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Dog training courses offered this month

The Paul Bunyan Dog Training Association will be offering two classes this month. The first, Rally Obedience, is designed for both beginners and those experienced in Rally. Level 2 Obedience,...

news / local Thu, Mar 01, 2012 - 6:53am

Dog reunited with family after 300-mile journey

DULUTH -- A Duluth couple spent countless hours trying to find their beloved Siberian Husky who disappeared on New Year's Day. Teresa and Nick Musel searched by snowmobile, four-wheeler, truck...

news Fri, Feb 24, 2012 - 8:26am

Animal hoarding difficult to treat, understand

Animal hoarding is often misunderstood and can be difficult to treat, according to Jane Nathanson, a counselor and consultant for human-animal health and welfare in Boston. Nathanson, who provides counseling...

news / local Thu, Feb 02, 2012 - 12:00am

Carol Schmidt lets her more than 50 dogs out of her mobile home into their outside kennel Jan. 24. MONTE DRAPER | BEMIDJI PIONEER

Mental health petition sought for woman with dogs

A petition to commit Carol Schmidt, who had more than 100 dogs removed from her property near Bemidji last week, said the 63-year-old woman should be committed for mental illness,...

news / local Wed, Feb 01, 2012 - 12:00am

Women removed from homes with 107 dogs

A woman who had 107 dogs and two cats in homes on her rural Bemidji property is undergoing a mandatory health screening, and a county prosecutor said Friday that he...

news / local Sat, Jan 28, 2012 - 12:00am

Roger Hoenigschmidt takes Maggie outside to play with her tiger at his home on Paul Lake in Minnesota. Maggie is owned by Bruce and Pam Hoekstra's family, but spends her days with Hoenigschmidt and his wife, Hazel. (Carrie Snyder / The Forum)

Busy Perham family 'shares' dog with retirees

PERHAM - Roger Hoenigschmidt was taking his daily constitutional when he was joined by an unexpected companion. She was a large, affable, cream-colored golden retriever, and she trotted beside the...

news Thu, Dec 01, 2011 - 7:28am

Animal hoarding in Thief River Falls prompts questions about why people do it

Earlier this month, officials in Thief River Falls recovered 51 cats from a small house. Before that officials in Crookston recovered more than 60 cats from a house. What's behind...

news Thu, Nov 24, 2011 - 7:14am

Erma Iverson with her loyal pooch, Crackers. Submitted

Faithful companion guards woman stranded, helpless during 20-hour ordeal

Erma Iverson says she has lots to be thankful for after spending about 20 hours stranded and helpless outside her rural Yellow Medicine County home on a late September day...

news Mon, Nov 21, 2011 - 11:46am

Overrun by cats, Crookston pet shelter looks for feline-friendly homes

CROOKSTON, Minn. - The Humane Society of Polk County is up to its ears in cats. In the past month the shelter acquired 40 cats from a home in Crookston...

news Wed, Oct 26, 2011 - 6:27am

Woman finds beloved dog alive in her burned-out home; Lola the dachshund survived for a month by finding food and water in wreckage

Woman finds beloved dog alive in her burned-out home Lola the dachshund survived for a month by finding food and water in wreckage AP BOSTON -- A Boston woman who...

news Thu, Mar 24, 2011 - 10:06am

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