Author Archives: Kate Coughlin

Take your dog to work day

Photo: Bob Donnan, for USA TODAY

There’s no doubt you’ve heard of Take Your Child to Work day. Now, you can bring your other child – the one with four legs – into the office. This year, Take Your Dog to Work Day is June 22. Continue reading

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Endless pet videos from The Pet Collective

Pepe the Pug from 'The UnAddoptables,' a series on The Pet Collective YouTube channel. Photo: The Pet Collective YouTube

Want to distract yourself with adorable and entertaining videos of pets? Then visit The Pet Collective on YouTube for several unique mini-series featuring your favorite furry, feathered and scaly friends. Continue reading

Posted in Animals, Birds, Cats, Dogs, Features, Health, Horses, Owners, Pigs, Reptiles, Rodents, Training, Video, Welfare | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1,308 Comments | | |

What happens when a pug can’t get his tennis ball?

By Marc Piscotty, for USA TODAY

Dog: 0. Tennis ball: 1. Check out these entertaining photos of a “crazy-faced” black pug as he spots a tennis ball.

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Pet News: Travel safety, video for vet and pet cougar

By ROBYN BECK, AFP/Getty Images

Is your pet a driving distraction? Have you ever caught a glimpse of Fido, his head out the car window (remember this video?) or seen a dog wedged between a steering wheel and owner? Safety officials – for people and pets – … Continue reading

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Texas pig can stay home

Wilbur, the pig, can stay home, according to a Texas judge. Take a look at this video here of the 70-pound Vietnamese pot-bellied pig and his family, who went to court to keep him.

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Send us your pet photos

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Our USA WEEKEND pet lovers have uploaded more than 4,000 photos of their cute and cuddly pets in our Pets photo gallery.  We love looking through these photos so much that we’ve started to feature a pet of the week on … Continue reading

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Winners of the Pets on the Go contest

Photo from USA WEEKEND user JKS2009.

USA WEEKEND received more than 1000 photos in our Pets on the Go gallery of vacationing pets, playful cats and leaping dogs. Five lucky pets have been randomly selected; each winner receives a $100 gift certificate to PetCo.

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Good news for dog on death row

Photo: Gannett/courtesy of Nicole Andree/File

Remember Prada? No, not the handbag — the pit bull boxer mix that’s been on death row for more than a year. Well, she’s been placed in the permanent care of reality TV’s Villalobos Rescue Center in New Orleans by a Tennessee judge. Prada … Continue reading

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Pet News: Exotic animal bill, singer rescues and doggy TV

Photo by John Moore / Getty Images

Exotic animal legislation for Ohio passed by Senate Things are getting heated in Columbus, Ohio, where the Senate has passed Senate Bill 310, the exotic animal legislation. The exotic animal bill prohibits new ownership, but allows current owners to keep … Continue reading

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Loyal Lab stays by friend’s side

A black Labrador retriever did not let the busy Southern California streets stop her from staying by the body of her four-legged friend, a yellow Labrador. The yellow Labrador retriever was struck and killed by a car and the black Labrador, … Continue reading

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