A list of sports notables and their dogs 

Many sports figures have adopted or rescued dogs. USA TODAY’s Jill Lieber Steeg looks at some of the lucky dogs and the athletes, coaches, sports administrators and professional team owners who have opened their hearts to animals in need of a home. Continue…

Forget stick-thin models: Puppies with chunky haunches strutting the catwalk - er, dogwalk - is where it’s really at in Carbondale. Continue…

A dogs looks can be deceiving. But Stephanie Long knows the look on the face of her bull mastiff/pit bull, Ms. Taura Sky, is the look of a good dog. Continue…

BARRY COUNTY — Eight-five dogs were euthanized after authorities found nearly 300 dogs, many living outside, at a Hickory Corners dog breeding operation. Continue…

HICKORY CORNERS A couple breeding hundreds of dogs a year could lose their permit to have a kennel behind their home in Barry County. Continue…

If you have an item of interest to pet owners, send it to PAW PRINTS, c/o Press & Sun-Bulletin, P.O. Box 1270, Binghamton, NY 13902. Females: Greyhound mix, tan/white, 2 1/2 years; retriever mix, black, 7 months. Continue…