Schnauzer, stolen with SUV, is recovered
Max, a miniature schnauzer missing since he was stolen along with Bill Lorimer’s car a week ago in Arizona, has been found and reunited with his owner. The dog, who turns 3 on Tuesday, was inside...
View ArticleLost dog found 1,200 miles from home
A 7-year-old mutt who went missing in mid-November from his home in Colorado was reunited with his owner yesterday after being found in Salinas, Calif. — about 1,200 miles away. Nobody knows where...
View ArticleLost and found: Fadidle flies home to Utah
Fadidle, a miniature pinscher who disappeared from her home in Salt Lake City eight months ago, was found in San Diego and flown home to reunite with her owner. “It’s wonderful,” Sharalyn Cooper said...
View ArticleDog eats $10,000 worth of diamonds
A Georgia jewelry store’s mascot gobbled up $10,000 worth of diamonds, but, uh, returned them the next day. Honey Bun is a regular at John Ross Jewelers in Albany, known for greeting customers that...
View ArticleChihuahua, with lots of help, gets back home
Thanks to a newspaper and a good samaritan, a Chihuahua named Boo’kie was returned home last week after the pickup truck he was in was stolen from a Wal Mart parking lot in Winston-Salem, N.C. John...
View ArticleChispita! Bikini girl’s Chihuahua comes home
Chispita is home! And by now, maybe, Arlene Corona has put some clothes on. The woman who donned a bikini to bring attention to her lost dog has been reunited with her Chihuahua, NBC in San Diego...
View ArticleRecovered dog helping family cope with loss
In a tragic story out of Florida, a recovered dog is providing a lone note of solace to a grieving family. Barney, a Vizsla, was jogging with his owner, Donna Chen, a mother of three, when she was...
View ArticleIllinois man gets 30-month sentence for abusing his Lhasa Apso
An Illinois man has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for beating his Lhasa Apso. James Robert Wesolaski, 51, of Des Plaines, entered a guilty plea on torture and cruelty charges for pinning his...
View ArticleDog survives 11-mile ride in grill of car
A poodle mix struck by a Toyota Camry became wedged in the car’s grill and survived an 11-mile ride in Rhode Island. “It’s the first time we’ve ever seen anything like this,” East Providence Animal...
View ArticleKatie Jo, a shih-poo, is back with owners
An Iowa couple whose dog was stolen when they were visiting San Antonio has gotten her back — though exactly how isn’t clear. James Maschmann and his wife were visiting the city in February when they...
View ArticleHomeless L.A. man back with his pit bull
I was driving down Century Boulevard when I spotted them — a homeless man, judging from the Vons grocery cart he was pushing down the sidewalk, and a three-legged pit bull in a service dog vest,...
View ArticleKatrina dog documentary gets raves in Austin
For thousands of New Orleans pet owners who became separated from their pets during Hurricane Katrina, the pain still lingers, and a new documentary shows how deep and complicated the hurt can be....
View ArticleDNA testing saves dog from execution
It took a DNA test to prove it, but Angie Cartwright — who lives in a town that bans pit bulls — has certified that her dog Lucey is only 12 percent bully breeds, and now she has her back. Lucey had...
View ArticleOrioles calendar dog Cuji found safe
The Maryland SPCA confirms that Cuji, a pit bull mix featured in the organization’s 2010 Oriole’s calendar, has turned up, unharmed, at BARCS. Cuji, featured in the Orioles Calendar with Koji Euhara,...
View ArticleEllie found unharmed, and still in her crate
Anne Arundel County police said the dog taken when her owner’s car was stolen in Annapolis has been found safe in her crate. Ellie, an eight-month-old German short-haired pointer was reunited yesterday...
View ArticleHere’s a real nailbiter
Ashley Saks left her dog, Roxy, with a friend when she went out of town, along with instructions that – due to the 2-year-old basset hound’s habit of getting into things — she be crated when no one...
View ArticleTexas drowning victim’s dog is found
Gollum, the Italian greyhound whose owner died trying to save her other two dogs from an icy pond in Fort Worth, was found yesterday, not far from her home. Andrea Benua, 34, died Monday night after...
View ArticlePrincely gift of pricey pearls turns up in poop
A pair of expensive pearl earrings that Prince William gave to his girlfriend Kate Middleton on her 28th birthday have been recovered, slightly the worse for wear after going in one end of Middleton’s...
View ArticleDog rescued from empty yacht, adrift at sea
A retriever mix named Juanita was rescued from an otherwise empty yacht off the coast of New Zealand yesterday. Juanita reportedly poked her head out of a hatch when a rescue vessel pulled alongside...
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