Saturday will mark the start of the 2009 Dog Training program for the Will County 4H Tailwaggers 4htailwaggers.org. This 4H club, in existence for more than 20 years, specializes in 4H Dog projects and training.

The Topeka and Shawnee Co. Public Library held the first of a threepart series on dog training Saturday afternoon. Rick and Perrin Riggs showed pet owners how to use positive reinforcement to makeover their rowdy Rovers.

WILBRAHAM The Police Department will begin searching for a new tracking dog following the death of Ben, the departments yellow Labrador, the week before Christmas.

WESTERN Bulldogs youngster Andrejs Everitt has had a setback in preseason training after suffering a bout of glandular fever.

The title of John Grogans memoir is a warning Marley Me: Life and Love with the Worlds Worst Dog.

A spirited dog which was left at an animal welfare centre is now being trained to sniff out cancer. Casper, a twoyearold spaniel, was a resident at The Blue Cross centre in Burford, Oxfordshire, for three months but failed to find a new home because of his boundless energy.

When Teddy wants to snuggle under his owners bedcovers, he taps her on the shoulder and she lifts the blanket. When he goes on his daily walks, he follows when she tells him Come, Stay, No and Up.While cats may have a reputation for being fiercely independent, stubborn and flatout impossible to train, this orange Ragdoll with curly whiskers is proof that it can be done with a little …

KANSAS CITY, Kan. A convicted murderer who escaped from prison in a dog crate more than two years ago has pleaded guilty to a federal firearm charge.

WILBRAHAM The Police Department will begin searching for a new tracking dog following the death of Ben the week before Christmas.

Before police officers shot and killed a shooting suspect Sunday morning, they released a rookie police dog to corral the man. But the dog was distracted by a little, black dog and decided to chase that dog instead. Police then shot Jose Jesus Peyan Leal to death. “We think our veteran dogs would have stayed more focused,” said Lt. Mike Cantrell.