Jessie Holmes and his team of sled dogs successfully defended their Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race title this week, becoming the first musher to accomplish the feat in a decade.
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Brittney Melton,
NPR,
19 Mar. 2026
The grueling sled dog race covers about 1,000 miles in the Alaska wilderness.
Cassie is trying to become social-media famous, suggestively flashing her all-American assets online in a variety of fetishy costumes (a puppy dog, a pacifier-sucking baby).
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Naomi Fry,
New Yorker,
18 Apr. 2026
Unlike the children, who look like waxy versions of my own, this is my husband, with the soft face and the plaid shirt and the puppy dog—
Eyes.
Most importantly: Ian finds and adopts Rollo, the greatest wolf dog who ever lived.
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Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
26 Mar. 2026
Silver moment of the Games: Everyone loved it when Nazgul, the 2-year-old Czech wolf dog, joined the women’s cross-country competition at the end and ran, without benefit of skis, across the finish line.
While on the ground, officers fired additional bean bag rounds at Evans, including one that allegedly broke his leg, and twice sent a police dog at him.
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Alex Riggins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Apr. 2026
The event at the Dallas Police Association is believed to be the first retirement party for a police dog held there.
The royal family is seen lying side-by-side in a grassy meadow with their dogs, Orla, an English black cocker spaniel, and a recent addition to the family, a cocker spaniel puppy from Orla's litter.
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Taijuan Moorman,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
Also, limit your puppy or unvaccinated dog’s exposure to other dogs, The Animal Foundation advised.
The video of the pup has quickly gone viral, with the contrast between a high-stakes NFL moment and a dog’s quiet persistence resonating with viewers across social media.
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