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President Joe Biden’s younger dog, Commander, bit another US Secret Service agent at the White House Monday evening, CNN has learned, the 11th known biting incident involving the 2-year-old German Shepherd. “Yesterday around 8 p.m., a Secret Service Uniformed Division police officer came in contact with a First Family pet and was bitten. The officer was treated by medical personnel on complex,” USSS chief of communications Anthony Guglielmi told CNN in a statement. The injured officer spoke with Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle on Tuesday and is doing OK, Guglielmi said. Commander has been involved in at least 11 biting...

Though no U.S. forces were killed in the Saturday evening raid that led to the death of an ISIS leader, one military working dog suffered severe injuries in the line of duty. The dog, whose name and breed remain unknown, chased Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi into a tunnel and cornered him. With no place to go, the terrorist leader blew himself up along with three of his children, who he was using as human shields. The dog’s injuries highlighted the importance of military working dogs in special operations. Often, they will enter the danger zone with a camera on their backs...

The future of bat retrieval in baseball is finally here. During this year's ACC baseball tournament, someone had the terrific idea of replacing the bat boy with a bat dog. The dog in the Instagram video above is Miss LouLou Gehrig, the bat dog of the Single-A Greensboro Grasshoppers.

The Border Collie is a herding dog breed developed in the Anglo-Scottish border region for herding livestock, especially sheep. Ranked number one in Stanley Coren's The Intelligence of Dogs and typically extremely energetic, acrobatic, smart and athletic, they frequently compete with great success in dog sports, and are often cited as the most intelligent of all dogs.

photo may be worth 1,000 words, but professional photographer Hannah Stonehouse Hudson has learned it can also be worth 2.2 million views, 191,162 likes, 108,766 shares and 21,936 comments (and counting) on Facebook. "My specialty is documenting relationships, whether it's a wedding or a man and his dog," says the Bayfield, Wis., photographer. "I have known my friend John and his dog, Schoep, for six years. I have seen Schoep age -- he's 19 now. John lives his life in a kind way. He rescued this dog as a puppy, they have gone everywhere together ever since. Schoep has arthritis...

Msgr. Robert Ritchie — and the flock at St. Patrick’s Cathedral — have lost their best four-legged friend. Lexington, the beloved yellow Lab who been a gentle presence at the cathedral for more than 15 years, and who was the inspiration for the new dog statue in the Christmas Nativity scene, died Monday. Ritchie was recovering from knee surgery when his companion passed away peacefully. . . .

A pensioner who plunged 40ft down a ravine into a river owes his life to his faithful dog who led him to safety before running to a nearby pub and barking until he raised the alarm. Maurice Holder, 73, says he was knocked unconscious when the ground gave way beneath him as he walked along a steep river bank with his labradoodle Monty. When he regained consciousness 15 minutes later he was lying in water up to his chest with a serious head wound and six broken ribs. But Mr Holder said 11-year-old Monty had stayed loyally by his side...

Crammed into tiny cages, unable to stand and deprived of food and water, these dogs endured terrible suffering on a truck bound for a chain of restaurants. The harrowing pictures show the cruel conditions in which 1,500 of the animals were found when the truck was stopped at a toll gate by highway police and animal rescue volunteers in Chongqing, south-west China. ... The animals were moved to a nearby farm by volunteers from the Chongqing Animal Protection Association who gave them food, water and emergency treatment. ...

He has more designer outfits than the average woman and sulks unless he changes at least three times a day. Known as Britain’s best-dressed pooch, meet two-year-old diva dog Rocky, who has an extensive wardrobe of 1,500 outfits worth a staggering £2,500. His devoted owner Lynsey Noble, 26, spends more on his clothes every year than the average British woman spends on herself and even wheels her pampered pooch around in a designer baby buggy. ...

A puppy got himself into a sticky situation when he pinched a six-inch Chinese spare rib from his owner and swallowed it in one gulp. Greedy Staffordshire bull terrier Rossi got into difficulties when the bone - which unbelievably he didn't choke on - started scratching his stomach. Owner Steven Hawthorn, 44, said the 15-week-old puppy snatched the rib and swallowed it whole as he and his family sat down to a takeaway meal. His wife Donna, 35, and sons Lewis, 13 and Samuel, 11, watched in amazement as Rossi, named after motorcycle legend Valentino Rossi, jumped up to nab...

They've always been man's best friend but now rescue dogs will be kitted out with new wireless head-cameras to help save lives in emergencies. Rescue dogs sent into disaster zones such as the Japanese tsunami will have the new equipment attached to their heads to assist them in their search for survivors. The portable all-terrain wireless - known as PAWS - system consists of a specially-adapted headcam and harness which are fitted to the search dogs that are able to enter collapsed buildings where humans cannot reach. ...

Sabi a sniffer dog who went missing in action after a battle in Afghanistan has miraculously been found safe and sound after more than a year in the desert reports the Associated Press .

BAGHDAD, July 10, 2009 – Army Spc. Russell Madden crunches numbers, but not just any numbers. He makes sure the important figures on his computer screen translate into mission-essential equipment, and sees that it gets to the proper places in a safe and hasty manner, and he keeps track of sensitive items. Army Spc. Russell Madden, 46th Engineer Combat Battalion, 225th Engineer Brigade, goes over a sensitive-items inventory sheet, July 8, 2009. Madden received his battalion’s first battlefield promotion during his deployment to Multinational Division Baghdad. U.S. Army photo by 1st Lt. Janeene Yarber  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available....

A US dog has won an award for saving her owner's life by dialling a phone number that alerted emergency services to her owner's diabetic seizure. Belle the beagle triggered a call to an ambulance crew by biting on her owner, Kevin Weaver's, mobile phone. The dog was trained to detect potential diabetic attacks by licking and sniffing Mr Weaver's nose to check his blood sugar levels and pawing him. Belle resorted to dialling for help when Mr Weaver fell unconscious. The dog used her teeth to press the number nine key, which the phone was programmed to interpret...

Bill Burns is a very lucky man. By all rights, he probably would have died Thursday night if not for his dogs and fate. Burns has diabetes and needs to exercise to keep it under control. His walk late Thursday almost ended in disaster. According to his wife Pam, Burns left his Centerton home sometime around 9 p.m. Thursday to take his nightly walk. He apparently began walking along the railroad track eastbound to Tidewater Road. From Tidewater, he planned to go south on Centerton Road, then back west back to Centerton and home. Normally when he takes his walks,...