Dog

New Orleans. -- Sherri Wigdore, who works for Intelligent Electronics, has a dog with a computer chip in her neck. The dog's name is Zena. Sherri's dog Zena is a big dog, of the kind known as Bouvier de Flandres, and if that wasn't enough, nobody can remove the chip from Zena's neck because it's been injected there by a vet. A veterinarian, that is, not an ex-soldier.If Zena is lost somewhere like on a ski slope, let's say, whoever finds her can take her to an office where they scan her neck and retrieve all her vital data, like ''This is Zena, Sherri's dog, Internet address, azenol.

Few situations are more stressful than law school final exams, and 'tis the season. But frazzled test-takers at the University of Baltimore School of Law will enjoy a stress-free zone full of soft fluffy dog love and puppy kisses tomorrow thanks to an enterprising student and Pets on Wheels . Seven therapy dogs and their human volunteers will visit the law school lobby from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, May 3, to de-stress students in the middle...

Gotta love a dog. They love unconditionally, they're loyal and always glad to see you. It turns out they can help a kid to read, too. Holly, a 70-plus-pound yellow Labrador retriever, has served as a patient, and interested, audience for countless youngsters excited to read aloud. But her Nov. 10 visit to the Lansdowne Library was the last for Holly and her human companion, Valerie Reidel, as volunteers with Pets on Wheels Maryland, who participate in the Paws To Read program at the library on Third Avenue.

People loooooove to complain about dog poop under foot. Understandable. Wait till they find out that wayward exrement is also turning up in the air. You can't escape it! According to a new study by University of Colorado Boulder, most of the wintertime airborne bacteria in Cleveland and Detroit is fecal matter. And most likely, it's the fecal matter of dogs. I'll repeat that -- it's not just that poop is turning up in the air sporadically in these cities -- it's MOST of the bacteria there.

A case in which a Parkton woman was charged with theft of a dog in 2009 was settled before the case went to trial, according to court documents. According to assistant state's attorney Jared Green, Leslie Slebzak was accused of stealing "D.O.G. ", a 1-year-old male Brittany spaniel belonging to Parkton neighbor Billie Jo Ashe. Ashe said she discoverd her dog in August 2010 tied up in Slebzak's garage and the dog had been neutered, according to Green. A criminal case was filed in Baltimore County District in July 2011.

It's the news you expect to hear about your 2001 Honda Civic. Or anything, really, that's made of steel, wire and rubber. Cars are totaled -- not dogs. Yet that's exactly what an insurance company told one woman: Sorry m'am. Your dog's been totaled. According to this crazy report out of Denver, a woman named Marcia Pinkstaff told ABC7 News that her Lab mix named Sasha, who's 9, was crossing the street in a crosswalk when a van hit her. Sasha was injured, but survived.

When is the value of the life of one animal not the same as that of another animal? I guess it is when one is a dog and one is a deer. Apparently it is "the right thing to do" according to one rescuer and "it would have been the wrong thing for anyone to turn their back" according to another rescuer, when talking about the rescue of a dog who ended up in the water in the Inner Harbor ( "Baltimore Police officers rescue dog from Inner Harbor," ...

C'mon Teddy. You've got two games in five days. Let's get both of them right -- starting with this Sunday's game again the Bengals. The Ravens have been foiling the prognosticators left and right over recent weeks. The dog -- like everyone -- has made some wrong choices. But, who didn't? Hopefully Teddy will be back on track, leading to ... ice cream! If Teddy the Pigskin Picking Pup ends the season with a winning record (or probably, at least close to one) the folks over at Frosty Paws promised to throw an ice cream party for the needy pups at Baltimore Animal Rescue and Care Shelter.

A family was reunited over the holidays with their dog that had been missing four years. Dodger disappeared while the Willey Family of Owings Mills was away. They thought he had been safe inside, but when they got home, the Collie mix was gone, with no signs of  how he got out. They searched everywhere and called all the local shelters -- no luck. But on Dec. 27, an older Collie was found on Honeysuckle Lane in Severna Park. A good samaratin brought the dog to Anne Arundel County Animal Control.