A loyal dog whose owner died late last year has apparently been showing up for mass every day for the last two months at the church where the funeral was held . Tommy, a 7-year-old German Shepherd, used to accompany his owner, Maria Margherita Lochi, to services at Santa Maria Assunta church in San Donaci, Italy, according to the Daily Mail, and was allowed to sit at her feet. After Lochi died, the dog "joined mourners at her funeral servic...

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Meet Miracle, the tiny puppy who weighs less than a pound, is the height of a 50p piece - and sits comfortably in the palm of a hand. The adorable Jack Russell Chihuahua-cross is the only one in a litter of five to survive. Her owner Kayley-May Coles, ten, has fed her special baby dog milk through a syringe for nine days after the puppy’s mother abandoned her at birth. Read More...

It will be a big day for a big dog. An 80 kilogram irish wolfhound will be the first animal to be presented with a Local Hero Medal, as part of the 2012 Kiwibank New Zealander of the Year Awards. Guinness, known as earthquake dog, will stand alongside Mayor Bob Parker, Student Volunteer Army founder Sam Johnson and other unsung Christchurch heroes to have an engraved bronze cast medal placed over his hairy head at The George Hotel on Thursd...

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