Wash, rinse and pet: Grooming your dog, cheap (Vancouver Sun)

If your stock portfolio has taken a beating, don't take it out on Fido.

Will Co. 4-H Club starts dog training classes (The Herald News)

Saturday will mark the start of the 2009 Dog Training program for the Will County 4-H Tailwaggers (4htailwaggers.org). This 4-H club, in existence for more than 20 years, specializes in 4-H Dog projects and training.

Dog care providers adjust to clients scaling back (Park Record)

Parkites love their dogs, but the economy and post-holiday recovery are causing some owners to scale back on pet care, local business owners say.

Mushers get ready to take their marks in Seeley Lake (Missoulian)

Time again to go dashing through the snow, Montana style. With one eye on the sky and another on the snow-enriched trails between Seeley Lake and Lincoln, mushers attack the Seeley Lake Sled Dog Races this week.

Kittengarten class aims to build people-cat bond (Detroit Free Press)

For the kittens dashing and tumbling around the room, the Washington Humane Society's first Kittengarten class is all about the playtime.