Top sheep dogs round up honors at Black Hills Stock Show

Christy Leichtnam comes to the Sheep Dog Trials at the Black Hill Stock Show each year to admire the speed, agility and intelligence of the border collies in the ring.

Progress seen as geese-chasing continues in Burns Park

One week into using border collies to chase geese out of Burns Park, the geese remain but there are signs of progress, the man in charge of the effort said Thursday.

Specially trained dogs help sniff out historic cemetery site in Alabama

These dogs are trained to sniff out historical remains. Unlike the more commonly used cadaver dogs who find missing people or disaster victims, they're specially trained to find centuries-old bones. They came to Alabama to help track down a historic cemetery that was plowed under in the last 100 years.

Goose-chasing dogs good but how good?

Using border collies to chase geese out of North Little Rock parks has reduced the goose population, but by how much is unclear, the city Parks Commission was told Monday evening.

Stun gun used on man walking dogs off-leash

MONTARA, Calif. – A park ranger used a stun gun on a man she stopped for walking his two dogs without a leash in northern California. The man was stopped by the ranger Sunday afternoon at Rancho Corral de Tierra, part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, near Montara, south of San Francisco.