Dog (animal)

Pasadena boy, aunt attacked by family dogs

2012-12-03 12:50:16

Anne Arundel County police provided more details Monday about a weekend incident where a boy and his aunt were attacked by the family's dogs. Police responding to reports of a disturbance on the 3400 block of Barnsley Court entered the residence where...

Two dogs shot after attacking boy, 7, in Pasadena

2012-12-01 19:33:00

A 7-year-old boy was flown to Johns Hopkins Children's Center after being attacked by two dogs in Pasadena, Anne Arundel County police said. Police were called to the 3400 block of Barnsley Court around 5:30 p.m. after a woman called, screaming for help,...

'Amazing Race' finale recap, Goat farmers for the win!

2012-12-10 04:38:00

Previously on "The Amazing Race," there were 11 teams. Some of them were really awesome, and some were not. Phil Keoghan eliminated a lot of them, and now the lucky remaining few are in Spain. It all ends tonight, you know, so I hope you have some comfort...

Meet Unleashed's new keeper -- and her pup

2012-12-21 08:19:00

We adopted a 12-week-old black lab from Lab Rescue shortly after our sweet 12-year-old chocolate girl passed away. Culture shock doesn’t begin to cover the transition -- where Mocha was a tail-wagging, full-body-cuddling rug we fed twice a day,...

Latest canine class the largest to graduate at Sykesville

2012-12-29 16:30:06

After 14 weeks of training, a new team of 10 Maryland State Police K9 officers graduated on Dec. 14. The dogs and their handlers shared the spotlight at a ceremony at the Maryland Police and Correctional Training Commissions facility in Sykesville....

Anne Arundel County volunteer briefs

2012-12-07 00:00:00

Animal control The agency needs volunteers for hands on interaction with animals, showing animals to prospective clients, assisting customers, answering phones, filing, photography and multimedia tasks. Applicants must be 18 or older, able to meet the...

Perryville denies request to change signage regulations

2012-11-07 23:11:04

The Perryville Board of Town Commissioners voted to not change the town's zoning code on signage regulations during Tuesday's town hall meeting. It had been previously requested by Commissioner Michael Dawson in July to change the regulations to allow...

Perryville continues to consider changes to sign regulations

2012-10-24 19:42:16

Perryville's mayor and board of commissioners continued to consider a change to the town's zoning code during an Oct. 16 work session, following requests from one commissioner in favor of the change and a recommendation from the planning commission...

Baltimore cop not afraid to show his 'Soft Side'

2012-08-21 09:35:00

Baltimore's Show Your Soft Side campaign has featured the likes of rock stars and pro athletes to convey its message of kindness to animals. But its newest and arguably most popular poster showcases an ordinary city beat cop. The new ad featuring Officer...

More hospitals allowing visits from patients' pets

2012-07-06 16:55:00

Ask patients in some area hospitals which caregivers they most look forward to seeing, and they'll say the ones with hairy faces and bad breath. For Sean Harris, they were his dogs Diesel and Wilson. For Michael Friedman, it was the family pooch,...

Sunny conditions for Latin American art exhibit

2012-09-14 11:56:04

The painterly colors are as bright as a tropical sun in some of the artwork in the "Contemporary Latin American Art Exhibition" at the Columbia Art Center. Although the subject matter of all four artists tends to be puzzling, it's easy to enjoy their...

Dream home: Finding favor in a friendly home

2012-09-01 19:20:00

Maura Iacoboni always admired her friend's home, a two-story Colonial-style structure in Timonium in Baltimore County. Little wonder, then, that when the home was put on the market earlier this year, she jumped on it. "It always looked happy to me; it...

Rescued dogs flown from Van Nuys Airport to new homes.

2012-12-07 00:00:00

so he took the class. Here he works on the chest compressions of the demonstration (fake) dog to help try and restart the dogs heart as Class Instructor (and professional dog trainer) Laurie Scible helps him out with the proper techniques.

2012-11-21 13:52:00

SeaWorld Rescue team members (L-R) Anita Yeattes, Suzanne Pelisson Beasley and Jessica Decoursey pose with rescue dogs onboard the Southwest Airlines flight. Sixty orphaned dogs and cats are being flown across the country from Newark Liberty International Airport on November 17, 2012 in Newark,

2012-11-17 00:00:00