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Pyrenean Shepherds like Sunny Bear are lively herders, known for their free-flowing, easy movements. They are mischievous, incredibly smart, and playful with family. This breed is very active, they love to work. Achieving Best in Show is one more goal that the hard-working Pyrenean Shepherd can check off their list. Credit: http://dogshowpoop.blogspot.com/2015/01/first-ever-pyrenean-bis.html   Pyrenean Shepherds […]

The Merrimac Dog Training Club hosts an annual Canine Kids Camp, where children with disabilities take part in fun dog competitions. Each child takes one of the member’s dogs, who are all trained performance and/or therapy dogs, through a small agility course, a small AKC Rally® course and a therapy dog training session. One 10-year-old […]

Picture Perfect: Beauty and Utility in Canine Imagery This month I was going to write about an all-time canine tearjerker, "Lassie Come Home." To refresh my memory, I cued up the 1943 classic and settled in with my notebook and some peanut M&Ms. And then I got sidetracked before the movie even began. The screen […]

By Stephanie Smith NPR’s recent story With Rescue Dogs In Demand, More Shelters Look Far Afield For Fido covered the growing number of dogs being transported across state lines for resale and rescue in other parts of the country. In areas like New England, the Northeast, the Northwest and the Great Lakes, stringent spay and […]