Want to take your dog to work? Move to the US and you might be in luck!
American jobs website, SimplyHired, has teamed up with dog news and community website Dogster, to offer a dog friendly job search! Large employers, including Google and Amazon encourage their employees to bring their dogs to the office, with many [...]

It’s been a fairly standard week for dog news, with the usual happy rescue tails, not so happy stories and yet more journalists making strenuous “year of the dog” connections.
The one common theme has been the vast gulf between the different ends of the spectrum of human behaviour towards dogs.
Texan hicks shoot mystery dog-like creature [...]

Both the RSPCA and Dogs Trust are on the look-out for homes for deaf Collies, all under nine months old.
Blue, at the RSCPA’s Little Valley Animal Shelter in Exeter, along with Blanche and Lass at Dogs Trust’s Roden Rehoming Centre, are all responding well to sign language training.
Despite their extreme cuteness and young age, all [...]

Devon Anderson, a Jamaican man who’d never seen snow before, has competed in the Aviemore Sled Dog Rally.
Having trained with dogs from Kingston’s dog shelter – Jamaica is too hot for Huskies – Devon and his dogs came 27th out of 40, completing the Loch Morlich course in 45 minutes, 51 seconds.
With plans to enter [...]

Jazz, a Leeds police sniffer dog, has returned to work and full health after accidentally eating heroin during a drugs raid.
PC Steve Wilson described what had happened:
“Jazz located a package with a scent similar to that of the class A drug.
“As he picked up the package his teeth pierced the wrapping and some of the [...]

It’s been a busy week for dog stories – some happy, some not so.
Cornish firefighter saves kitten stuck up chimney with dog impression – “He sounded more like a monkey, but it seems the bad impression worked” – BBC News.
Walt Disney World Resort to take rabbits, parrots, ferrets, dogs, cats and non-poisonous snakes – Bloggingpet.
Samsung [...]

Miles Bloomer came to home his coverted barn, near Kidderminster, on 30 December to find condensation on his windows. Realising something was wrong, he quickly opened the front door to find a blaze inside.
“I thought something was wrong and then when I opened the front door the smoke just started billowing out. I went inside [...]

The BBC and Bromsgrove Standard have been reporting that West Mercia Police have assured a Worecestershire farmer that he is legally entitled to shoot dead dogs on his land.
Following several attacks on a Clent farmer’s sheep – which he blames on a dog – PC Jason Hynes said:
?€œI have spoken to the farmer this morning [...]

Freecycle is a loose organisation of local groups whose aim is to prevent usable goods from prematurely ending up in rubbish dumps.
For example: you have an old TV that still works. Charity shops won’t accept electrical goods and you’d only get a fiver for it secondhand. Freecycle allows you to post a free message offering [...]

Most local authorities are grateful that responsible dog owners use dog waste bins. Horsham District Council, though, are slightly miffed that their emptying schedule can’t keep up with the popularity of some of the bins they provide.
Ian Jopling, spokesperson for the council, explained to the BBC:
We have to do extra runs to take the waste [...]