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Fitness tracker finds out how active your dog is (Video)

Want to track your dog's activity and health? Well now there's an app for that.

Tags: veronic robinson, Whistle, Ben Jacobs, fitness app for dogs, apps

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Animal shelter begins annual adopt-a-thon

The Washington Animal Rescue League began its annual adopt-a-thon Saturday, slashing fees for new pet owners for the weekend.

Tags: Kathy Stewart, WARL, Adopt-a-thon, cats

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A Hero's Best Friend: Dogs help wounded warriors recover

Throughout centuries of war, dogs have been by service members' sides, whether they're helping save lives in the battlefield or helping them heal.

Tags: Wounded Warriors, darci marchese, training dogs, Walter Reed, heal, amputees, Soldier, U.S. Army, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

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Tour offers a dog's-eye view of Mount Vernon

George Washington's Mount Vernon home held a 90-minute walking tour for guests and their dogs, called "All the President's Pups," on Saturday morning.

Tags: Mount Vernon, dog tour

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Nearly 5 million bitten by dogs each year

It's a biting statistic: 4.7 million people -- half of them children under 12 -- are bitten each year by a dog.

Tags: hank silverberg, dog, bites,

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Fluffy and Fido are good for your heart

Owning a pet, particularly a dog, could lower your risk of heart disease.

Tags: del walters, heart health, pets, cats, American Heart Association

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Fauquier kennel owner files defamation suit against humane inspector

Irina Barrett of Broad Run alleges that Hilleary Bogley, the Fauquier County court-appointed humane inspector and operator of the Middleburg Humane Foundation, defamed her in a report that detailed the conditions at Barrett's Broad Run property.

Tags: Fauquier County, canis maximus, middleburg humane foundation, irina barrett, hilleary bogley, kate ryan,

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Dogs who preyed on Md. livestock have been killed

Two dogs responsible for preying on dozens of livestock in Frederick County have themselves been killed.

Tags: livestock

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Airport pups help nervous fliers relax

Los Angeles International Airport has launched a program called Pets Unstressing Passengers.

Tags: andrew mollenbeck, lax, airports, Pets Unstressing Passengers

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How to tell if Fido is the next Michael Phelps

All dogs go to heaven, but do all dogs know how to swim?

Tags: swimming, pets, David Burd

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