Pets

The dog lawyer doesn’t care that you hate him

By Hope Corrigan The case before the court involved a Rhode Island greyhound named Lexus, accused of killing a Pomeranian in a dog park....

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No more pet store puppies? New York may finally ban sales.

By Luis Ferré-Sadurní Hundreds of postcards, with visceral images of underfed golden retriever puppies living in filthy conditions, are...

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A canine companion so nice it (maybe) evolved twice

By Emily Anthes For years, one of the most confounding questions in science — alongside “What is dark matter?” and “Why do we sleep?” —...

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Your backyard is actually a lucrative private dog park — if you say it is

By Ronda Kaysen Greg Jessup likes to squeeze money out of his five-bedroom house in Wilton, Connecticut, wherever possible, frequently...

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Why dogs can be so healing for kids

By Catherine Pearson An unexpected benefit of adopting Annie, my family’s 40-pound, floppy-eared mutt, is the soothing effect she has had...

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Love your dog, but beware of your homeowners’ insurance

By Jane Gottlieb When Brian English applied for renters’ insurance a few years ago, he described his dogs, Venom and Jean, as “mixed...

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How to protect your really good dog from really bad heat

By Soumya Karlamangla When heat and humidity rise, humans can get heatstroke, a potentially fatal condition in which their body...

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They’re all good dogs, and it has nothing to do with their breed

By James Gorman Don’t judge a book by its cover. Don’t judge a dog by its breed. After conducting owner surveys for 18,385 dogs and...

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