Brain scans of dogs could give researchers a new tool for studying what happens in the mind of man’s best friend.

One year ago today, we adopted Diego. I had just gotten home from my spring New York visit. Allan and I had been looking at dogs online, and had decided Diego was our guy. I called Toronto Animal Services to ask about him, thinking we would go there in…

One year ago today, we adopted Diego. I had just gotten home from my spring New York visit. Allan and I had been looking at dogs online, and had decided Diego was our guy. I called Toronto Animal Services to ask about him, thinking we would go there i…

Wednesday: the beginning of the end. So sit tight. But also: Woodbine racetrack vies for the casino; some neighbours of Harbourfront threaten to ruin the fun for everybody; the City will keep some TDSB pools afloat for now; and U of T law students attempting to chill out causes stress for some.

According to Woodbine racetrack operator Woodbine Entertainment Group, what better place to stick a Toronto casino and entertainment complex than…(wait for it)…Woodbine! And, according to two recent opinion polls—one commissioned by the good people at Woodbine themselves—Etobicoke is one of the top preferred sites to put the thing (y’know, the casino…thing). Should they push forward [...]

Piper went to the groomers for a head-to-toe transformation!

Well by now most of you already know what a handful Ryley is, but the past few weeks have been tiresome.After months of waiting for speech therapy it finally began.  The first week was great.  He was excited and really…

I can’t believe I never thought about the dogs that might have travelled on the doomed ocean liner.There were 12 canines on the doomed ocean liner, three of which survived. Those include a baby Pomeranian, Lady, whose owner, Margaret Hays of New York C…

Jinker: To play tricks, to frolic; A bringer of bad luck. [Dictionary of Newfoundland English]I always loved that word, Jinker. It’s fun to say. When we were kids one of us would fall into the brook, or come home covered in tree sap and Nan wou…

Police dogs in Vancouver injure an average of five people a month badly enough that they have to go to Emergency. Pivot Legal Society is bringing a lawsuit on behalf one of those bite victims who needed 100 staples to close wounds in his leg. Douglas K…

Today would have been a perfect day for flying a kite, if I had such a thing.  March winds are howling.  It is +12 and warmer in the sun.  The sky is clear and blue as the top half of our flag.

There is still a few spots of snow on the north sides …

Two years of dog ownership! Here’s what we did right, and what we did wrong.

It is spring.  Tanya’s tulips,  crocuses and hyacinths are up.  The yard, which is all flower garden is a sea of mud.  Bobik and Volk were out of their yard again this morning, mud to the hocks, waiting by the front door  and quite pleased with th…

I hate to agree with the Sun‘s Peter Worthington, who once penned a screed against US Iraq War war resisters, as full of lies and errors as it was bluster and false patriotism. But apparently on some issues Worthington is willing to consider fact…

I hate to agree with the Sun’s Peter Worthington, who once penned a screed against US Iraq War war resisters, as full of lies and errors as it was bluster and false patriotism. But apparently on some issues Worthington is willing to consider facts: bre…

Bassett Shar-peiBassett PugBassett DalmatianMore pics at Terribly Cute

New York Times best-selling author, Spencer Quinn, discusses Chet the dog’s use of social media.

To the editor of the Toronto Star:Thank you for printing so many excellent letters countering your terrible editorial about the Ontario Dog Owners Liability Act. The letter signed by “Michelle Brew, Toronto” was in fact written by me, Laura Kaminker.I’…

To the editor of the Toronto Star: Thank you for printing so many excellent letters countering your terrible editorial about the Ontario Dog Owners Liability Act. The letter signed by “Michelle Brew, Toronto” was in fact written by me, Laur…

Thank you, Thomas Walkom! You are a voice of reason in a sea of media ignorance. Read this column to learn the truth behind Ontario’s breed-specific legislation.Thanks to the efforts of MPPs from all three parties, Ontarians are being given a chance

Marley , originally uploaded by P.Freeman.Happy Tuesday all – welcome to the tail end of February.The diversity of today’s collection of photos speaks volumes about the vast number and the talent of the creative beings that inhabit our fair village. He…