From roaming the halls of the White House to running from police in a Detroit airport -- it's been quite the fall from grace for Arco the dog. more ›

As we approach the one-year anniversary of the day a D.C. police officer shot a dog at the Adams Morgan Day festival, another police officer has been accused of firing his service weapon at a pit bull. more ›

The Washington Humane Society is seeking information from the community about the heinous shooting of a dog last week. more ›

A Prince George's County Schools bus driver is being hailed as "heroic" after he fought off an American bulldog which boarded a school bus and attacked multiple children early this morning. County police officers then shot and killed the animal after attempts to control it were unsuccessful. more ›

Reliable Source provides this gem of a story about oil magnate and occasional "environmentalist" T. Boone Pickens, who, after dining on Capitol Hill last night, was apparently was locked out of his car. By his wife's dog. more ›

Yup, you read that right. A Wheaten Terrier got elected as the president of the Hillbrook-Tall Oaks Civic Association in Annandale, VA. How exactly did this happen? Well, former president, Mark Crawford, had served as president for three terms and couldn't run again by the civic association's bylaws. No one else would step up to run, so Crawford put up his dog, Ms. Beatha Lee, as a candidate and she won. He described her as "a relatively new resident, interested in neighborhood activities and the outdoors, and who had experience in Maine overseeing an estate of 26 acres." more ›

A Metropolitan Police Department officer shot and wounded a Chocolate Lab named Russell Tuesday afternoon while taking a report on the scene of a traffic accident inside the Foxhall Crescents gated community in Northwest. The dog is expected to survive after receiving treatment at the Friendship Hospital for Animals on Brandywine Street NW. more ›

A 24-year-old District woman was arrested last week after leaving her three-year-old dog, Slim, tied to the back door of her home on the 100 block of Elmira Street SW in July. Washington Humane Society investigators say that Michelle Terrell left to visit family on July 17, and decided to tie the dog up behind her home -- Terrell didn't come back to check on the animal until July 20, by which point Humane Law Enforcement Officers had attended to the dog, who had died from heat exhaustion, after a tip from a neighbor. Terrell has been charged with animal cruelty. more ›

We finally were able to obtain a copy of the official police report on the shooting of a dog at Adams Morgan Day on Sunday. The report contains discrepancies from eyewitness accounts and the statement released by a spokesperson for the dog's owner on Sunday night. more ›

We recently received an email from a spokesperson for the owner of the dog who was shot and killed during today's Adams Morgan Day festival. According to the spokesperson, the animal's owner -- known simply as Aaron -- is currently too "rightfully distraught" to speak directly with the media. more ›

Just in case you managed to miss this video, released by the White House, of Bo the Portuguese water dog's first day with the Obama family, here's some Wednesday morning cuteness for ya. more ›

>> The District of Columbia Bar wants an online directory of lawyers to cease and desist, citing violations of copyright laws and privacy, and the ability to rate the attorneys listed. [WaPo] more ›

It wasn't a very merry Christmas for Michel Morauw, the manager of the Park Hyatt Washington Hotel. NBC4 reports that an MPD officer shot and killed Morauw's dog on Monday in a small park adjacent to Rock Creek Park at 24th and N Streets NW. more ›