BIG DOGS have won the hearts of the Coey family from Holloway, and Nina, a 139 pound Neapolitan Mastiff, has also won the title of Belmont County's Top Dog for 2006. Nina was one of the dogs at the Belmont County Animal Shelter until she met Lori Coey a y...

A bunch of dog lovers are snarling mad at the Irmo Chapin Recreation Commission. The agency plans to move its Barking Lot dog park from its location in the former BC Components property a mile or so down Bush River Road to a portion of Saluda Shoals Park.

In her latest book, "For the Love Of A Dog: Understanding Emotion in You and Your Best Friend" (Ballantine Books, $24.95), certified applied animal behaviorist Patricia McConnell says science offers evidence that dogs do have emotions - and that they expr...