Pets

For the third year in a row, the comical, controversial Frenchie tops the club’s annual rundown of the nation’s most prevalent purebred dogs.

Texas-based pet microchip company Save This Life abruptly closed this week, causing concern among veterinary practitioners and pet owners.

Monty the giant schnauzer won the top prize at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show Tuesday night.

The annual celebration attracts thousands of visitors to honor National Golden Retriever Day.

The Westminster Kennel Club dog show is back for a 149th year. It starts Saturday at New York’s Madison Square Garden.

A beloved French bulldog perished in a Fort Lauderdale fire that forced a man and his animals to evacuate on Thursday. NBC6’s Marissa Bagg reports.

Pugs, with their characteristic short muzzles that give rise to breathing problems and other health issues like eye and ear infections, often come with vet bills their owners can’t afford.

Here are hazards that pet owners should watch out for in winter weather, from antifreeze poisoning to frozen bodies of water, according to veterinary medicine expert Dr. Steven Marks.

As a growing number of cats have gotten sick or died after consuming raw pet food or raw milk contaminated with the H5N1 virus, health officials have advised pet food companies to take extra precautions to protect against bird flu.

A Maine coon cat named Mittens accidentally flew three times between New Zealand and Australia this month after her cage was mistakenly left in the plane’s cargo hold.

Say hello to the latest dog in the American Kennel Club’s lineup of recognized breeds. The Danish-Swedish farmdog joined the pack Thursday.

Experts and some public officials are warning against raw pet foods after a cat in Oregon was found to have died from a product contaminated by bird flu.

The death of an Oregon house cat from bird flu and a pet food recall are raising questions about how people can protect their pets.

It looks like the worst is over for a bull terrier who made headlines when he was found in the Tampa area, abandoned on Interstate 75, in water up to his chest, to wait out oncoming Hurricane Milton.

A 1-year-old Goldendoodle is in critical condition and undergoing extensive surgery after he was shot by a man who said the dog showed “extreme aggression” – a story neighbors of the Brevard County community who know the pup dispute. 

A 1-year-old Goldendoodle is in critical condition and undergoing extensive surgery after he was shot by a man who said the dog showed “extreme aggression” – a story neighbors of the Brevard County community who know the pup dispute. 

Kirk Rumford’s beloved husky Odin was killed by a Northbridge animal control officer investigating a report of a coyote in the area.

Dogs are now welcome at certain sites on South Beach and Mid Beach, in addition to the North Beach site already established, called Bark Beach.  

With watery eyes, Angel Achong had begged for the return of his dog, a 6-year-old Yorkie that he had lost after she ran away from home. Fortunately for him and his family, their pleas reached the person who was caught on camera taking the dog, a man who returned her and explained that he thought the pet was lost when…

A Hialeah family was reunited with their dog after surveillance cameras captured the pet being taken. After the news aired, a man claimed he took the dog by mistake and it was a misunderstanding.