The AFL is expected to draw less than 2% of households, on a par with the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show.

FORBES: Twice Bitten, Once Shy

"We have never, to our knowledge, had an incident at our show where a dog has become ill or was harmed as a result of being poisoned, " the kennel club said in a statement.

WSJ: Owner: Dog may have been poisoned at Westminster

Derbyshire Police said the animal belonged to a dog handler with GMP and had escaped from its kennel at the officer's home in the town.

BBC: Escaped Manchester police dog attacks four in Derbyshire

Insp Jean Phillips, from Devon and Cornwall Police, said the fate of the dog, which is currently in police custody at a specialist kennel, would be decided by the court alone.

BBC: Injured heifer

After you've transformed your dog into a docile companion, see if he passes the American Kennel Club's Canine Good Citizen certification program.

CNN: Site-Seer: Fetching an obedient dog from the Web

Because nature abhors a vacuum, Taylor Schilling ("Mercy") steps it up and brings at least a modicum of life to the party as Beth, the divorced Louisiana kennel-owner who happens to be in the market for a dog walker.

CNN: Review: 'The Lucky One' is an unconvincing romance

Last year, right about this time, Craig Savino, the American Kennel Club archivist, got an email from someone exploring the history of the Clumber Spaniel, a hunting dog developed in the U.K. and beloved of the monarchs Edward VII and George V.

WSJ: A Library With a Pedigree | American Kennel Club Research Library | By Joanne Kaufman