The greyhound race has followed the same pattern for almost a century. With a metallic screech the lure sets off, and eight dogs burst onto the track in chase. A half-minute later, the explosion of speed leaves a trail of sand, cigarette butts and torn betting slips...

A South Milwaukee woman died, a West Bend man had parts of his limbs amputated and a 3-year-old Grant County boy had fingers and toes amputated. Each had infections traceable to a bacteria in dog salvia, capnocytophaga. The public, including the legion of dog owners,...

Sharp-eyed television watchers may be confused about Duke, the dog featured in the humorous ad campaign for Bush’s Baked Beans. A golden retriever named Sam, one of several dogs who played Duke in the company's television commercials, passed away June 27. He had been...

An assistant professor at a Wisconsin college is getting national attention for the research she just published about a dog's empathy for its owner. The idea came to Ripon College's Julia Meyers-Manor when her collie tried to save her mom from a pile of pillows when...