Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rat sports involve dogs searching through boxes or hay to find the rats hidden in protective PVC tubes. (Colin North/CBC - image ...

WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — A recent study ranked the nation’s capital as the top US city with a growing rat problem, raising new concerns about public health, sanitation, and how the city should ...

Dakota, a 3 ½-year-old Australian shepherd mix, bounced into the ring, her tail wagging. She poked her nose into a prickly straw bed and raced over a tall pile of rough bales. Then, darting toward a ...

It’s one of those hot Sacramento evenings in August where, even after the sun goes down, you’re still sweating. But the dogs don’t seem to care. Within minutes of starting their hunt, they’ve already ...

It’s a warm Wednesday morning in Mineville, N.S., as Colleen Fowler's dogs follow her to a tent filled with boxes and stacks of hay. She’s preparing for a day of rat sports: an activity for dogs where ...