City lets dogs, cats on beach (Asbury Park Press)

The city has followed the lead of several nearby communities by authorizing an amendment to its beach management plan that permits dogs and cats — as long as they remain on a leash and under control — to take to municipal beaches during the off season.

Your call: Dogs in all parks or 19? (Greeley Tribune)

Greeley voters will decide on two "dogs in parks" initiatives at a special election in early February.

Worried wealthy buy dogs trained to attack burglars (Evening Standard)

Wealthy Londoners are buying protection dogs to deter violent criminals. It follows a string of high-profile cases in which business people have been attacked in their own homes.

Police dogs find $410,900 hidden in SUV on Pike (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)

AUBURN - State police with dogs patrolling Thanksgiving traffic over the weekend discovered stuffing of a different sort after they stopped a sport utility vehicle on the Massachusetts Turnpike.

Dogs get new digs (Wahoo Newspaper)

A quiet neighborhood nestled in the Bellevue hills is quickly going to the dogs. As the new fenced-in area at Jewell Park gets ready for its first canine patrons, a new dog training facility is opening just up the road.