Animal

Barking dogs driving you nuts?

Ordinance may be enacted in La Plata County

Wolfie was on TV

of Silverton’s shy wolf-dog hybrid gains statewide audience

Silverton’s unlikely mascot enters twilight years

Townsfolk watch and worry as hybrid wolf gets old and decrepit

Will love for rent

Local thrift store hires new director

first week, boss lowers store prices

Sanity in a barking-mad world

to canine anger-management: Chicken and Cheese Whiz

City explores off-leash parks for your dogs

surveys show neighbors approve, Fido could run free

Animal protection has new director

Gary Skiba will head La Plata County Humane Society’s Animal Protection program.Courtesy of La Plata County Humane Society Skiba replaces…

Durangoan finds dog after 12-day search

Sula, an 18-month-old Australian shepherd belonging to Jennaye Derge, was found on Animas City Mountain after missing for 12 days.Courtesy…

When is shooting a dog justifiable?

dogs, gun shots, and one dog comes back injured

Donations help mend a puppy’s heart

A recently rescued puppy named Sugar wakes up in the intensive care unit after a life-saving heart surgery Tuesday.Courtesy of…

Can we please get a little sugar for Sugar?

The La Plata County Humane Society and Lisa Parker’s Puppies are trying to raise $6,000 for heart surgery for Sugar,…

They need a home for the holidays

Society has 12 dogs for immediate adoption

Faith finds a home

Faith Faith arrived at the shelter on Sept. 20 suffering from starvation described by Director of Animal Protection Jon Patla…

Dog adolescence: Size does not equal maturity

Teenage humans linger in this stage for years and require extra teaching, training and patience from their parents to cope…

Homeless on the range

sanctuary loses its lease

‘Durango’s little sweetheart’

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

These scrappy pooches looking for some TLC

society looking for donations to help with vet care

Book shows: In Colorado, it’s a dog’s life

Go to just about any trailhead, and you’ll see plenty of evidence of man’s best friend. Some of it may…

Melting hearts

Life-saving surgery set for Eva

than $5,000 raised online for puppy’s heart procedure

Puppy lovers ante up $3,805 for Eva

Eva, now nearly 8 weeks old, was rescued from euthanasia but a veterinarian has discovered a heart problem that will…

Into the wild

Veterinarian training brings Durango native face to face with Africa’s most exotic wildlife

Cat, child vaccines topics in the House

Rep. Mike McLachlan, D-Durango, heard barely a peep of opposition to his latest bill, which would make it clear that…