“Jughead” freed from his jug in Virginia
A dog seen wandering around Danville, Virginia last week with a plastic container stuck over his head — in the fashion of a spaceman or deep sea diver — has been captured and relieved of his...
View ArticleDog’s head in pipe was tip of the iceberg
A six-inch wide piece of steel pipe had sat in Kay Simmons backyard in Colorado for a long time, but only this week did her wolf-dog hybrid, Marina, decide, for reasons unknown, to stick her head in...
View ArticleDog taping trial scheduled for next month
Abby Toll, the former University of Colorado student accused of taping her boyfriend’s dog to a refrigerator, did not have an “impaired mental condition” at the time that would excuse her behavior, a...
View ArticleProsecution rests in Colorado dog-taping case
The sight of a puppy stuck to the side of a refrigerator with packing type left a Boulder police officer so “caught off-guard” that he momentarily lost control of the scene he was there to investigate....
View ArticleMechanized reclining chair gobbles up dog
A small dog got wedged in a mechanized reclining chair at an assisted living facility in suburban Chicago and had to be freed by firefighters. Naperville firefighters used a saw to cut the chair apart,...
View ArticleRat terrier finds missing dog in drainpipe
One dog came to the aid of another last week, leading rescuers to a drainage pipe where a 15-year-old miniature schnauzer named Casper had been stuck for up to three days. The hero? A rat terrier named...
View ArticleDog spent week with head stuck in cooler
Police and firefighters rescued a dog in south Florida Monday whose head was trapped in a discarded bait cooler — possibly for more than a week. Passersby spotted the dog in western Miami-Dade County...
View ArticleDog survives 11-mile ride in grill of car
A poodle mix struck by a Toyota Camry became wedged in the car’s grill and survived an 11-mile ride in Rhode Island. “It’s the first time we’ve ever seen anything like this,” East Providence Animal...
View ArticleOwners reclaim dog found stuck in car grill
The dog who took an 11-mile ride stuck in the grill of a car has been reclaimed by her family. On Tuesday evening, a family from Dighton family was reunited with Suzie, who had been missing for nearly...
View ArticleSeparation anxiety: Lab gets lodged in gate
Cooper, a five-year-old chocolate Lab, had such a bad case of separation anxiety he broke through a window, tore out the screen and got himself wedged in a gate in pursuit of his owner. Firefighters...
View ArticlePrisoners help free dog’s head from jar
A group of inmates picking up trash along a road in south Alabama came together last week to give a stray dog something they don’t currently have — freedom, specifically freedom from the large plastic...
View ArticleMilo, in true dachshund form, gets stuck
Dachshunds are renowned for sticking their heads in first and asking questions later. So it’s not too surprising — especially when you throw in the fact that his owner was readying for an outing — that...
View ArticlePickle may have to be renamed Cheese Puff
A dog who may have spent three days with his head stuck in a jar is recovering at Fort Worth Animal Control. The 1-year old terrier mix was found wandering the streets of Fort Worth’s Meadowbrook...
View ArticleDog’s tongue freezes to manhole cover
Be prepared to cringe a bit at this — just like you did with that flagpole scene in “A Christmas Story.” The unlucky dog was spotted attempting to pull her tongue free after it froze to a manhole cover...
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