Maryland Pit Bull Attack Injures Friend and Dog

His finger was deformed; lifting his shoulder was difficult and his hands were swollen like a boxer’s from trying to get the fighting dogs off his chest.

The Nose Knows

Dogs Finding Dogs sniffs out missing pets Diana Beechener Heidi doesn’t run. She surges.

Testing for bite: Dog attacks highlight need for safety, Humane Society policies

In November, a 3-year-old Hampstead girl was flown to Johns Hopkins pediatric center in Baltimore after being bitten by her family’s 80-pound German shepherd-Alaskan malamute mix. An adult collie-lab mix bit a person in Westminster in early June.

Farm’s dogs are capricious, effective

Handler Janet Harvey runs a tight ship at 214-year-old Howard County estate Janet Harvey, right, is the resident shepherd at the Clark’s Farm, which was owned by the late Sen. James Clark decades ago and is now run by his daughter

Retired bomb-sniffing dog missing from Dundalk home

A retired bomb-sniffing dog, along with another small dog, have gone missing in Dundalk. Apache is a German Shepherd, a K-9 trained to detect explosives. Until his retirement three years ago, he worked as part of the Mercy Medical Center security team.

A bite of success: Defensive dog goes to Spain

When Bell Buckle’s Krista Wade began training German shepherds for Schutzhund trials, she never realized how far she could go with it. Literally. In October, Wade and her dog Berlin were named…

Columbia prepares to release the hounds to attack goose problem

Sheep dogs are coming to chase birds away Visitors to Columbia’s Lakefront promenade have increasingly been confronted by panhandling resident Canada geese, who had stayed away for years, chased by Glenn and Bud, the town’s two border collies. But two years after the last dog died, the birds seem to have forgotten they’re not wanted.

Columbia prepares to release hounds to attack goose problem

Sheep dogs are coming to chase birds away Visitors to Columbia’s Lakefront promenade have increasingly been confronted by panhandling resident Canada geese, who had stayed away for years, chased by Glenn and Bud, the town’s two border collies.

About the Bearded Collie

If you are looking for a dog that marches to the beat of its own drummer, loves to round up the kids for dinnertime and has a happy go lucky attitude, then you may want to take a look at the Bearded Collie.

About the Australian Cattle Dog

The Australian Cattle Dog has more aliases than most wanted felons. This breed is also known as the Heeler, Red Heeler, Blue Heeler and Queensland Heeler. The Australian Cattle Dog is the ‘official’ AKC breed name for this member of the Herding group. These dogs are called heelers because they were developed in Australia for [...]