In the pit of existential despair that was March, many of us spent considerable time panic-buying on the internet: flour, hand sanitizer, yeast, Scrabble, beard trimmers—and puppies. Just as with ...

Have you noticed how many varieties of doodle and poo dogs are around nowadays? These are all deliberate hybrid crosses between a poodle and another purebred dog. You can find labradoodles (poodle and ...

Over recent years there has been a huge upsurge in the demand for so-called "designer dogs". This term is used to refer to new crossbreeds of purebred dog breeds. They are easy to recognize since they ...

OTTAWA COUNTY, Mich. — More people have been buying so-called designer dogs over the last several years. Many of them are bought from commercial breeders supplied by puppy mills and backyard breeders.

"Designer dogs" like French bulldogs are increasingly popular in the U.S., but breeding them has led to many questions surrounding ethics. National Pet Day is a holiday many Americans can take part in ...

BOSTON (WHDH) - Nearly two dozen specialty breed dogs rescued from a commercial breeder are getting comfortable in Massachusetts after traveling to the Bay State from Missouri over the weekend. The 22 ...

Neal J. Riley is a digital producer for CBS Boston. He has been with WBZ-TV since 2014. His work has appeared in The Boston Globe and The San Francisco Chronicle. Neal is a graduate of Boston ...