The term ‘prison dog’ implies highly trained German Shepherd ready to pounce on a prisoner trying to escape. You agree?

This week’s Good Dog story is about a very different animal: dogs brought into prisons to be trained and cared for by inmates. It’s not tough to see the “win-win.” Prisoners learn to (more…)

Would you believe me if I said that it’s now possible to clone your dog? It isn’t easy or cheap but a genetic engineering firm named BioArts has done it successfully and is planning to do it again.

The program’s called “Best Friends Again” and they’re running both a contest and an auction for people who would like to clone their dog. You can enter to win the Golden Clone Giveaway between now and/or register for the Best Friends Again auctions scheduled for early July 2008.

On the Good Dog podcast published today, June 17, 2008, Lou Hawthorne, CEO of BioArts, explains how his company created three perfect clones of his dog Missy. (I played with them and this is no joke.) He describes the science, we talk about the issues, and he gives all the details of the contest and auction.

Here’s a short clip of me and the clones.

I admit it. My dog does not travel in a pet restraint system. She sits in the passenger seat, assuming that she’ll be safe. What about you? Do you have some kind of (more…)

We’re just back from a week’s vacation in Belize and, for the most part, we dodged the hurricane. Belize is an amazing, English speaking country in Central America with a stunning (more…)