dogs

Sniffspot, a short-term rental website and app, lets property owners rent out their yards or other spaces as private dog parks. So far there are about 200 Sniffspots in Kansas, but the number is growing.

For $25 to $30 a day, owners can drop off their dogs at one of Wichita’s many daycare and boarding facilities — the number is growing all the time — and know their pets will be safe and supervised. Maybe more importantly, the dogs will run off some energy.

With the Wichita Animal Shelter and Kansas Humane Society closed to the public because of the coronavirus outbreak, the burden has fallen on local rescue…

Kansas is one of several states experiencing an outbreak of bacterial infections linked to puppies sold at Petland stores. So far, five cases in Kansas…

Staffing shortages at the Hutchinson Correctional Facility have resulted in the end of a partnership allowing inmates to train service dogs.The…

Been reading an excellent book about dogs. It’s titled “The Inside of Dogs,” and is by Alexandra Horowitz. Among the many intriguing aspects of our canine…

Hooray for Thundershirts! Our dog, Lucy, is deathly afraid of thunderstorms and firecracker pops. She would nervously pace the house every time a storm…

Lucy can’t get over us human beings.Since she is an Airedale Terrier, her perspective is much more objective than any of the people I know. So sometimes…

Of all the measures of time that humans have invented, the one I have the biggest problem with is dog years.All the rest of them make sense to me -…

Here we are again. The dog days of summer. The perfect time to reflect... on dogs.They are famously our best friends. Shouldn't we seek advice from our…