Dogs

Valley Woman's Dog Shot in the Snout by Forest Service Officer

Shannon Liska says her pitbull Trax didn't deserve to be shot by a U.S. Forest Service officer while on a camping trip in March. Shannon Liska's 2-year-old pitbull still has a bullet shard in its snout. The dog is now toothless on one side of his mouth, and doesn't have enough jaw bone lef ... More >>

After Samkeita Jurden and His Dog Both Bit Cops Inside Target Store, He Sues Target

A man who was arrested in September after he and his dog both allegedly bit Mesa police officers inside a Target store has filed a federal lawsuit against that Target store.In the lawsuit, Samkeita Jurden (whose first name was misspelled "Samkeith" in county court filings) pretty much admits to all ... More >>

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Bulldog Attacks Owner While on Walk in Mesa, Then Runs Away After Being Shot by Officer

An American bulldog attacked its owner violently while the two were on a walk last night in Mesa, police say, then ran away after taking a bullet from a cop's gun. Just before 7:30 p.m., neighbors in the area of 11300 block of East Contessa saw the large, brown-and-white dog turn on the 22-year-old ... More >>

Video: Camelback Mountain Hiker Angered After Being Reminded of Leash Law

Pete Kosednar, a Scottsdale window-cleaner and blogger, pulled out his video camera this morning when he saw a hiker walk by on Camelback Mountain with her dog unleashed. Then, he says -- and as the video below appears to show -- he simply reminded the woman that her dog was supposed to be on a lea ... More >>

Sweating Puppies

Doggy Style

Maria Aparicio Allegedly Sent Her Pit Bull to Attack a Neighbor; Dog Ran Down the Street and Bit Five Random People Instead

A pit bull went on a biting spree in a Phoenix neighborhood Tuesday after the dog's owner allegedly ordered the pooch to attack her neighbor during an argument.The pit bull didn't go after the neighbor, instead attacking five people on the street, one as young as 12 years old.The owner's defense: Sh ... More >>

Peoria Woman Facing Animal Cruelty Charge for Allowing Her Dog to Hobble on Bloody Stump for a Year

​Peoria police are filing animal cruelty charges against a Peoria woman who allowed her pit bull to walk around on a bloody stump for about a year without treating its injuries. Cops contacted Michelle Busse, 22, on January 7, after someone complained that she had not gotten medical treatment for ... More >>

Dinner with Your Dog and Pork & Pints at Chandler's BLD

​The day has finally come. You can now take your dog out to dinner. I'm not just talking about having Fido tag along to whatever patio you have found that won't kick the two of you off -- this is actual dinner with your dog. Back in November, Chandler's BLD started a weekly event called "Dine ... More >>

George Guzman Says He's "Probably Hit 1,000 Dogs" With His Car -- Including His Own German Shepherd

MCSOGeorge Guzman​"I don't care about dogs, I've probably hit 1,000 dogs in my life."That's what 69-year-old George Guzman told police Monday night after running over two pooches, one of which was his own German Shepherd.According to court records obtained by New Times, about 8 p.m. Monday, Guzman ... More >>

Maricopa County Animal Shelters "Overflowing" With Chihuahuas

James King "B-Nasty"​Maricopa County has a problem: It's animal shelters are "overflowing" with chihuahuas.An earlier chihuahua infestation hit the Valley in December 2009. More on that here. According to Maricopa County Animal Care and Control, there are about 200 chihuahuas curr ... More >>

Haute Dogs

Joe Arpaio: Two Men (One of Whom is a Teacher) Arrested Trying to Have Sex with Dogs via Craigslist

MCSOKeith Kiefer​Apparently for two men arrested Thursday, "doing it doggy style" meant finding people on the internet who would let them have sex with their dogs. Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio announced the arrests of Keith Kiefer, 47, and Patrick Trejo, 25, after an ongoing investigation r ... More >>

American Kennel Club Announces Valley's Most Popular Dog Breeds -- Assuming You Don't Live in the Hood

www.sodahead.comThis guy isn't quite posh enough to be counted in the American Kennel Club's list of the country's most popular pooches.​The American Kennel Club released its list of "the most popular dogs in the U.S.A.," and Valley residents, it turns out, have a thing for Labrador Retrievers, Ge ... More >>

