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Play pals

by Alex Driehaus February 19, 2025August 14, 2025

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Pampered pup

by Staff Report May 7, 2024

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Badgered to Basin Field

by Staff Report November 27, 2023

Lincoln, an 11-year-old apple head Chihuahua, barks at another dog in White River Junction, Vt., on Friday, March 24, 2023. Lincoln was sitting with his owner John Rinaldi before they returned home from running errands and enjoying the day. The breed gets its name from its apple-shaped skull dome. (Valley News - Jennifer Hauck) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

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Park & bark in White River Junction

by Staff Report March 29, 2023

Jolene Scott, of Bethel, holds a bichon shih tzu puppy from a litter her foster mother Mary Brown's niece is raising at Brown's South Royalton, Vt., home on Wednesday, March 9, 2023. Before getting involved with the foster care system, Brown herself bred cocker spaniels and standard poodles, so she was happy to host her niece, Lois Thomas, who is having emergency septic work done at her of Hillsboro, N.H., home, and the puppies. "I can't imagine not having a dog in the house," said Brown. "They're so much company." (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

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Puppy power

by Staff Report March 21, 2023

Tootsie, an 8-year-old Yorkshire Terrier, takes a walk with her owner, Don, of Lebanon, N.H., who declined to give his last name, on Miracle Mile in Lebanon on Monday, Jan. 30, 2023. Tootsie accompanies Don on his daily walks and on miles-long snowshoe hikes where they have seen bears, deer and plenty of turkeys. “I try to educate people on dogs whenever I can,” Don said. (Valley News / Report For America - Alex Driehaus) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

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Terrier carrier in Lebanon

by Staff Report February 2, 2023

David Rutherford, of Toronto, left, stands with his 8-year-old golden retriever Emma as his 5-year-old golden retriever Rosie trots away with her ball while Griffin, a 1-year-old yellow Lab, gets acquainted with Benji, a 4-year-old corgi, and his owner Cindy Mitchell, right, of White River Junction, Vt., at Kilowatt Park in Wilder, Vt., on Monday, July 25, 2022. Rutherford is in town visiting family and went to the park with his sister-in-law Susanna Gadsby, of West Lebanon, N.H. After about 15 minutes of talking and playing with their dogs, Mitchell and Gadsby realized they had worked together as nurses a decade earlier and spent the rest of the playdate catching up. (Valley News / Report For America - Alex Driehaus) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

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Fetching friends

by Staff Report August 1, 2022

Peggy Roberts, of Royalton, left, and Robin Becker, right, watch an inflatable holiday lawn ornament take shape as they decorate in front of Becker's Royalton Village home on Saturday, Nov. 27, 2021. "Usually the guys are all out hunting and us women do it," Becker said of the decorating. Becker's dog Turbo watches from the window. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

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Blowing up the holidays in Royalton Village

by Staff Report December 3, 2021

Pope Memorial Humane Society in Dover, N.H., has playgroups for its animals. (Courtesy photograph)

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After surge in adoptions, pet surrenders spiking

by Brad Spiegel Granite State News CollaborativeNovember 1, 2021

After retrieving a toy from the Connecticut River Benji shakes the water off as Ginny Ferguson, 93, of White River Junction, left, shields herself and her daughter, Cindy Marshall prepares for another throw at Kilowatt Park in Wilder, Vt., Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021. “It makes me tired just watching him,” said Ferguson of the corgi. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

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Unfair shake

by Staff Report September 21, 2021