Dog 360

Whippets are bred for speed. These dogs have the appearance of a small greyhound and have been clocked sprinting to speeds approaching 40 miles per hour over a 200-yard racing course. Recently, scientists at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), discovered a genetic mutation that helps to explain why some whippets run even faster than others.

Dog owners from across the state, including Springfield and Westfield, yesterday told legislators to scrap a proposed ban on pit bull terriers, saying it would be both discriminatory and nearly impossible to enforce.

Lawmakers are considering a possible statewide ban on pit bulls as part of an effort to give cities and towns more control over potentially dangerous dogs.

In Centerton, Indiana a man is alive thanks to his 2 dogs.

Bill Burns was taking his nightly stroll with his dogs, Butch and Dusty, when he had a severe diabetic attack in a cornfield.

His dogs immediately reacted.

A dog suffering from severe heartworms got some help from a local animal shelter and one surprising drug.

Doctors at Little Shelter Animal Adoption Center in Huntington say Igrid was drowning in 14 pounds of extra fluid in her abdomen caused by worms breaking up and clogging her blood vessles. They say she was headed for certain death as her heart began to fail.

Before Clinton Portis opens his mouth again to make light of dog fighting, maybe he should know something about what he's defending.
Two dogs, bred to be hyperaggressive toward other dogs, nip and bite each other until one gets a firm hold. With its jaws firmly clamped, it will shake its head violently, ripping the other dog's flesh and tissue apart. This can go on for as long as two hours, the fight only ending when one dog is either dead or has quit. There's little difference, because a dog that quits is useless to its owner and is as good as dead, anyway.