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, September 16, 2010

Dog Beat Dog: To Pull Off the Biggest Pit Bull Fighting Bust in U.S. History, Investigators and Their Dogs Went Undercover

PETA Says "No One Should Need Papers." They're Talking About Dogs

​Leave it to PETA to turn a debate over the lives of millions of HUMAN BEINGS into a ploy to save a few dogs.PETA is running a billboard in Arizona -- playing off the state's controversial, new immigration law -- urging people to adopt "undocumented" dogs.The group contends that "dogs who are bred ... More >>

Pup Culture

Namaste the pain away with your fave fur ball

Cop Shoots Dog: "Vicious" Pit Bull Shot and Killed by Coconino County Sheriff's Deputy

www.imdb.com​A Coconino County sheriff's deputy busted a cap in the ass of a vicious pit bull near Flagstaff after the dog attacked a stroller being pushed by a neighbor of the dog's owner.According to the Coconino County Sheriff's Office, about 8:40 a.m. yesterday, dispatchers got a ca ... More >>

California Dumping Hundreds of Unwanted Chihuahuas on Arizona Shelters; Thanks For Nothing Paris Hilton

www.kansascity.com​There is an unwanted phenomenon happening in California, and Arizona is being pegged to clean up the mess: Chihuahuas -- lots of them.California is seeing an influx of chihuahuas popping up at animal shelters, and it's becoming too much for the state to handle.Rather than ... More >>

Walking in Memphis? Try Walking in Phoenix — in August

Beagle March Planned Against Chandler's Covance Facility

Animal rights activists plan to march at a Chandler medical-testing lab plan on Sunday behind a procession of beagles. A group organized by Citizens Against Covance will walk about a half-mile on Gilbert Road just north of Germann Road to a spot near the Covance facility. As a stateme ... More >>

Hot Links: State Lawmakers Reach Budget Deal; Search for Chandler Man Reveals No Clues on Disappearance; US Airways Posts Big Losses

With one hand ready to catch a predicted windfall of federal cash and the other wielding a budgetary chain saw, Governor Jan Brewer prepares to stamp her approval on a new budget that wipes out the state's $1.6 billion deficit. The search is basically over for a Chandler Planning and Zoning Com ... More >>

Pit Bull Awareness Day

Reality Bytes

Scenes from the classified struggle at Soul Invictus

Dog Foodie

Boutique owner’s pups eat better than us

Wienerschnitzel Wiener National Race and Festival at Phoenix Greyhound Park

Mexican Dogs

!Ay Chihuahua!

Vick-timization

Backstabbing in Buckeye, DMX's doggy woes, and nativist grandstanding over Officer Erfle's murder p.o. P-town's prickly pelican

Bee Season

Waxing artistic

Puppy Love

Nintendogs' charm will win over the most jaded of gamers

Puppy Love

John Cusack and other endearing mutts

Dog Gone

Jeanne Clark's pooch is missing. And somebody's to blame.

Ruffing It

Barktoberfest benefit celebrates four-legged friends

Readers Choice

Best Place To Have Rover Come Over

Chaparral Park Off-Leash Dog Run

Best Place To Find An Apartment If You Have A Big Dog

Apartment Experts

Screwing the Pooch

Dr. Michael Berens has been vilified by animal rights activists for drilling holes in beagle puppies. Is he on the path to curing brain cancer?

Triumph of De Vil

Young pups learn new tricks as sequel 102 Dalmatians hits the spots

Track Marks

Going into the red with the greyhounds

Second Helpings

Prix Dog Night

When gamblers gather and greyhounds gallop gracefully

Pet Project

The fur flies in the battle over a dog park in Fountain Hills

DONKS!

They're dog-obsessed and they have no kids--but their pooches dress up like people, host birthday parties, go to puppy preschool and drive a multibillion-dollar pet industry

Doggedly Seeking Suits

Canine bites boy, lawyer bids for business, mom chews him out

Labrador Retreater

Shock therapy and fangless rattlesnakes bring dogs to heel

DOG DAY AFTERNOON

THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM GOES ASTRAY