Guide Dogs – Jersey Insight
It’s book-lovers heaven at the Royal Showground in Trinity this weekend. More than twenty thousand books are on sale in aid of charity. Ken Syvret from Guide Dogs for the Blind says there’s chance for keen-readers to get hands on some special

Waiter, a comb for my noodles! – Reuters Blogs
People, we need to brainstorm an advertising slogan for Acme Noodles, our newest client. We’re using photos of dogs lounging outside on big sheets of noodles being dried for sale to restaurants because, well, what goes together like noodles and

Student Turns Card Shark – WOWT
A Waterloo, Nebraska teen has transformed her hobby into a business. Courtney Kenny created greeting cards from pictures taken of her dogs and are now for sale at an Omaha grocery. “It’s great to take a picture so then you can show everybody,” says

Churches getting into the fall spirit – St. Petersburg Times
NEW PORT RICHEY — Providing a safe and fun environment for children is the main reason that some area churches are having alternatives to the usual scary Halloween festivities. The First United Methodist Church of New Port Richey will have its Fall

Ont.’s highest court says pit bulls are ‘unpredictable’ dogs – Cape Breton
TORONTO (CP) — Pit bulls are dangerous and unpredictable dogs that have the potential to attack without warning, the Ontario Court of Appeal said Friday in a decision upholding the province’s ban on the animals. The Ontario government enacted the

City will try to prohibit sale of puppy-mill dogs – Tahoe Daily Tribune
The South Lake Tahoe City Council decided Tuesday to craft an ordinance to ban the retail sale of dogs from so-called puppy mills, a move that could be a first among California cities. The ordinance would regulate the sale of dogs from retail stores

There are plenty of options for festive fall fun – Newnan Times-Herald
Fall Festivals of all types fill the calendar these days in Coweta County. Churches, schools and other organizations have planned a variety of events to celebrate the crispness of the autumn air. Some are scary, while others offer art or food or

Valley business briefs for Oct. 18 – Mydesert.com
PALM SPRINGS – Guide Dogs of the Desert calendars are available for sale to help fund the services that the organization provides — primarily breeding, raising, training and then providing guide dogs to the blind at no cost to the recipient. Dogs

Court Days rolls around in Preston – Lexington Herald-Leader
Charles Logan, 13, of Lee County petted his Bluetick Coonhound, one of two dogs he was trading at the annual Preston Court Days in Bath County on Thursday. Logan was helping look after his grandfather Charles Creech’s dogs at the event, Kentucky’s