Dakota, a 3 ½-year-old Australian shepherd mix, bounced into the ring, her tail wagging. She poked her nose into a prickly straw bed and raced over a tall pile of rough bales. Then, darting toward a ...

"Then one day, we were out training on the (Benjamin Franklin Parkway) and a rat zipped by," the Frankford resident said.

It’s a warm Wednesday morning in Mineville, N.S., as Colleen Fowler's dogs follow her to a tent filled with boxes and stacks of hay. She’s preparing for a day of rat sports: an activity for dogs where ...

It’s one of those hot Sacramento evenings in August where, even after the sun goes down, you’re still sweating. But the dogs don’t seem to care. Within minutes of starting their hunt, they’ve already ...