Completely bald and older than the Incas, the Peruvian hairless dog seems like an odd fit for the White House. ...more

November 12, 2008

Among the offices Barack Obama has yet to fill, one has a special importance to his family: first dog. ...more

November 8, 2008

It popped out casually, a throwaway line as he talked to reporters about finding the right puppy for his young daughters. ...more

November 8, 2008

Pet owners with dogs who charge the mailman or choose to chew shoes may want to leash the beasts and hop over to the rabbit barn at the Florida State Fairgrounds. ...more

October 22, 2008

Members of the Brandon Florida Kennel Club breed and show only purebred canines, but make no bones about it – they do not discriminate against mutts. The club recently began offering obedience classes for purebred or mixed-breed dogs age 6 months or older at the Florida State Fairgrounds. ...more

October 21, 2008

My husband and I bought our small, painted chest of drawers with a backsplash in northern Virginia. The dealer found it in Connecticut and we paid $200 for it. How old is it and what is its value? ...more

September 18, 2008

"The Story of Edgar Sawtelle," by David Wroblewski (Ecco, $25.95) ...more

August 24, 2008

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Just outside his sealed bedroom window, beyond the chain-link fence that surrounds his next-door neighbor's yard, sit the reasons David Adams says he can't sleep: two bushy-tailed dogs that bark and howl all night. ...more

June 27, 2008

I like mutts. Even though I spent quite a few years raising and training Brittany spaniels, and have owned a half-dozen other "purebred" dogs, the critters of mixed and usually indeterminable ancestry have a special place in my heart. ...more

January 1, 2008

Fido and his four-legged friends were unleashed Thursday on the city's first-ever dog park located within Meadows Park, off Larch Lane. ...more

December 13, 2007