Dachshund flies first class from Florida to Missouri to be reunited with owner
A 7-year-old dachshund flew first class from Florida to be reunited with her 14-year-old owner. Abby Mason hadn’t seen the dog, named Addison, since June, when, on a visit to Florida, the dog got away...
View ArticleMissouri couple faces “false report” charges after calling 911 about Great Dane
Rose and Randy Lakey were trying to save their Great Dane’s life when they called 911 on Easter Sunday. Oreo, a 4-year-old, 140-pound harlequin, had collapsed. “It was so fast and we were so upset,...
View ArticleDiamond recalls third type of dog food
Diamond Pet Foods is voluntarily recalling a third type of dry dog food due to salmonella concerns. All three products were made at a Gaston, S.C., plant — the same one that made mold-contaminated...
View ArticleTainted Diamond dog food sickens humans
Fourteen people in nine states have been sickened with Salmonella infections linked to a recalled dog food. At least five have been hospitalized, according to the Centers for Disease Control and...
View Article“Ya Gotta Quit Kickin’ My Dog Around”
Our original plan was to simply post this song and dedicate it to Marylanders who have pit bull type dogs as companions — they being stressed out now over the state’s highest court badmouthing their...
View ArticleWoman fined for 911 call about Great Dane
Rose Lakey, the Missouri woman who called 911 when her Great Dane collapsed on Easter Sunday, paid a $100 fine this week for what authorities said was a misuse of the emergency number. Lakey, of...
View ArticleTrucker’s lost dog, a Yorkie named Rambo, found waiting for him at Missouri...
A truck driver pulled out of a rest area in Hannibal, Missouri, last Friday, unaware that anything was wrong. He got all the way to Cedar Rapids, Iowa before he realized something was missing — his...
View ArticleHow many votes can Duke fetch?
This political ad opens with Bill Stouffer’s wife seemingly extolling the virtues of her husband, a candidate for Missouri secretary of state. “He’s very loyal and protects those that he serves. He’s...
View ArticleJim, the underdog turned wonder dog
Compared to his litter mates, all born from a champion, Jim, as a pup, didn’t seem to have what it was going to take to be a hunting dog, so a Louisiana breeder, back in 1925, let him go at half price....
View ArticleMissouri town denies “pit bull roundup”
To hear Fox 2 in St. Louis tell it, a massive round up of pit bulls was underway last week in the small town of Sikeston, Missouri. According to the Fox report (above), animal control officers were...
View ArticleKnow your state dogs — a quiz
Sure, you may know your state capitals, but do you know your state dogs? With Missouri poised to name the Newfoundland its official state dog — possibly an attempt by what’s been called the puppy mill...
View ArticleKnow your state dogs — the answers
Here are the answers to yesterday’s quiz (which you can find here) on state dogs. Surely, if you live in Maryland, you got the first one right. Maryland designated the Chesapeake Bay retriever as the...
View ArticleFour Missouri dogfighters sentenced to prison
A federal judge in St. Louis sentenced four Missouri men who admitted taking part in a multi-state dogfighting ring to more than a year of prison each today. “These dogs were subjected to the kind of...
View ArticleFDA reviewing complaints about dog treats
Real Ham Bone for Dogs — dog treats made in Missouri from the femurs of pigs — are under review by the Food and Drug Administration after complaints of them causing serious injury and death in dogs. If...
View ArticleBBB confirms Missouri is tops in puppy mills
Missouri is the puppy mill capital of America — even the St. Louis Better Business Bureau says so. A study by the BBB says the state — home to 30 percent of the nation’s large scale, federally licensed...
View ArticleVoters may get say on Missouri puppy mills
Nearly 200,000 signatures have been submitted to the Missouri Secretary of State’s office in an attempt to get the proposed “Puppy Mill Cruelty Prevention Act” on the November ballot. Missourians for...
View ArticleVideo of police shooting dog prompts outrage
The fatal shooting of a dog during a February SWAT team raid in Columbia, Missouri, has prompted the police department to change its policies, Chief Ken Burton said at a news conference Thursday. You...
View ArticleTrial opens in deaths of show dogs
Opening statements were made yesterday in the Missouri trial of Mary Wild, charged with animal abuse in connection with the deaths of seven show dogs who died when left overnight in a hot van last...
View ArticleMissouri reaches compromise on Proposition B; drops limit on size of breeding...
First, voters passed Proposition B — aimed at more closely regulating the sort of big dog breeding operations that had earned Missouri the nickname of the puppy mill state. Then, the state legislature...
View ArticleMother dog nurses orphaned raccoon
A rescued dog in eastern Missouri adopted an orphaned baby raccoon as her own after losing one of her puppies during labor. The dog, named Sasha, had been surrendered to a shelter with what was...
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