Dogs

The Puppy Bowl

Shine Interview: Tania Katan

"Dine With Your Dog" Coming to Metro Phoenix Restaurants

Pet food maker My Perfect Pet has recently partnered with several Valley restaurants to start distributing restaurant appropriate dog food through a program called Dine With Your Dog. The promise is that you can eat your meal in peace while your canine comrade chows down on his own meal alongside yo ... More >>

Samkeith Jurden and His Dog Both Bit Cops Inside a Target Store; Only the Dog Got Shot

A man and his dog are accused of biting Mesa police officers inside a Target store yesterday, in an incident that ended with the man getting tased multiple times, and the dog getting shot by police inside the store.Samkeith Jurden drew attention to himself in the Target store several ways: first, he ... More >>

Pet Peeve

Miles the Puppy Healing After Alleged Sledgehammering From Owner; Rescue Group Says Euthanasia Was Considered

Miles the pit bull puppy -- whose owner is accused of bragging about using a 16-pound sledgehammer to break his legs -- is looking like he's going to make it, although the rescue group caring for him says "euthanasia was considered" when the puppy was brought in.Miles may even get to keep his legs, ... More >>

Sadie Madrid Left Dead Dogs To Rot In Her Apartment For Nearly Two Months

Dead puppies are no fun -- just ask 21-year-old Sadie Elizabeth Madrid, who was apparently so bored with her dead dogs that she left them to rot in her apartment for nearly two months.Madrid's two dogs got sick in early December -- they were throwing up, losing weight, etc. Rather than take the pooc ... More >>

Five Favorite Sonoran Dogs in the Valley

Flickr- Accidental HedonistSonoran dogs, bacon-wrapped and piled high with goodness.​A good Sonoran hot dog is the sum of all its parts, from the bacon down to the bun. And honestly, we could care less whether or not Arizona was the first to bacon-wrap a hot dog. So long as we get to benefit f ... More >>

David Shelburg Tried to Get Pit Bull to Fight Chihuahua During Drunken Rampage. Then Smashed Pooches' Heads Together

MCSODavid Lee Shelburg​Police say a Scottsdale man got hammered on liquor and beer Saturday afternoon, sexually assaulted his own wife, verbally abused his nephew and daughters, and then tried to stage a fight between a chihuahua and a pit bull.When the two pooches didn't fight, 48-year-old David ... More >>

United States Park Police Refuses to Help Find Jame's Patock's Dog; Former Arizonan Jailed Last Year on D.C. Gun Charge

Image: Jim PatockJim Patock's Facebook profile picture shows his two former dogs. The one on the left died a couple of years ago -- Lobo, the one taken by the U.S. Park Police, is on the right.​ Where is James Patock's dog, Lobo?As we reported last month, the former Arizonan last saw Lobo, his ... More >>

James Patock Files $20 Million Defamation Lawsuit Over National Mall Arrest for Guns in Trailer; Demands Return of Dog

Washington D.C. cops trashed James Patock's trailer, which served as his home.They threw him in jail for 45 days, where he was pelted with excrement.They even seized his 10-year-old German Shepherd, Lobo, and gave it away for adoption.All because police searched his trailer, thinking incorrectly it ... More >>

Man Bites Dog (Redux) -- Then Gets Arrested

www.thedog.press...again.​For the second time this year, we have the pleasure of bringing you an actual man bites dog story.The latest human to turn the table on man's best friend: 33-year-old John Kroll, who allegedly bit a police dog as he was getting arrested earlier this week.According to cour ... More >>

Maricopa County Animal Shelters Are "Overflowing" With Pets...Again

Aww look that that face. Thanks to the MCACC adoption sales, you can adopt a cutie like this for under twenty bucks.​The shelters of Maricopa County Animal Care and Control are overflowing with dogs and cats. The MCACC's solution: Give away the animals practically for free.This is the second time ... More >>

Harrison Prather, Trainer of $230,000 Dog Sold to Scottsdale Man, Claims Perfect Safety Record

  www.harrisonk9.com Harrison Prather's South Carolina dog-training firm recently sold a "protection dog" for $230,000 to a man who has homes in Scottsdale and Minnesota.​Harrison Prather, whose company recently sold a $230,000 "protection dog" to a Scottsdale man, says ... More >>

Food Trucks Go to the Dogs: From Gourmet to Gourmutt

​While the recent popularity of food trucks has many giddy with excitement, here's one that literally makes tails wag -- and it just might be the first food truck to cater to our four-legged friends. Got yer ears on, Phoenix food truck hopefuls? Here's the pooper-scoop:

Phoenix Police Go Wild In West McDowell Shooting Spree, According to KPHO Story

We were passing the time last night watching the local TV news (yes, we know.....) as KPHO Channel 5 anchor Catherine Anaya breathlessly read the following story:Charlie Sheen (Ricky Vaughn) should be thankful he wasn't out on West McDowell the other night!​"Phoenix police say they had to shoot a ... More >>

