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Sanity in a barking-mad world

Key to canine anger-management: Chicken and Cheese Whiz

City explores off-leash parks for your dogs

If surveys show neighbors approve, Fido could run free

Animal protection has new director

Gary Skiba, a six-month employee in the animal protection division of the La Plata County Humane Society, has been appointed to head the division. Skiba replaces Jon Plata, who re...

Durangoan finds dog after 12-day search

After 12 days of tireless searching, pet-related heartache and fraught Facebook campaigning, Jennaye Derge has found her dog. “YEAYYY!!” she wrote Tuesday in a triumphant Facebook...

When is shooting a dog justifiable?

Four dogs, gun shots, and one dog comes back injured

Donations help mend a puppy’s heart

The community helped save a puppy named Sugar this week, after the La Plata County Humane Society and Lisa Parker’s Puppies put out the call. Dog lovers donated about $4,650 for S...

Can we please get a little sugar for Sugar?

The La Plata County Humane Society and Lisa Parker’s Puppies have joined forces to raise funds for another puppy in need of life-saving medical treatment. Sugar, who was rescued a...

They need a home for the holidays

Humane Society has 12 dogs for immediate adoption

Faith finds a home

A coonhound brought to the La Plata County Humane Society on the edge of death was recently adopted by a local veterinarian. Faith arrived at the shelter on Sept. 20 suffering fro...

Dog adolescence: Size does not equal maturity

The most common definition for adolescence is that it is a transitional period of physical and psychological development that occurs between childhood and adulthood. Teenage huma...

Homeless on the range

Horse sanctuary loses its lease

‘Durango’s little sweetheart’

Thanks to surgeons, town’s generosity, things look up for pup