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Dogster’s is looking for a little love for the holidays

By Ann Butler Neighbors Columnist While you’re planning your holiday giving, don’t forget about our four-legged friends. Dogster’s Spay and Neuter Program, a...

DATE: Dec 8, 2016 | CATEGORY: Neighbors

End-of-life care for pets presented Thursday

End-of-life care for pets presented Thursday “Saying Goodbye to a Dear Pet” will be presented from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Thursday at the Durango Public Library, 1900 East Third Ave. Vete...

DATE: Nov 7, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Dog training classes offered at the rec center

The Durango Community Recreation Center is partnering with GentleCanine to offer new dog training classes. GentleCanine is a local dog training company that focuses on real-world trainin...

DATE: Oct 31, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Try these helpful tips with your fearful dog

Often, the most obvious sign of fear in dogs is avoidance of things that worry the dog. Avoidance is powerfully reinforcing since it offers distance and safety from objects that the dog fear...

DATE: Oct 30, 2016 | CATEGORY: Durango Dog Tales

La Plata County barking dog law advances

Some residents complain government shouldn’t regulate

DATE: Oct 25, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Schnauzer arrives safely in Cincinnati

After a long day of check-ins, waiting and flying, Doctor arrived safely in Cincinnati late Thursday night, a little jet-lagged but happy to be back with his family. The schnauzer...

DATE: Sep 30, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

7-year-old shnauzer stays in the family thanks to donors

Local donors pay to fly him to Cincinnati

DATE: Sep 29, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Reported sightings, but no solid leads on missing llamas

The search for two missing llamas – aka Chai and Dawson – has included sporadic sightings and insightful intuitions of their wanderings, but nothing that has proved fruitful in the 1½-month ...

DATE: Sep 29, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Best Friends manager and ‘DogTown’ star to speak

John Garcia, emergency response manager at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary and star of National Geographic’s “DogTown” show, will speak at the Garcia began rehabilitating 22 tortured pit bul...

DATE: Sep 15, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Attempts to rescue lost llamas fail in Weminuche Wilderness

Efforts to capture two pack llamas that have been stranded for a month in the Weminuche Wilderness have so far been unsuccessful. The llamas, Dawson and Chai, accompanied two wome...

DATE: Sep 13, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News