Author – The Durango Herald

Collars help monitor sick pets

LOS ANGELES – You can use wearables with GPS to keep track of wandering dogs. Others help you track animals’ physical activity. Now, two companies have the latest in wearable pet...

DATE: Sep 5, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Better response helps reconnect pets, people

Since Katrina, rescue laws have changed

DATE: Aug 21, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Going on vacation? Your cats can, too

Purr-fect lodges will pamper your pets

DATE: Aug 15, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Pet porkers packing pig rescues

Animals tend to grow bigger than their owners expect

DATE: Jul 24, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Is a pet in my future?

That’s a question many retirees are asking themselves

DATE: Jul 7, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

With dogs, necessity is the mother of invention

Soggy Doggy, Pup Pot among the many innovations by and for pet owners

DATE: Jun 21, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Doggone if your pet isn’t a genius

Games can determine just how smart your dog really is

DATE: May 16, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

To reduce dog bites, teach skills to children

LOS ANGELES – Good weather can be bad for postal workers. Last year, 5,767 postal carriers were bitten by dogs, up from 5,581 in 2013, and the most attacks happened in warm and su...

DATE: May 15, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

For last 100 years, celebrities urge animal kindness

LOS ANGELES – These days, people pay piles of cash to pamper their pets, but problems remain on the farm and in the slaughterhouse, on movie sets and at animal shelters – even in the wild. ...

DATE: May 2, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

DNA tests speed dog adoptions

LOS ANGELES – A quarter of the dogs taken in by one California animal shelter look like Chihuahuas. So how do you make a pet stand out when it’s similar to so many other dogs at the shelter?...

DATE: Mar 21, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Americans spent $58 billion to pamper, protect pets in ’14

LOS ANGELES – We feed them, groom them, clothe them and otherwise shell out the big bucks to protect and pamper our pets. The American Pet Products Association’s annual report on...

DATE: Mar 6, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Dogs’ dogs feel the freeze, too

Like feet, paws vulnerable in winter weather