Dogs

A dachshund puppy is reunited with its owner after being lost for almost three months, in an adventure spanning multiple suburbs.

A controversial fence designed to keep dogs out of a park in Melbourne's north has been removed after community opposition.

The swimmers at the Australian Open championships this week have had additional support from the side of the pool in the form of three retriever dogs.

The owner of a dog that savaged a girl in a Perth suburb, leaving her with serious facial injuries, is charged under Western Australia's Dog Act.

Therapy dogs in courthouses are helping victims and witnesses of crimes to confront some of their darkest moments, but volunteers say many more are needed.

The average price for a working dog at a recent auction in southern NSW was $9,500, but trainers insist they are a good investment.

A south-east Queensland farmer has given his drenched working dog puppies a break from relentless rain.

After swapping corporate city life for her family's remote seventh-generation farm, Courtney Moir has claimed the top spot in this year's season of Muster Dogs.

In July 2007, explosive detection dog Flo Joe became the first Australian service dog to locate an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan. Today, she was posthumously recognised for her military service.

One hundred years of greyhound racing in far west NSW is about to come to an end.

The breeder's puppies were once featured on Kleenex commercials but it is now under scrutiny from the RSPCA and other pet organisations. 

Children of an icebound Alaskan town were dying. The journey to save them would be treacherous, freezing, and in these dogs' paws.  

This scruffy pup has gone from the pound to being part of a scat detection dog team, helping save endangered koalas.

Reports of a "dog in the driver's seat" of a ute driving on a Tasmanian beach have prompted police to ask for witnesses to come forward.

Horse owners in the Northern Territory are being encouraged to vaccinate their animals after a bat tested positive for Hendra virus, in the territory's first confirmed case.

From hit series Muster Dogs to a new television show, Frank Finger and his beloved kelpie Annie's unbreakable bond steals the spotlight once again.

Kutti Beach in Sydney's east had previously allowed dogs on leash but Woollahra Council then decided to ban dogs altogether for "safety and hygiene" concerns following a committee report.

The huge range of dog breeds that exists today is often thought of as a modern phenomenon, but new research suggests this vast diversity started thousands of years ago.

A man who shot a dog in the face during a robbery on the Central Coast of New South Wales has been sentenced to eight years in prison.

An animal shelter specialising in large dogs works overtime to care for the number of Rottweilers being abandoned and surrendered in Australia, amid rising costs and funding shortages.