stores were illegal but they are welcome at rest stops along the New York State Thruway.

The author of a new book also says that animals can feel empathy, like the humpback whale that rescued a seal.

Finally, it's safe to read "Where the Red Fern Grows"

Every Dutch dog will have to have a passport from 2020, according to new rules expected to be announced by environment minister Carola Schouten on Thursday. The AD reports that in an attempt to muzzle the illegal dog trade, the government will fine breeders without the proper doggie passports in future. The documents will contain information about each dog’s origin, former owners and medical needs.

The study of more than 33,000 United Kingdom-based Labrador retrievers of all colours shows chocolate Labradors also have a higher incidence of ear infections and skin disease. Its findings were published in the open access journal Canine Genetics and Epidemiology today.

Do you have questions about side effects of medications received or contraindications with other meds? An online veterinary consultation can help.

Chocolate poisoning in dogs remains a problem, particularly at Christmas.

Rescue Paws Curacao Foundation, an animal rescue organization, received a call about a little black dog who was found living under a container on a big lot near Sambil, limping around on three legs. The town had plans to build an amusement park on the lot of land that the dog was living on, so the rescue team knew they had to save him as soon as possible before he no longer had a safe place to hide.

Everywhere humans go, we take our pets. Fleas are along for the ride, spreading everything from typhus to bubonic plague.

Dog cloning. You’ve probably heard about it. Barbra Streisand certainly has, and she’s not alone.

Treats and kibble made with fungus offer high protein from plant-based foods, but not all pets may be able to make the switch.

T2, the orange tabby, is tougher than the Terminator. Way back in 2002, the cat was a stray and wandered into the life of now-retired Fort Pierce, Fla., K9 officer Perry Martin. He named the cat Thomas Jr. - nicknamed T2 (and that handle sure applies) - and took him to the vet for shots and the implantation of a microchip. Two years later, T2 went missing after Hurricane Jeanne passed ...

A new study published in Animal Cognition found that even our sweet furbabies are capable of lying to our faces. Researchers out of Switzerland were interested in understanding if dogs have the ability to use deception to get what they want from humans. First, they trained the dogs (participants were 27 dogs of different breeds between the ages 1.5 and 14 years) to distinguish two women by their generosity with food—one woman was deemed "cooperative" because she readily handed the dog a treat and the other was deemed "competitive" because...

Among Ron Grantham's happiest memories are the days he spent fly-fishing with his beloved dog, Spot. Now those memories are being revived by visits from his new best friend, Biscuit - a robotic dog.

Dogs cannot get ‘autism’, the British Veterinary Association has warned, after the ‘anti-vaccine’ movement spread to pets.

US officials have accused Andres Lopez Elorza of using his surgical skills to turn dogs into drug mules for Colombian cartels. He has been a fugitive since 2005, after an investigation uncovered the inhumane scheme.

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A loyal Yorkshire terrier stayed with a missing 3-year-old girl in a dense cornfield in Missouri all night -- and heroically led a search party to them with a "weak bark," authorities said. Remy Merritt and her dog, Fat Heath, had gone missing Thursday night in Qulin, triggering a desperate search that brought in some 150 volunteers, authorities said.

The canine clinical trial will vaccinate 800 healthy pets

Dogs can be trained to sit and stay in an MRI.

The closest living relative of the precolonial canines isn’t even a dog. It’s a contagious cancer.

Dammit, you big stupid orange dog, I love you.

An 8-month-old baby girl died Wednesday in Miramar, Fla., after she was attacked by a family dog, local police said. The infant was in the care of her grandmother at the time of the attack, Miramar Police Officer Yessenia Diaz told USA TODAY. The family owns three pit bulls — a mother, one male sibling and one female sibling. The grandmother was walking the dogs when the male dog, which police said was 3 or 4-years-old, got away from her and attacked the baby who was bobbing in a bouncy chair in one of the bedrooms.

Late Friday a video from the Houston Humane Society went viral, showing an Australian shepherd and border collie mix male named Hunter in the hours after his previous owners surrendered him. In the video Hunter can be seen nuzzling one of the volunteers at the shelter and within hours the video was viewed more than 40,000 times and shared thousands of times across various social media platforms.

He totally stole the show.

Don’t mess with me! That’s the signal small dogs seem to be sending when they pee on things, according to a new study. Researchers have found that the smaller a pooch is, the higher it lifts its leg to mark lamp posts, trees, and other objects—and these exaggerated urine streams may fool other dogs into thinking a large canine is in the area.

Two recent cases of a rare infection are raising awareness — and anxiety — about the risks of interacting with dogs and cats. Sharon Larson of South Milwaukee died on June 23 at age 58, after her dog nipped her hand. Starting that same month, Greg Manteufel, 48, of nearby West Bend, Wisconsin, lost both hands and both lower legs to amputation to save his life. Though he came into contact with a few dogs, he said, he was not bitten by any of them. In both patients' blood, doctors found the bacteria Capnocytophaga canimorsus.