Here's a look at dogs (and dog owners) making headlines across the world.
When a 23-year-old Matthew Markum left his shotgun and his yellow Labrador in his rowboat, the dog stepped on the gun, and the blast left holes in the hunter and his boat.
Bryan Maher, of Port Jefferson, N.Y. parked in front of the Cool Beenz, and left the car running to keep his pooch, Bentley, warm. Bad move.
Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesHe had one eye, three legs and a whole lot of heart. Word's Ugliest Dog. Gus, the Chinese Crested from Gulfport, Fla., who won the World's Ugliest Dog contest in June, has died after a long and courageous fight with cancer.
The economy may have gone to the dogs, but that doesn't mean that pooches of the unemployed can't get some relief.
Barking a warning to firefighters, little Leo saved a litter of kittens from a fire in Sydney, Australia in an act of bravery that firefighters say "nearly cost him his life."
Beata Wolotka, 36, of Poland, could live without her boyfriend . . . but not his golden retriever. She now faces up to five years in jail for taking the pup for a walk and never returning.
Forget to scoop the poop? Fess up now. An Israeli town is using DNA to match feces to local dogs. One official tells Reuters: "The sky is the limit on how far we can take this."
Scooby "barked furiously" in open court when presented with the man suspected of killing his master. A spokesman for the court says he's "almost certain" this animal testimony is unprecedented in any courtroom in the world.
Too much barking, too much poo! Lima -- the capital of Peru -- is cracking down on canines. The new rules say nothing about cats, birds, hamsters or other pets.
A baby abandoned by her 14-year-old mother in Buenos Aires was found with a mother dog and her brood of puppies.
