Dog Training

Editor’s Note: As noted in Tuesday’s Mercury-Register, Dog House columnist Pat Alley died Sunday morning at the age of 79.

OAKDALE — The feeble economy has claimed another victim: a furry, four-footed crime-fighter. Citing a lean budget, the Police Department last week handed canine officer Cyto a pink slip.

Quincy canine officer Darin Kent resigned Tuesday after facing allegations he used his city-owned dog to breed puppies which he offered for sale on a canine Web site, The Herald-Whig has learned.

ORLANDO — A woman with a St. Bernard camped outside the home of Caylee Anthony’s grandparents on Wednesday, posting a huge sign that said, “I wouldn’t let my dog go missing for 1 month without looking!”

Champion musher trains Alaska’s Huskies to compete in Iditarod sled race.