One of the saddest thing for dog owners is hearing that their dog has cancer, because by then, the cancer may have already advanced, and not much can be done to save the dog. However, dog owners have a reason to smile following the release of OncoK9, a test that can detect cancerous cells long before your pet starts showing any symptoms.
Faced with the tough decision between losing your dog to an alligator, or jumping into the water to fight an 8-foot alligator, most people will let their canine buddy go, rather than risking their lives. This was, however, not an option for McCoy from Florida. When a hungry alligator snatched McCoy’s pet, a chocolate Labrador Retriever named Jake, McCoy did what many wouldn’t have done. He jumped into the pond and fought the alligator until it let go of his dog.
When Brandy Fowler met a 15-year-old Labrador Retriever named Whiskey, it was immediately apparent that Whisky didn’t have long to live. Still, Fowler made the decision to foster Whiskey.
It is an ordinary, and sometimes annoying thing for dogs to interrupt their owners during work engagements. However, a 7-month-old puppy stole the hearts of netizens around the world when he interrupted his owner, President Michael D Higgins, while he was addressing the press on live TV.
Close to three months after the dognapping of Lady Gaga’s two dogs, in which the dog walker was shot, five suspects have been arrested and charged with robbery and attempted murder. Among these suspects is the woman who returned the stolen dogs shortly after the robbery.
The commonly known ways of identifying a lost dog is using their identification tag or a microchip. While these methods are effective, a team of researchers has come up with a new way to identify lost dogs – using their nose prints.
Dogs at the Halifax Humane Society in Daytona are enjoying an improved chance of getting adopted, following a random act of kindness when an anonymous investor made a donation to the shelter after making profits in Dogecoin.
A proof of concept study whose findings were published in the journal PLOS One on 14th April 2021 has shown that trained dogs can detect the COVID 19 virus from pee samples with a 96% accuracy.
A 6-year-old Great Dane named Atlas is set to be officially named the world’s tallest living dog by the Guinness Book Of World Records once the review process is complete.
