Facial-Recognition App Finding Rover Helping Reunite Lost Pets With Owners
A new facial-recognition app is helping reunite lost pets with their owners. The app, Finding Rover, allows the user to upload photos and register their pets to its database so that they can be searchable. Anyone who comes across a lost pet and is an app user can take...
Dog who played Duke in famous Bush’s Baked Beans commercials has died
One of the dogs who played Duke in the commercials for Bush's Baked Beans has died. Sam, a canine who played the snarky role of the talking dog Duke, died on June 27 in Apopka, Florida, according to a Facebook post by a friend of Sam's owner, Susan. Read more at...
Dogs understand what’s written all over your face
Dogs are capable of understanding the emotions behind an expression on a human face. For example, if a dog turns its head to the left, it could be picking up that someone is angry, fearful or happy. If there is a look of surprise on a person's face, dogs tend to turn...
Dog bitten by rattlesnake called ‘hero’ for saving owner
Dogs prove time and time again that they are man's best friend. Todd, a golden retriever in Arizona, is no exception. While on a walk with his owner, Paula Godwin, Todd spotted a rattlesnake on their path and quickly jumped between Godwin and then snake to protect...
Bringy smart ball tracks your dog’s personal bests
Today's fitness junkies have all kinds of monitors to choose from, and who says dogs couldn't do with a little activity tracking themselves? Bringy is a connected ball with a sensor inside to track things like speed and distance, so you can keep tabs on their...
Top 10 Fourth of July Pet Safety Tips
Unlike people, pets don’t associate the noise, flashes, and burning smell of pyrotechnics with celebrations. Pets are terrified of fireworks, and often panic at the loud whizzes and bangs they produce. Because of this, the American Humane Association reports that July...
Dog ‘herds’ 400 lbs. black bear off Adams County farm
A Hancock farmer had quite the surprise Tuesday morning when a large black bear wandered onto her property. But thanks the instincts of her trusted dog, Trixie, the bear found it's way back into the woods. Paulette Hansen runs Maple Valley Farm in the Adams County...
Dog-sized holes in the fence so that pup can peep at her neighbors
This is adorable. Last year, a woman drilled three strategically-placed peepholes in her fence so that her neighbor's dog Penny could look through. She writes, "Got tired of my neighbor's German Shepherd jumping to peek over the fence so I made her a peeking spot. I...
This little dog will eat his way to your heart
There was something a little strange about the little French bulldog. Sunny Oshan knew the dog was deaf — it took her a little time to realize it —but he also had a mystifying behavioral tic: Bluenjy loved to wrap his paws around everything that came his way. "When I...
Boy sells his toys to help pay for his service dog’s treatment (and the internet chips in)
Most little boys love their dogs. But for 10-year-old Connor Jayne, his dog is more than just his best friend. Copper, a 4-year-old Doberman, is Connor's service and emotional support dog. Connor has been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety,...