The story of her 12-year-old dog “Gus” earned a St. Francis Xavier student first place in this year’s Top Dog Contest sponsored by Medina County Auditor Michael E. Kovack. Maggie Cavanaugh wrote the ...

The Marion County Auditor’s Office has announced the winners of this year’s Top Dog Essay Contest. Millie Gates, a fourth-grade student at Heritage Elementary, took first place with her essay about ...

How do we think about animals? Or rather – how do our animal companions think? How can we imagine the lives of our (non-human) animal friends? In this video essay, Lily Dog looks at Derrida’s writings ...

An Austin, Texas, man grieved the loss of his pet to cancer through his own pet's perspective. On Jan. 28, John Pointer wrote an essay, called "Yesterday was weird…," that recounts his dog's last few ...

Somers has selected its top dog. Kara Coope, a third-grader, wrote a winning essay about her dog Pongo. She said Pongo is No. 1 because “he always wants to play with me and whenever I am sad he jumps ...

Second grade teacher Kensey Jones wanted her students to write something that could have a real impact when she thought about this year's persuasive writing assignment. So she approached the director ...