This NYC vet makes house calls. In ‘Pets and the City,’ she’s penned a memoir full of tails

This NYC vet makes house calls. In ‘Pets and the City,’ she’s penned a memoir full of tails

NEW YORK — As a city kid, Amy Attas had big dreams of roaming the countryside, healing animals a la James Herriot’s classic “All Creatures Great and Small.” How did it go? Well, the veterinarian made it from Queens to Manhattan, spending the last 32 years traversing the streets of her hometown as a full-time … Read more

This NYC vet makes house calls. In ‘Pets and the City,’ she’s penned a memoir full of tails

This NYC vet makes house calls. In ‘Pets and the City,’ she’s penned a memoir full of tails

NEW YORK — As a city kid, Amy Attas had big dreams of roaming the countryside, healing animals a la James Herriot’s classic “All Creatures Great and Small.” How did it go? Well, the veterinarian made it from Queens to Manhattan, spending the last 32 years traversing the streets of her hometown as a full-time … Read more

Kristi Noem Hits Back At CNN Host For Bringing Up Dog Killing Story: ‘We Covered This!’

Kristi Noem Hits Back At CNN Host For Bringing Up Dog Killing Story: ‘We Covered This!’

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) didn’t appear cool with CNN’s Dana Bash asking about her dog killing story on Sunday after the host brought up the anecdote from her book she released earlier this year. “Now that you’ve had time to process all of that, in all candor, do you have regrets?” asked “State … Read more

Service dogs helped ease PTSD symptoms in US military veterans, researchers say

Service dogs helped ease PTSD symptoms in US military veterans, researchers say

Specially trained service dogs helped ease PTSD symptoms in U.S. military veterans in a small study that the researchers hope will help expand options for service members. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs provides talk therapy and medications to veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder and runs a pilot program involving service dogs. The VA can … Read more

Palm Dog: Kodi, star of ‘Dog on Trial,’ is the top dog of Cannes

Palm Dog: Kodi, star of ‘Dog on Trial,’ is the top dog of Cannes

CANNES, France — The verdict is in: The titular “Dog on Trial” was declared this year’s Palm Dog winner in Cannes on Friday. Kodi the griffon mix, who plays Cosmos in the Swiss comedy-drama, narrowly beat Xin, a sighthound who instead wagged away with the Grand Jury Prize for the Chinese drama “Black Dog.” The … Read more

A woman took her dog to a shelter to be euthanized. A year later, the dog is up for adoption again.

A woman took her dog to a shelter to be euthanized. A year later, the dog is up for adoption again.

Exhausted and short on options after consulting two veterinary clinics, Kristie Pereira made the gut-wrenching decision last year to take her desperately ill puppy to a Maryland shelter to be euthanized. So she was stunned last week to find the dog up for adoption at the same pet rescue organization where she had gotten it. … Read more

PHOTOS: At the Pet Gala, fashion goes to the dogs

PHOTOS: At the Pet Gala, fashion goes to the dogs

NEW YORK — They may call it a catwalk, but the Pet Gala is the dogs’ time to shine. Designer Anthony Rubio threw the now-annual fashion fete Monday night, sending 18 dogs down the red carpet at New York’s American Kennel Club Museum of the Dog. Each canine donned couture similar to what celebrities wore … Read more

Westminster dog show is a study in canine contrasts as top prize awaits

Westminster dog show is a study in canine contrasts as top prize awaits

NEW YORK — If every dog must have its day, one champion canine is about to have its year. By the end of Tuesday night, one of the more than 2,500 hounds, terriers, spaniels, setters and others that entered this year’s Westminster Kennel Club dog show will be crowned best in show. Will Comet the … Read more

Westminster dog show is a study in canine contrasts as top prize awaits

Westminster dog show is a study in canine contrasts as top prize awaits

NEW YORK — If every dog must have its day, one champion canine is about to have its year. By the end of Tuesday night, one of the more than 2,500 hounds, terriers, spaniels, setters and others that entered this year’s Westminster Kennel Club dog show will be crowned best in show. Will Comet the … Read more

At Westminster dog show, a display of dogs and devotion

At Westminster dog show, a display of dogs and devotion

NEW YORK — Less than three years ago, Mary Ann and David Giordano were taking turns lying on the living room floor with their Afghan hound Frankie, hand-feeding the desperately ill dog anything she would eat. She had developed severe kidney problems after contracting Lyme disease, despite being on medications meant to repel the ticks … Read more