Turning meat also wasn’t the only way that these dogs were used. Stephen Coren, author of The Pawprints of History, told Atlas Obscura that they also sometimes powered “fruit presses ...

The profusion of breeds today -- at least 150 -- reflects intense, purposeful interbreeding of dogs in the past 150 years. At the same time, the entire history of dogs and their relationship with ...

From 1975: A headline in The Spokesman-Review’s Sunday Magazine asked the question: “How Should We Control Our Exploding Dog Population?” This issue was newly controversial because the ...

From the world's first labradoodle to the dog who orbited the earth, history is full of tales of pioneering pooches. Here are just five pups whose stories have led the way, as told to the Witness ...

A Pickaway County judge sentenced a mother and son to 14- to 19.5-years in prison for the fatal dog attack on their neighbor.

Royal history is steeped in tradition ... have been kept as companions for many royals over the years, but it’s dogs that have captured the hearts of the modern-day monarchy.

In a second development, about 200 Spokane dog lovers met to draft a petition opposing the sale of dogs for experimentation or research. They hoped to get at least 6,000 signatures to place the ...