Daily dog stories, science, and small joys — 12 articles.
When Ewa Lutka-Krawczyk was admitted to a palliative ward in Warsaw with gallbladder cancer, her shelter dog stopped eating at home. Now a physician at the Medical University of Warsaw is asking Parliament to make sure no dying patient has to be separated from their pet.
2026-07-01 · 5 min read
In April 2026, a 13-year-old Shih Tzu named Apollo slipped through a gate in Marion County, Florida, and disappeared. Two months and more than a thousand miles later, a shelter in Long Island scanned his microchip and called his family.
2026-07-01 · 5 min read
The Mediterranean island's parliament has voted 24 to zero to ban the euthanasia of healthy stray dogs — ending a decade of debate and reshaping what the country owes the dogs living at the edges of its towns and villages.
2026-07-01 · 5 min read)
An 8-year-old Border Collie named Tsunami was pulled from the streets of Caracas as a malnourished, abused puppy. Last week, in what authorities confirmed as his final deployment before retirement, he located thirteen people buried alive in Venezuela's earthquake rubble.
2026-07-01 · 5 min read
A 2025 randomized trial — the first of its kind — compared therapy dog visits, handler-only visits, and standard care for psychiatric inpatients at VCU. Loneliness improved with the dog present. It didn't improve when the handler came alone. The center running that trial has been building toward that answer for 25 years.
2026-06-30 · 6 min read
The Rainbow Study — more than 1,400 participants, published in Scientific Reports in 2024 — found SpotitEarly's beagles detected breast, lung, colorectal, and prostate cancer with 95% sensitivity in early-stage cases. A new AI platform means they can now run tests at the scale of 1.7 million per year.
2026-06-30 · 6 min read
A golden retriever named Skye—rescued from a commercial breeding facility ten years ago—has quietly appointed herself caregiver since her family's Alzheimer's diagnosis. Science is beginning to explain the mechanism behind what Michael and Donna already know from living with her.
2026-06-30 · 6 min read
On June 23rd, a two-year-old German Shepherd named Havoc was shot while helping Columbus police stop a homicide suspect. Four days later, four law enforcement agencies escorted him home from the hospital.
2026-06-29 · 5 min read
The St. Bernard dogs who made the Great St. Bernard Pass famous in the early 1800s no longer carry out mountain rescues — but they still walk the 8,100-foot pass above the Swiss-Italian border, and the Barry Foundation that cares for them just had its biggest year yet.
2026-06-29 · 5 min read
A nine-month-old rescue dog from New Zealand, surrendered twice before finding her home, bit her sleeping owner awake during a house fire in Whakatāne. He survived; the house did not.
2026-06-29 · 5 min read
When temperatures climb, the rules of a dog walk change completely — from timing and route to what to carry and what never to do if your dog overheats. Here's what vets and the RSPCA say actually helps.
2026-06-29 · 5 min read
Cairo Hall had been waiting for a dog since he was three years old. On adoption day, he showed up to the PAWS shelter in Kyle, Texas wearing a gold tuxedo. He had been ready for a long time.
2026-06-28 · 6 min read