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2025's Most Popular Dog Names, New Dating App for Pup People, Novel Fix in Dog Custody Suit, and More!
As 2025 lurches to a close, the results are finally in for the year's most popular dog names.
Stranded Pups, Campus Canines, Toy Addicts, and More!
Sometimes you just have to step up even if you're not sure how.
Mapping Your Dog's Health, Oakley Knows the Rules, Meet the Doodle Makeovers, and More!
Finally, a New York shelter has come up with a winning strategy to find homes for its harder-to-adopt larger dogs. Enter the doodle makeover!
Ugliest/Cutest Canine Contests, Bear Dogs on the Job, Service Pups Seek Federal Funding, and More!
Here at Bay Woof, we think all dogs are beautiful so it's with mixed feelings that we announce this year's winner of the World's Ugliest Dog Contest.
Small Pup Makes Big Save, Putting the Nose in Diagnose, Missing Dog Found After 8 Years, and More!
If you think hero dogs only come in big packages, think again. An unnamed hiker in southern Switzerland was saved recently after his intrepid companion - a tiny, long-haired Chihuahua - used his yappy super powers to alert rescuers to his owner's location down a deep hole on a massive glacier.
Amber's Big Dip, MLB's Newest Bat Dog, Lifeguard Poodle Makes a Splash, and More!
Talk about terrifying. A five-year-old Retriever mix named Amber was found frantically swimming in the middle of an English shipping channel last month, after having bolted from her foster home nearly 100 miles away.
Working Dogs (Good and Bad), Tallest Meets Shortest, Stanley Pups, and More!
Working dogs are in the news this month, including one of the youngest members of the profession – meet Millie, a 10-month-old Bloodhound who's already making a name for herself in the search-and-rescue biz.
Buford Saves Toddler, Weiner Dog Goes Wild, Pup Parent Wrestles Gator, and More!
Everyone's favorite hero dog this month is clearly Buford, the gentle Anatolian Pyrenees who took time out of his regular ranch duties to round up a missing toddler.
Labs Blame It on the Genes, Why Dogs Hate Severance, Pets Go With the Flow, and More!
Anyone who's ever loved a Lab knows how hard it is to keep those notorious chowhounds down to a healthy weight.
Westminster Goes Full Monty, R.I.P. Hurricane, Dog on the Run, and More!
When a mother maned wolf at a Kansas zoo passed away unexpectedly after giving birth to a single female pup, zoo staff grew concerned.
Former Shelter Dogs on SoCal Fire Duty, Outside Rescue Orgs Relieve LA Shelters, Westminster's Back, and More!
Once abandoned as "too high energy," former shelter dogs are on the job in the Southern California wildfires, working with their handlers to locate survivors or human remains among the burned-out rubble.
Top Pup Names Revealed, Dogs’ Voice Recognition Skills, Wagging to the Samba Beat, and More!
This year's list of top dog names comes to us from the folks at Rover, who analyzed millions of names in their pet-sitting database to arrive at the Top 10 rankings.
Dog Deaths Reported Linked to Arthritis Drug, Pups Tie in Smile Off Contest, Crypto Corrupts Canine Mayor's Race, and More!
The Food and Drug Administration is investigating thousands of reports, including hundreds of deaths, tied to Librela, a drug used to relieve arthritis pain in dogs.
Pup Rides Out Hurricane Atop Tree, Hero Dog Gita Brings Help, New Crocs for Canines, and More!
In the terrible aftermath of last month's hurricanes, there was a spot of good news for one lucky pup.
New Rules for International Dog Travel, TSA's Cutest Canine Winner, MLB Pup Scores with Fans, and More!
Heads up, four-footed travelers! The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has added new international rules for traveling with dogs.
Meet Surfing's Top Dog, Vets Say No to Pup Perfume, Pet Friendly Housing Bill Stalls Out, and More!
Over 20 surfing pups and 6,000 fans hit the beach last month for the World Dog Surfing Championships in Pacifica, California.
Tri-Pawed Picnic Breaks Record, Book Publisher Wants Your Dog Hair, R.I.P. Olympic Therapy Dog, and More!
San Francisco's annual Tri-Pawed Picnic set a new "fun-official" record earlier this summer for the largest gathering of three-legged dogs, with 94 fur-bearing tripods showing up to be counted.
R.I.P. World’s Tallest Dog, Corporate Cruellas Face Record Fines, Thousands Lose Pet Insurance, and More!
The wheels of justice have finally caught up with Envigo and its parent company Inotiv. As part of a plea deal on federal felony charges, the company will pay $35 million, the largest fine ever levied in an animal welfare case.
Nimble Sweeps the Competition, Copycat Pooches Rock the Pet Gala, Canines Take Cannes, and More!
Over at the AKC Agility Competition, a dashing mixed breed pup, appropriately named Nimble, ran the course at warp speed. In some segments, her footwork is so fleet you'd swear the film was on fast forward.
A Drug Dog’s Career Pivot, Deutschland Dachshunds Under Threat, Canine Vocabulary News, and More!
Roger, a cheerful Yellow Lab, was originally on track to become a drug-sniffing dog until he was dumped by that program for being “too friendly and boisterous.”