Recently, the subject came up among colleagues about giving animals away as prizes or selling them at auction to raise money. I am sickened when I hear that this practice prevails. Have we really not evolved further as humans to stop treating animals like this? You don’t have to be a PETA fan to at least ask yourself several questions about the ethics of such action.

Councilwoman Margaret Chittenden wants Youngtown to create a dog park, and she’s checking out facilities throughout the Valley to get some ideas. Sun Citian Joyce Lyon said Chittenden shouldn’t have to look any further than the dog park near the La Ronde Shopping Center at Del Webb Boulevard and Talisman.

Councilwoman Margaret Chittenden wants Youngtown to create a dog park, and she’s checking out facilities throughout the Valley to get some ideas. Sun Citian Joyce Lyon said Chittenden shouldn’t have to look any further than the dog park near the La Ronde Shopping Center at Del Webb Boulevard and Talisman.

Councilwoman Margaret Chittenden wants Youngtown to create a dog park, and she’s checking out facilities throughout the Valley to get some ideas. Sun Citian Joyce Lyon said Chittenden shouldn’t have to look any further than the dog park near the La Ronde Shopping Center at Del Webb Boulevard and Talisman.

During the holidays, many families decide to adopt a new puppy into their hearts and home. While having a puppy is a lot of fun, it also comes with great responsibility to help him become a well-adjusted, confident dog.

LOS ANGELES — There will be a winner and a loser every Super Bowl Sunday. But at the "Puppy Bowl," it's always a win for animal shelters.

MESA, AZ - A pit bull puppy that has been recovering from serious injuries since March is now ready to be taken home by a loving family.

Many of my customers bring home a puppy, and tell me "We've had NO problems yet! No potty accidents, chewing, digging, jumping, mouthing, or counter surfing." I call this the HONEYMOON period. Just wait. Puppies, almost guaranteed, will go through all the above behaviors, especially potty accidents in the house.

Between Marmaduke and now Alpha and Omega I'm officially starting to get fed up with movies in which four-legged animals dance. Exactly what do filmmakers find so appealing about dogs and wolves prancing around on their two back legs? Is it supposed to be funny or charming? Having cute penguins tap dance is one thing. But there's something I find unbearably grotesque about quadruped animals doing the foxtrot, even in the universe of animation. Alpha and Omega has so many needless dancing sequences that the film could have been called Dances with Wolves.

Between Marmaduke and now Alpha and Omega I'm officially starting to get fed up with movies in which four-legged animals dance. Exactly what do filmmakers find so appealing about dogs and wolves prancing around on their two back legs? Is it supposed to be funny or charming? Having cute penguins tap dance is one thing. But there's something I find unbearably grotesque about quadruped animals doing the foxtrot, even in the universe of animation. Alpha and Omega has so many needless dancing sequences that the film could have been called Dances with Wolves.

A puppy found badly burned and wandering in South Phoenix is recovering following surgery.

Help is available for local dog owners looking to educate, train and nurture their puppies.

Help is available for local dog owners looking to educate, train and nurture their puppies.

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Fourteen puppies were found abandoned in Gilbert on Monday afternoon after their owner went on vacation, Gilbert police said.

Scottsdale police took a bite out of a rash of recent dog thefts by arresting a man and woman believed responsible for stealing a puppy from the Just Pets pet shop in Wilshire Plaza.

Valley authorities are searching for one or more people who tortured two small puppies with a blunt object, leaving them severely bruised and dead.

Mesa dog breeder Beth Kaufman took precautions Wednesday when she showed her pedigreed pit bull puppies to a potential buyer.

A 10-week-old puppy reportedly thrown from a vehicle in the Queen Creek area was adopted Wednesday.

A young puppy thrown from a vehicle in the south East Valley recently will likely be going to a new home Wednesday.