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Neighbors heard barking from a manhole last Friday. By Saturday, crews began their rescue efforts.

When you adopt a shelter dog, you have no idea what kind of distinguished career it might go on to pursue.

Ember, a puppy who was stolen from a front yard in Wellesley, made a safe return to her family.

Several employees of a nearby gym found an abandoned and abused dog around 1 a.m. Monday in Randolph, Massachusetts. The dog will undergo surgery to amputate his shattered hind leg Tuesday.

Olympic gold medal winner Aly Raisman and her lost dog, Mylo, have been reunited. The Massachusetts gymnast said on social media last Saturday that her puppy had run off after being terrified by fireworks in Boston’s Seaport District. Friday, Raisman tweeted photos of herself with Mylo, thanking the people — and the dog — who helped her find her friend….

Aly Raisman, an Olympian gold medal-winning gymnast and Boston resident, says her missing dog may have been spotted in the city. Raisman first announced on Twitter and Instagram that her puppy, Mylo, was “terrified of fireworks and ran off” Saturday in the Seaport District. Wednesday, Raisman said there had been four possible sightings of Mylo in South Boston. Raisman said…

Olympic gymnast Aly Raisman is requesting people stop calling the phone number listed on fliers posted around Boston that are part of search efforts for her missing dog, Mylo. Raisman first asked for help finding her beloved dog after he ran away scared during a weekend fireworks show in Boston. “My dog Mylo was terrified of fireworks and ran off,”…

Aly Raisman, an Olympian gold medal-winning gymnast and Boston resident, asked for help finding her dog, Mylo, after he went missing Saturday night. Raisman posted on Twitter and Instagram that her puppy was “terrified of fireworks and ran off,” which were happening as part of Harborfest in the Seaport District. The two-time Olympian urged her followers not to go out...

A stray dog is in quarantine after biting a police officer inside an MBTA station Wednesday morning, officials said Saturday. Transit police said the officer was called to Shawmut Station around 5:45 a.m. for a report of a stray dog wandering around the station.  The officer saw what appeared to be a German Shepared mix that was unaccompanied and unleashed,…

A 1-year-old French Bulldog has been reunited with his grateful owners two days after escaping from his yard in Quincy, Massachusetts. A suspect will face larceny charges, according to Quincy Police. Bruno the dog slipped right through his collar and took off Thursday night. It’s unclear how police found Bruno, but they returned him to his family on Saturday....

Bruno, a 1-year-old French Bulldog, escaped from his yard in Quincy, Massachusetts, slipped right through his collar and took off Thursday night. “Whoever does have him, he has a home, and he’s loved,” said Bruno’s owner, Jennifer Geddes. “He deserves to be home with us.” Family and friends searched the neighborhood. A driver thinks she saw Bruno on Quincy...

A family in Quincy is searching for its missing dog, who may have been taken by strangers.

A dog warned its family that their home was on fire before smoke detectors even went off in Westborough, Massachusetts overnight. Firefighters responded to a building fire on Glen Street overnight. The damage to the home was significant, according to the Westborough Fire Department, but there were no injuries. The department said the dog likely helped the family safely evacuate….

After someone allegedly broke into a vehicle and took the animal, the dog was located and returned safely to its owner Saturday.

A man who allegedly stole a dog from a car in Cambridge has been arrested and identified by police. The dog was returned safely.

Last year, when bacteria from a red tide lit California’s coastline electric blue, photographer Patrick Coyne began chasing the bioluminescence down the coast. This year when it popped up again, he filmed his friend’s dog Balto playing in the waves.

Have you ever heard of a Chihuahua described as a “haunted Victorian child”? What about a “Chucky doll in a dog’s body”? Well, now you have! A tweet about a “demonic Chihuahua” named Prancer who is up for adoption has gone viral on Twitter due to the brutally honest description written by his foster owner of what potential adopters could expect...

Police are looking for the person who beat a dog to death and left its body in a garbage bag behind a school.

Police are investigating after a severely abused female dog was found dead in a black trash bag near a school in Lawrence, Massachusetts, last month. “The extent of this case — the extent of the cruelty is something that we, fortunately, don’t see all that often,” said Mike DeFina, a spokesman for the Animal Rescue League of Boston. “This dog…

The dog ice cream and treat shop began serving canine customers this weekend.