Volunteers playing with puppies at Ritchie County Humane Society On Friday, Devon set off on a trip to rehab West Virginia shelters alongside 27 college-student volunteers. The trip was organized by Animal Lifeline and funded by the Petfinder.com Foundation and Animal Planet’s R.O.A.R. Here’s Devon’s latest update from the field. …

Thanks to everyone who guessed Chloe’s breeds last week. We were completely surprised by her DNA-test results! We had been convinced she was part Australian Shepherd, part hound. The most likely combination seemed to be either Australian Shepherd or Border Collie and Beagle. We were astonished to find out that …

“Cammy” in the car with us On Friday, Devon set off on a trip to rehab West Virginia shelters alongside 27 college-student volunteers. The trip was organized by Animal Lifeline and funded by the Petfinder.com Foundation and Animal Planet’s R.O.A.R. Here’s Devon’s latest update from the field. Plus — Denise …

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Students helping out at a shelter on a previous Animal Lifeline trip As the program assistant for the Petfinder.com Foundation, I get to experience many events for animal welfare. One of my most exciting events will be starting today: This morning I will be flying into Charleston, WV, to be …

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Chloe’s digging habits and body shape lead me to think that she may have some hound blood, perhaps Beagle. Her head looks more like a herding dog — maybe an Australian Shepherd or Border Collie? But that doesn’t account for her large curled and fluffy tail, which looks like it could belong to a dog in the Spitz family.

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Discovery News reports that the animal world has a new jumping king — the copepod. A one- to two-millimeter-long crustacean, this tiny creature can “accelerate to a speed of 500 body-lengths per second when they perform an escape jump,” according to a recent study.

So several weeks after sending Chewy’s cheek swab to the makers of the Canine Heritage Breed Test, the mailman brought me a lovely certificate with a photo of Chewy’s equally lovely face printed right on it. And while 50% of the results were somewhat expected the other 50% were quite surprising!