dogs

If I'm going to get a dog, it's going to be a rescue. Carla Collins laughs me through some tips.

A best-in-show surprise at the Westminster dog show; 60 Minutes correspondent Lara Logan assaulted in Egypt; William Shatner to host the Genies; Lance Armstrong retires (again); and Watson the supercomputer slays the competition on Jeopardy.

Several months after losing my Bull Terrier, Duncan, to a massive seizure, I've decided it's time for a new puppy, especially with the upcoming transition in my life.

Tips on improving your password; working moms have fatter kids; stutterers love The King’s Speech; how using mobile devices can be counterproductive; and Doggie Moms chronicles obsessed owners and pampered pooches.

You don’t have to have a dog to appreciate this recent Slate column by writer Jesse Bering. But it helps. The article examines the reasons behind an unpleasant phenomenon familiar to most pet owners, and that is the domestic dogs’ affection for grinding against the funkiest and most foul-smelling objects they can sniff out.