Archive for December, 2012

Auld Lang Canine

Auld Lang Canine

As you ring in the New Year tonight, consider a few resolutions focused on your dog’s care in the year ahead.


Dr. Dog

Dr. Dog

Drug and bomb-sniffing dogs are renowned for the powers of their sensitive noses. A hospital in The Netherlands decided to use the superior canine sense of smell to sniff out a bacterial infection that plagues patients in long-term medical facilities ranging from hospitals to nursing homes. Early results show that dogs are faster and cheaper [...]


High-Society Hounds

High-Society Hounds

Groucho Marx famously said he wouldn’t want to belong to a club that would have him as a member. Well, now there’s a new dog club opening in NYC that makes membership so elusive, Marx would give it a thumbs up. The Ruff Club requires prospective dog members to pass a background check regarding health [...]


Dogs to the Rescue

Dogs to the Rescue

A team of comfort dogs from the midwest arrived in Newtown, Connecticut yesterday to provide Sandy Hook survivors with gentle, quiet support.  Sometimes a lick or tail wag can provide a boost that words just can’t.    


Sniffing sugar, saving lives

Sniffing sugar, saving lives

A new breed of service dog is making great strides in protecting Type 1 diabetics from dangerous insulin fluctuations. The dogs can smell changes in their human’s blood sugar level and bark to alert them when its getting too high or low. The dogs are faster and more accurate at detecting these dangerous changes than [...]


Doggie Drivers

This just in from the BBC—a story on a New Zealand adopt-a-pet program that’s teaching dogs how to drive cars–rather than chase them. We just hope the dogs are comfortable behind the wheel.