Star Hunting

Kitty Purry, Lou Dog, Snacks, Bubbles and More of Music's Greatest Pets

Snacks​Best Coast singer Bethany Cosentino has made a lot of her fans cat people.Her pet cat Snacks is almost as recognizable as the band (which plays Clubhouse Music Venue Saturday, January 22) itself. A picture of Snacks covers the drum kit, Cosentino gives Snacks a shout-out in the song "Goodby ... More >>

Maui Dog Does Burgers, Fresh-Cut Fries, and a Little Something Called Volcanic Sauce

​Feast your eyes on these burger beauties. The one on the left is a Hana, the one on the right a Sweet and Spicy. Both are the burger brainchildren of Maui Dog owner John Stamatakis. Taking his homemade sauces, fresh toppings, and slightly sweet signature bun concoction that make his dogs so del ... More >>

PETA Public-Service Announcements to Run in Valley Movie Theatres -- Thanks, Dan Harkins

www.fugly.com​Thanks to an "unfortunate incident" involving Harkins Theatres owner Dan Harkins, his dog, his car, and this typical white-hot Valley summer, moviegoers at certain Harkins theaters must now sit through simplistic PETA public-service announcements b ... More >>

Drinko de Mayo

Everyone's favorite excuse to party is back

Hot Links: Dale Fushek, Ten Commandments, and Taser the Dog

​The Senate Appropriations Committee voted yesterday to require that a copy of the Ten Commandments be placed in front of the old state capitol. The bill calls for the Legislative Council to seek donations for erection of the monument, and will now go to the full Senate for final approval...A dog ... More >>

Bow-Wowwwwww! Chino Valley Man Accused of Sexually Assaulting Neighbor's Dog

www.demotivateus.com​Move over, rover, let Gary take over. In a tale that could seemingly only happen in rural stretch of central Arizona -- or the hills of West Virginia -- Chino Valley resident Gary Riley has been accused of sexually assaulting his neighbor's dog.  The Yavapai ... More >>

Cur Couture

Doggie dress-up artist makes a rare public appearance

Overweight Dog Overheats on Camelback Mountain; Be Careful While Hiking With Pets

  We came upon this scene of doggie drama while hiking Camelback Mountain Sunday morning about 9 a.m. The woman in the white hat had dragged her fat golden retriever nearly to the top of the mountain, where it overheated and wanted to go no farther. A group of conc ... More >>

Covance: Beagle March Organizer is Known Liar

Camilla Strongin, spokeswoman for Covance, took issue with our Tuesday post about a planned march of beagles this Sunday in protest of the medical testing company in Chandler: Maybe you should do a little research on Jan McClellan before providing her cause such ligitamcy. I have included a stor ... More >>

Hot Links: Marijuana Framed, Canines Cooled, Suspect Shot

The Mesa Unified School District plans to lay off 210 teachers today. The cuts do not include personnel with one-year contracts who may not be hired back anyway. A district spokesperson says the cuts will save the school district "30 to 60 million dolllars"...Rawhide Western Town will get new manage ... More >>

Mobile Home Fire in East Mesa Kills 32 Dogs

www.cmparty.com/conscession.htm Thirty-two dogs were killed in an East Mesa mobile home fire on Tuesday, the East Valley Tribune reports today, including  chows, Chihuahuas, English bulldogs and Labradors. We don't know about you, but the first question that came to our mind when we saw this w ... More >>

AZ Bully Expo @ Mesa Convention Center

Sarah Fenske’s in dogged pursuit of maternal instinct

Sheriff Joe Arpaio's "groomer" Lisa Allen screws the pooch (um, metaphorically) on Animal Planet's "Groomer Has It."

Kissassertainment Tonight

Mary Hart? Raging Renaissance man’s more like a Pavlovian pit bull.

Pups Runneth Over

Sun Devils look to steamroll Yale's smarty-pants pooches

Turnin' Tricks

Joe Arpaio's necropsies on DMX's doggies. The result? A crock of canine poo.

Here, Mike! Sit! Good Boy!

Mike White’s low-key directorial debut makes nice while slyly nipping at suburban America

Truffles 'n' hazelnuts galore

Letters From the Issue of Thursday, May 25, 2006

Happy Trails

Hike! For the love of dogs

Bottle Racket

Maricopa County's tiniest pups used to get foster moms. Now they get killed

BEST PLACE TO PEOPLE-WATCH

Mill Avenue, Tempe

Life Imitates Arf

My Dog Skip strays off course

Bag the Dog

A one-trick puppy, Sylvia will put you to sleep

The Truth About Cats & Dogs

Kid Pics for the week

Pet Reprieve

Snuff, already, with the cinematic dispatching of dogs

Bad Dog

The Bayin' of Their Existence

What do you call it when rabbits are chased across the desert by hounds which are chased by horses which are ridden by well-to-do people who fancy elaborate hunting garb? Beagle-mania.

Who Pooped on the Scoop?

A debate rages over a new corporate-sponsored animal-adoption program. As usual, the Arizona Republic prefers to be muzzled.

YOU WOULDN'T WISH IT ON A DOG