Missy Jo, a 60-pound bulldog mix, comes with owner Tony Mills, 51, to The Chocolate Moose restaurant for a daily treat of plain cheeseburgers and vanilla milkshakes on the patio. While the seven year tradition makes missy happy, her Veterinarian does not approve of the diet.

Charges haven yet to be filed in a June 18 assault case where one man reportedly bit the ear off another during an argument over a dog. Lake County Sheriff's Deputy Tony Aas reports an argument ensued between the two men after a dog started running around the picnic grounds. A 43-year-old man became upset when the dog started swimming and running on the beach.

A 7-year-old survives after being bitten on the side of his head by a pit bull. Miami police report the boy and a 14-year-old girl went into the back yard of their uncle's home where the dog, who belonged to a friend of the uncle, was being kept.

In the latest way of violence attributed to Islamic separatists, a Thai couple throats are slit, the impact of which was so hard, their heads were nearly severed. Jad Suwanchatri, 52, and his wife Serm, 51, stopped their motorcycle on Friday, to clear a log from a road in Yala province. Assailants ambushed them, shooting Jad, and then cutting each of their throats. The couple's dog, traveling with them in a sidecar, was also slashed to death.

A waitress at the To Suk Chung, serving dog stew to a group of patrons, says she does not understand why so many people make such a big deal about eating dog and whale meat, considered traditional meals in South Korea. Pak Suk-kyun does not sympathize with conservationists making pleas to ban the whale meat trade at The International Whaling Conference, just a few blocks from the restaurant, which specializes in dog stew.