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 ...

The miniature Australian shepherd hurtled through the tunnel of hay bales, shuffling nose-first into a pile of straw on the other side in search of her goal: a rat tucked inside a tube, hidden ...

Eric Madsen and his dog, Shirley, love rats. Shirley loves to find them, and Madsen loves to cheer her on — even help guide her search. The Canton man and his four-pawed companion, an Australian ...

Two weeks ago, before stay-at-home guidance was issued and the state’s definition of “essential” was tightened, a group of longtime friends and a few newcomers gathered at the regular time and place ...