Dogs

No McGruff: Stray dog takes a bite out of police at Shawmut station

By adamg - 6/12/21 - 6:31 pm

Transit Police report an officer was chomped three times by a large dog at the Shawmut Red Line station around 5:45 a.m. on Wednesday. Read more.

Paralyzed pet left to die in Peters Park

By adamg - 6/2/21 - 10:11 am

The Animal Rescue League is looking for whoever left a French bulldogjust outside the dog park in Peters Park in the South End one weekend in late April. A good Samaritan spotted her and brought her to a local vet, who discovered the dog's rear legs were paralyzed and she was dehydrated, had hemorrhaging in one eye and was running a temperature. Vets determined there was nothing they could do and euthanized her to put her out of her misery. While the dog's condition was hereditary, abandoning a dog is a felony in Massachusetts.

Sometimes, homeless people have pets, and they need care, too

By adamg - 6/2/21 - 9:29 am

The Street Dog Coalition is sponsoring a clinic later this month for the pets of homeless people or people at risk of becoming homeless. Read more.

Missing South Boston chihuahua dead after well meaning bystander tries to chase after her and she runs into traffic

By adamg - 5/19/21 - 2:42 pm

Boston Animal Control and Care is advising people to not try to chase potentially loose pets because they could bolt and wind up dead, as happened yesterday in South Boston to a chihuahua that had earlier been reported missing along Day Boulevard. Read more.

Police say Cambridge dognapper returns to the scene of the crime, where he is promptly arrested thanks to an alert TV reporter

By adamg - 5/8/21 - 10:59 am

Cambridge Police are crediting a Channel 7 reporter for the safe return of Titus the Pointer - and the arrest of his alleged dognapper - today, after the guy decided to go walkies with the dog right past the parking lot where he'd allegedly taken him yesterday, and where the reporter was getting ready to do a report on the case. Read more.

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Councilors look for ways to speed up development of dog parks across Boston

By adamg - 4/21/21 - 2:39 pm

Arroyo: Social-equity lens needed for Boston dog-park needs.

City Councilor Ricardo Arroyo (Hyde Park, Roslindale, Mattapan) says it's way past time for Boston to begin installing dog parks outside the "high income neighborhoods" he says have them now - and that the city should be planning them first, rather than waiting for organized groups of dog owners with discretionary income to push for them. Read more.

Fight dogs rescued, alleged trainer arrested at Fields Corner house where man was shot, police say

By adamg - 4/18/21 - 10:25 pm

Boston Police report officers with a search warrant teamed up with the MSPCA yesterday to rescue five "endangered" pit bulls from 5 Toledo Terrace - where a man was shot on Wednesday. Read more.

Citizen complaint of the day: Pursued by a snarling hellbeast across the desolate plains of Lower Allston at midnight

By adamg - 4/10/21 - 11:18 am

A concerned citizen who likes walking his or her dog in Harvard's holdings off Western Avenue filed a 311 report about a coyote that chased them shortly after midnight: Read more.

Dogs of the Longfellow

By adamg - 4/5/21 - 1:28 pm

Dogs posing for a photo on the Longfellow Bridge

The other day, Taylor came upon all these dogs posed in one of the Longfellow salt shakers (or is it one of the pepper shakers?) and just loved it.

And here is one of the photos the dog walker, Steven Watson, took (bonus shot of the pack in front of the Copley Square T stop, the fancy entrance).

Boston City Councilor says southern half of city needs dog parks

By adamg - 3/11/21 - 10:25 am

The City Council yesterday approved a request by Councilor Ricardo Arroyo (Roslindale, Hyde Park, Mattapan) to look into how to get the city to build dog parks south of the Fenway, where he said dog-owning residents deserve the same facilities as those in the South End, the North End, Dorchester and other neighborhoods that already have dog parks. Read more.

Who's a good dog? You are, Luna, yes, you are!

By adamg - 3/8/21 - 10:33 am

Boston has released a list of the top-25 dog names in Boston last year, based on dog-license applications, and nary a Spot or Fido among them (speaking of which, you have until March 31 to register your pooch).

Citizen complaint of the day: The nerve of some parents letting their kids play on the grass at Medal of Honor Park when dogs need their exercise

By adamg - 2/27/21 - 10:40 pm

A dog-owning citizen barks out a 311 complaint about supposedly irresponsible parents at Medal of Honor Park in South Boston: Read more.

Reclining is cold comfort at Millennium Park these days

By adamg - 2/23/21 - 9:24 am

Recliner and end table made of snow in Millennium Park, with Jax the wonder dog for scale

Mary Ellen spotted this recliner and end table this morning at Millennium Park in West Roxbury (where she reports somebody also built a TV, but it's seems to be broken because all it shows is snow). Jax the wonder dog for scale.

It takes a village to find a dog that runs off in a panic when the USS Constitution fires its cannon at noon

By adamg - 2/18/21 - 10:53 am

A heartwarming only-in-Charlestown story.

As the dog weaved through the streets of the neighborhood, Morse was close behind - and unbeknownst to her - so were many neighbors who had randomly and suddenly taken up the cause.

Dog parks everywhere: Boston wants to ensure doggos have places to roam in every neighborhood

By adamg - 2/5/21 - 10:13 am

A city parks manager said yesterday that Boston is looking at how to put a dog park in every neighborhood - potentially good news for residents in the city's southern half, who currently have none and who have been repeatedly rebuffed by state officials on the large expanses of state parkland in the area. Read more.