German Shepherd (dog)

A German shepherd who survived life as a "bait dog" for a dogfighting operation before being abandoned on the streets of Norwalk, then narrowly avoided being euthanized at a Los Angeles County animal shelter, has been rescued and is now......

Animals never cease to amaze us with their many talents. Their soccer prowess, their skills on the agility course, their purported psychic abilities, their aptitude for dancing and many other skills constantly impress us. Heck, some animals are even...

No one’s accusing Ron Woll of crying, “Wolf!” But just because Woll thinks he saw one of the creatures near his Grayslake home doesn't mean …...

Dogs across the country can expect some bone-shaped presents under the Christmas tree this year. An Associated Press-Petside.com poll shows 52% of pet owners plan to buy their animals a holiday gift -- up from 43% last year. Gus and......

The German shepherd dog found starved and subsisting on dirt in a Bellflower garage in early April is well on the road to recovery and even has a new home, the Orange County Register reports. A good Samaritan discovered the......

Staff at the zoo in Samara, Russia, were excited about the birth of three cougar cubs on July 15 -- but they were afraid to leave the cubs with their parents for fear that they could react aggressively and harm......

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — Gina was a playful 2-year-old German shepherd when she went to Iraq as a highly trained bomb-sniffing dog with the military, conducting door-to-door searches and witnessing all sorts of noisy explosions. She returned...

The bulldog is king in Los Angeles, according to a study by the American Kennel Assn. The study was based on government dog registrations by breed, the group said. "Angelenos pride themselves on their uniqueness and originality, and they lived......

For the second consecutive year, a 5-year-old male puli named Conrad won the herding group at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show on Monday night. Conrad, whose full name is Ch. Cordmaker Field Of Dreams, is owned by Susan Huebner......

Many readers have come to Dr. Heather Oxford for advice on animal health and wellness through Unleashed's Ask a Vet column. But when she's not answering your pet-health questions, Dr. Oxford is a practicing veterinarian at L.A.'s California Animal...

Former Los Angeles County Assistant Fire Chief Glynn Johnson, who was found guilty earlier this year of felony animal cruelty and using a deadly weapon in the November 2008 beating of his neighbor's puppy, received his sentence Friday. Although Johnson......

A 3-year-old German Shepherd that was tied to a tree in Garden Grove and starved for at least five weeks is recovering but is still too weak to walk. Named Courage by shelter workers in Orange County, the dog was......