As any dog guardian will tell you, a bored dog is the first ingredient in a recipe for mischief and mayhem. Dogs at animal shelters in particular can face long stretches of boredom. Too few staff, too ...

Traci Maddox holds on tight as Brody, her big brown boxer, pulls her toward a line of plastic storage bins against a wall at Oro Valley's Cañada del Oro Riverfront Park. The dog bounces up to the ...