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Dive into the world of dogs — from loyal companion breeds and working dogs to wild canines like wolves and foxes, with expert insights into behavior, training, breeds, and care.
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If you’re planning to hit the trail with your dog anywhere in the Pelican State, you’ll want to know the rules before you load up the truck.
Halloween in Alaska brings porch lights, costumed kids working through subdivisions in the dark, and household dogs that are not used to a steady stream of strangers at the door.
Pennsylvania has no single law that says the words “wolf-dog hybrid.” Instead, ownership gets pulled into a patchwork of exotic wildlife regulations, dog law, rabies statutes, and township ordinances that were never written with wolf-dogs specifically in mind.
Oregon is one of the few states where you can legally keep a wolf-dog hybrid without applying for a state exotic-animal permit, a detail that surprises even longtime Oregon dog owners.
Halloween sends thousands of costumed kids up unfamiliar driveways and porch steps across Nevada every year, and that means more strangers, more doorbells, and more chances for a startled family dog to bite.
In Kansas, a wolf-dog hybrid isn’t legally treated as a wolf at all.
A server who turns away a guest’s guide dog because “the health department doesn’t allow animals” isn’t following the rules — she’s breaking them.
It doesn’t matter if a wolf-dog hybrid is 1 percent wolf or 90 percent wolf—Connecticut treats it exactly like a wild wolf under the law, and that means private ownership is illegal statewide.
Dog bite liability laws for trick-or-treaters in New Mexico come into sharp focus every Halloween, when costumed kids knock on strangers’ doors and dogs that are normally calm get spooked by the noise.
Montana has more than 30 million acres of public land, yet two of its most famous parks won’t let your dog set a single paw on a hiking trail.
Hawaii Revised Statutes § 663-9 reads like a textbook strict liability law, yet the state’s own courts have refused to call it that.
If you’re planning to bring your leashed companion on a Kentucky trail this year, you’re in good company.
Every October 31, thousands of Kentucky families walk their kids door to door for candy, and every porch light left on is technically an invitation onto someone else’s property.
Walk into a diner in Burlington or a farm-to-table spot in Stowe with a service dog at your side, and Vermont law backs you up more firmly than most restaurant owners realize.
Michigan is one of only a handful of states where the law requires you to keep your dog (Canis lupus familiaris) under control everywhere off your own property, not just inside a park boundary or on a posted trail.
Halloween brings costumed strangers, jingling doorbells, and excited kids up to porches all over Louisiana, and that combination can spook even a normally calm dog.
Under Maine law, it’s illegal to bring almost any animal into a restaurant — full stop.
A server in Fargo who asks to see a service dog’s “certification papers” is breaking the law, whether they realize it or not.
If you’re hoping to legally keep a wolf-dog hybrid in North Dakota, the state’s animal statutes deliver an unusually blunt answer: for almost everyone, it’s not allowed.
New Mexico’s high desert trails and forested peaks look like a dog owner’s paradise, yet some of the state’s most photographed hiking spots, including Bandelier National Monument and Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks, ban dogs from the trail entirely.
