One pet owner's doubling down for double the trouble: The New Yorker is kicking in $50,000 grand for a duplicate clone of her original dog. In fact she may want two if South Korea can deliver. But there's ire in the nation while others claim the surrogate mothers are being served--as a meal. Read more
While many hope for miracles in the new year, one family got theirs for Christmas after a new pet--their grandkids' new Shih Tzu puppy named "Scamp"--had escaped from the yard and been fatally hit in a car accident. It turns out there is life after death. Read more
The bikini-wearing student in San Diego--whose dog went lost before Thanksgiving--is now reunited with missing chihuahua "Chispita". The swimsuit definitely brought awareness. But a high school student named Daniel played savior in the dog's return. A La Jolla Country Day School teacher and high school nurse named "Julia" may have played the opposite role. Read more
It's hard to garner attention in a world filled with noise and distractions--but one woman is aware that partial nudity gets a message across. She just seems a bit confused as to the message. But she's going on a hunger strike and forbidding clothing, from a California street corner, until her lost Chihuahua returns home. There is one problem: The dog may be less lost than stolen. Read more
Pet food just got way more expensive for one dog-slash-jewelry store owner: A canine in Albany, Georgia, seems to love diamonds as much as some women--he just eats them instead of wearing them. 'Honey Bun' the Pomeranian gobbled roughly $10,000 worth of diamonds he seems to have mistaken for snacks. Read more
If animal abusers and killers faced murder charges, they might act differently: A California dog is found with the arrow from a crossbow lodged in its side as Riverside police search for the person who shot the German Shepard mix puppy that had to be euthanized to relieve its suffering. Read more
He's Paco the chihuahua: He's a rescue dog and he's fearless--singlehandedly fighting off and chasing store robbers who were waving a shotgun at Altadena, California, store owner Eric Knight. With barks and bites of a dog ten times his size, 10-lb Paco chased thieves down a street before returning to check on 'his' store owner. Read more
Unfortunately for one pup, her soon-to-be owner thought the wandering "Yoda"--a chihuahua found behind an apartment building--was a rat. Yoda did weigh only two pounds. But it may have been the hair. "Yoda", as it turns out, is valuable: She's won the 2011 World's Ugliest Dog Award and garnered her owner both honor and a bundle of cash, $1,000. Read more
It's unbelievable someone would poison pets over a neighbor dispute, no matter how severe--but the man Concord (CA) police say is responsible for strychnine-laced meatballs in poisoning neighbors' dogs is unreal: Accused killer Earl Ansley's a cop, a former California police officer himself. Read more