Welcome to Dogs in the News!

Here you will find a selection of clips and articles about the famous, the talented, the strange and just the simply most adorable dogs that deserve celebrity status!

Dog Can See Clearly Now The Skin Has Gone

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Another problem caused by deforestation...

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Surfs up for San Diego sea dogs

San Diego beach-goers were treated to the unusual sight of dogs taking to the waves in a surfing competition.

The event is in aid of San Deigo Police Department's K-9 dog unit and was watched by an estimated 2000 people.

Ruff Love: Yorkshire Terriers Wed In Brazil

A pair of Brazilian dog lovers have spent almost £6,000 on a lavish wedding for their pet Yorkshire Terriers.

Surrounded by more than 200 dog-lovers and their pooches, the bride Bruna, 5, and her two-year-old groom Lui barked their vows before planting their paws on the official registry documents.

Then it was time to pose for photographs in front of a right dog's dinner: the cake specially made of canine food.

In pictures: Heroic dogs

Seventy years after World War II, the People's Dispensary for Sick Animals is commemorating seven dogs like Beauty, who helped rescue hundreds from the rubble of wartime London.

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Ed Stourton on walking his dog: Crying Woolf

Ed Stourton finds poetic truth among the pooches.

A dog-walking social life offers plenty of opportunity for variety. Every dog-walking circle has its regular hours. If I go to Battersea Park early I usually meet MPs' wives and the Chelsea set. Around nine the park is full of dog-owning parents from the school outside the park gates, and by half past I can be sure of finding my Stockwell neighbours gossiping in the lakeside cafe...

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Abandoned Pets Become Stamp Stars

Royal Mail has produced commemorative stamps to mark the 150th anniversary of the Battersea Dogs and Cats Home.

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Oh My Dog! It's Pooch Pong

A dog-loving businessman and a renowned dog behaviourist have created a perfume for pampered pooches called Oh My Dog!Laurent Jugeau also called on the knowledge of ex-Givenchy employee Etienne de Swardt to perfect the pooch pong.

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Riot Dog!

A mystery dog that has apparently braved the tear gas and petrol bombs of every Athens riot since 2008 has earned national fame and become a darling of the country's radical left and anarchists.

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Oil Spill Cleanup Effort Could Use a Little “Hair of the Dog”

The BP/Transocean Deepwater Horizon oil spill has been raging out of control since April 20, the result of a pressure system blowout, which caused an explosion and the subsequent sinking of an oil-drilling rig off the coast of Louisiana.

As offshore repair attempts meet with setbacks and the volunteer cleanup effort kicks into high gear, proprietors of several Florida hair salons and pet groomers’ establishments are working together to float a clever and unexpected idea: recycle leftover hair clippings from both human beings and dogs to scrub oil from contaminated beaches.

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