<p>Admit it, some of the dogs in your life have learned at different rates. Some catch on quickly in puppy&#8230;</p>

<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; If there is a subject that embodies the definition of underdog, it’s Rudy, whose odyssey is an intoxicating&#8230;</p>

<p>If you take anything away from the therapeutic Best Friends Bash in Philadelphia each July, it’s simply—our face does not&#8230;</p>

<p>“She’s my Iranian princess,” says a 23-year-old smiling Angelina Johnson, while cuddling 72-pound Honey, an Anatolian shepherd mix, following an&#8230;</p>

<p>Think about it for a minute. You’ve been told by your veterinarian that your beloved dog has a complex, potentially&#8230;</p>

<p>Which one of us wouldn’t do everything possible for our ailing dog in a time of need? Being proactive on&#8230;</p>

<p>As a 911 Southsound (Tacoma) communications officer for 26 years, Shelley Timbers has heard it all – sometimes desperate, all&#8230;</p>

<p>From Iceland to Ireland, five young women aged 14 to 22 have come to Tacoma since 2011, hoping to glean&#8230;</p>

<p>An Australian cattle dog named Sobe and a bulldog who answers to Decker notched their third bests in show last&#8230;</p>

<p>It was almost surreal. Vandra Huber was sitting with friends Sunday watching best-in-show streaming video of Crufts at the Seattle&#8230;</p>

<p>You probably didn’t see them while watching the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show on nationwide TV last month or on&#8230;</p>

<p>By Ranny Green Photos courtesy of Patti Angeliz &nbsp; Animal rescue has no time guidelines and occasionally no rule books&#8230;.</p>

<p><code><em>Photos by Shibaguyz Photography <br /></em></code><br /> <code><em>By Ranny Green</em><br /></code><br /> When Amy Trotter came to a six-week Puppy Manners class at Family Dog Training Center in Kent this fall with seven other dogs their owners smiled<br /> and the puppies embraced her as one of their own.</p>

<p><code><em>Shibaguyz Photography <br /></em></code><br /> <code><em>By Ranny Green</em><br /></code><br /> You can’t blame 9-year-old Luke Gonzalez, of Yelm, if he feels like he’s on overload some days. He attends physical and speech therapy classes once and twice each week, respectively, takes guitar lessons weekly, attends a church youth class weekly and is home schooled along with his four siblings daily.</p>

<p><code><em>Photos by Laurie Gregory, Jumoke Photography <br /></em></code><br /> <code><em>By Ranny Green</em><br /></code><br /> When future winners look at the American Kennel Club Lure Coursing Championships trophy during their year with the hardware and see Katie Campbell and Chief’s (Taji’s hAfrican Chief) names inscribed for 2014 they will only be viewing a microcosm of the story.</p>

<p><em>Photos by Jerry and Lois Photography<code><br /></code><br /> By Ranny Green</em><code><br /></code><br /> “There is no better feeling than knowing someone’s got your back regardless of the situation or the circumstances,” says Shanda Taylor-Boyd, of Sammamish, a 23-year military veteran whose biggest life challenges&#8230;.</p>

<p><em>Photos courtesy of Shibaguyz Photography </em><code><br /></code><br /> <em>By Ranny Green</em><code><br /></code><br /> Tory stood erect as a statue on a table at Family Dog Training Center in Kent as Dr. Patti Schaefer inserted one ½-half-inch needle after another about his face and scalp. He knew the drill&#8230;.</p>

<p><em>Photos courtesy of Shibaguyz Photography </em><code><br /></code><br /> <em>By Ranny Green</em><code><br /></code><br /> As we headed down the remote gravel driveway on an early July morning, Maggie reflected an anxiousness and an inquisitiveness in the car as she was about to embark on an engaging new adventure. </p>

<p><em>Photos courtesy VCA Antech, Inc. and Dr. James Gaynor </em><code><br /></code><br /> <em>By Ranny Green</em><code><br /></code> </p> <p>While there is no gold standard to assess pain in patients, “veterinary medicine may underappreciate and/or poorly detect it in companion animals with cancer,”Dr. Philip Bergman told an audience at the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine Forum in Nashville June 7. </p>

<p></code><br /> <em>By Ranny Green</em><code><br /></code><br /> Some come in glassy-eyed, stumbling and with dilated pupils. Others have been vomiting, have an accelerated heart rate, are hyperactive, been urinating inappropriately or are nearly comatose. Those are the scenarios state veterinarians are seeing more often since Washington voters passed Initiative 502 in November 2012 that defined and legalized small amount of marijuana-related products for adults 21 and over.