THE BARKING LOT: Help ease your dog's noise phobia - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Leslie Gallagher of St. Charles is owner of K9Z Etc., a pet care and dog training business. She writes a monthly column sharing training tips and other information about dogs.

Louisiana SPCA sponsors dog training classes in July - New Orleans Times-Picayune
The three-week course will teach handlers and their dogs the basic of dog obedience such as praise, heel, sit and down. Also, tips will be given on how to have a well-socialized dog, the importance of pet identification and exercising your dog. Class size

Dead Dogs Tied to Tracks, Hit by Train - msnbc.com
A witness says he saw a group of teen boys tie two dogs to railroad tracks in Haltom City moments before a train ran over the animals Tuesday morning. According to Cpl. Joe Heckfield with the Haltom City Police Department, the witness asked a resident to

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War in Afghanistan: We're training poodles in a land of pit bulls - Los Angeles Times
Mark Twain said it best: "It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in In a land full of pit bulls, we're training French poodles. I mean, I know the tactics in Afghanistan have been described as "unconventional warfare."

Dogs of the world - msnbc.com
The dogs' owners and trainers explained to the school children the breeds' initial purpose before becoming companions to American families. A beautiful Rhodesian ridgeback named Kicho — which means "something to fear" in Swahilii — stood tall next to