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Fern Watt and her dog Bette.

Pets

Pets and the City | What type of dog should you get in New York City?

Posted on April 23, 2025

Pets

Pets and the City: Introducing a new column about dogs!

Posted on April 8, 2025

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Brooklyn Paper

Cats and canines: Flatbush Vet prepares to launch much-needed affordable dental care for pets

NYPD Harbor Unit members who rescued dog from East River

Saving a best friend: NYPD rescues dog found struggling to stay afloat in East River

Posted on March 30, 2025

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Brooklyn Paper

Construction underway on ‘state-of-the-art’ new Animal Care Centers shelter in East New York

dogs at the westminster dog show

Pets

Looking back at the Westminster Dog Show: Not Best in Show, but still the best

Posted on February 28, 2025

Furry friend fun! Happy Tails opens new doggy day care in Tribeca.

Pets

A furry paradise! Happy Tails, NYC’s first members-only dog club, expands to Tribeca

Posted on December 23, 2024

Golden retriever puppy in pet shop window.

Pets

Queens pet store owners brace themselves as New York ban on selling dogs, cats, and rabbits takes effect

Posted on December 17, 2024

puppy in cage at pet store

Brooklyn Paper

Brooklyn’s pet stores push back on retail sale ban — but activists say it’s much-needed

the Mars Summer Treat Pack Truck will be handing out free treats, while supplies last, in New York City.

Pets

Grab free treats for you and your pup from the Mars Summer Treat Pack Truck this weekend

Posted on August 23, 2024

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Rescue dogs on the NYC runway at the ‘Furry, Fashionable and Fabulous’ show

Posted on August 15, 2024

Brooklyn Paper

Brooklyn Cyclones’ ‘Bark in the Park’ scores big with furry fans

A Dog

A dog day in the life of two NYPD Transit K-9 cops

Posted on July 25, 2024

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Scoop the poop! How a City Council bill aims to make dog-waste bags available for free to New York dog owners

Posted on May 1, 2024

EMS ambulance responds to hit-and-run in Harlem

Bronx

Grisly Bronx dog attack leaves man fatally mauled, canine shot dead by cops

Posted on April 26, 2024

NY: Puppy Bowl XX Viewing

Brooklyn Paper

Boris & Horton dog café saved by $250,000 crowdfunding surge in just one weekend

dogs all together

Pets

New York City veterinary practice celebrates pups born on Leap Day

Posted on February 23, 2024

NY: Puppy Bowl XX Viewing

Brooklyn Paper

A paw print on NYC’s heart: Boris & Horton dog café closing Brooklyn, Manhattan locations

Two people holding Boston Terriers

Boston Terrier Takeover! Washington Square Park taken over by doggos on National Boston Terrier Day

Posted on February 19, 2024

FDNY rescues pit bull puppies

Brooklyn

FDNY rescues pit bull puppies from Brooklyn garage fire

Posted on January 24, 2024

Atlas (left) and Reed (right)

Pets

Meet Governors Island’s newest working dogs who will keep geese at bay

Posted on December 19, 2023

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QNS

Pawlacio Pets celebrates second annual Rockaway Dog Parade

Museum of the Dog party with pup

Midtown Manhattan

SEE IT: Pups raise the ‘woof’ at the AKC Museum of the Dog grooming party

Posted on March 1, 2023

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QNS

Queens man arraigned on animal cruelty charges after 45 dogs were rescued from his home: DA

Pembroke Welsh Corgi standing in show ring

Pets

USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center to host this year’s Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show

Posted on November 4, 2022

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New York City dogs put on their best costumes at Washington Square Park for Halloweekend

Posted on November 1, 2022

Tompkins Square Park Halloween dog festival fun

SEE IT: Tompkins Square Park Halloween Dog Festival features all kinds of the cutest and furriest ghosts and goblins

Posted on October 26, 2022

Pumpkin Fest at South Street Seaport

Lower Manhattan

‘Pumpkin Fest’ brings array of fall fun to the Seaport

Posted on September 29, 2022

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Pets

PHOTOS: Dogs go on a unique tour of New York City with Circle Line NYC

Posted on August 3, 2022

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Pets

Survey finds that New York saves 86% of sheltered cats and dogs

Posted on July 8, 2022

Pets

Your dog’s personality may have little to do with its breed

Posted on April 29, 2022

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Brooklyn Paper

27 dogs rescued from horrific conditions in Brooklyn

Some of the Museum visitors on a Furry Friday night.

Arts & Entertainment

New Yorkers, their dogs and a visit to the museum

Posted on February 23, 2022

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Pets

NYPD releases doggone good calendar for the New Year

Posted on December 7, 2021

Allison and her protegee Fernando

SEE IT: Cuddly creatures abound for Halloween fun at Tompkins Square dog parade

Posted on October 27, 2021

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Lower Manhattan

Dog squad: A pair of furry NYPD detectives graduate at One Police Plaza

Posted on August 5, 2021

Pets

Cockapoo snags top spot as most popular dog breed in New York City: report

Posted on July 5, 2021

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Downtown

A second chance: FDR homeless couple start GoFundMe amidst eviction threats

Posted on April 15, 2021

Mongrel dog portrait

Pets

Wings of Rescue teams up with Sato Project to bring several adoptable dogs to New York

Posted on February 12, 2021

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Lower East Side

Home improvement: How the couple under the FDR Drive plan on moving

Posted on January 27, 2021

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Health

Check out these tips to making healthy resolutions for your pets in 2021

Posted on January 9, 2021

Dog Pack taking on Manhattan

Dog owners can enjoy perks and gifts all weekend long for ‘Packed Weekend’ in New York City

Posted on November 19, 2020

Yorkshire Terrier Dog on the green grass

Queens

Queens man sues after smuggled dogs are seized for bad vaccination paperwork at JFK Airport

Posted on September 16, 2020

Cat and dog sleeping. Puppy and kitten sleep.

Pets

Here are some NYC Animal Shelters that are offering foster and adoption options during COVID

Posted on September 6, 2020

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Pets

Applications open to New York City dog owners for virtual ‘Miss Dog Mom’ pageant

Posted on July 28, 2020

Dog Pack taking on Manhattan

Pets

New report explores how much it costs to own a dog in New York City

Posted on July 1, 2020

Medical worker dog

What to know about pets and coronavirus

Posted on May 25, 2020

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PHOTOS: Backstage at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show

Posted on February 12, 2020

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Mayor Eric Adams emphasized Wednesday the city's commitment to keeping the commercial corridor in the South Bronx, known as the Hub, clean and free of drugs and illegal activity.

Mayor Adams tours The Hub after open drug market cleared out, but residents skeptical changes will hold

González-Rojas files to run against Ramos for western Queens state Senate seat, touts ‘bold leadership’

people dancing at our wicked lady

After 10 years, Our Wicked Lady to close permanently on July 21

Lee Soulja-Simmons delivers remarks during NYC Black Pride's 2022 Heritage Image Awards.

NYC Black Pride, slated for mid-August, presses on despite budget cuts