In Chino Hills, just beyond the Community Center and the Trader Joe’s, Tina Bevan at Silver Rose Ranch tends to her rat condo. All in a day’s work. “I think sometimes the rats try to taunt the dogs,” ...

The Barn Hunt is a fast-growing dog sport that’s gaining popularity at SchaSam Farm, east of Stanwood. It’s a place where humans and canines have a good time working together. This weekend, more than ...

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 ...

WEST SALEM — Barn Hunt is not quite like finding a needle in a haystack, but the relatively new sport has some similarities. Dogs have the advantage in the sport, though, with their powerful probosces ...

MELBOURNE — Snout working overtime, Davey Crockett the Doberman Pinscher started sniffing for scents around straw bales stacked into an L-shaped tunnel formation. Target acquired: He quickly located a ...

Sherree Lewis hands a volunteer a pipe with a rat inside. Lewis' dog, Ruby, found the rat during the Barn Hunt Trial Saturday, Oct. 21, 2017 at Gosney Lane Farm in Bend. (Kyle Spurr/Bulletin photo) ...

On a rainy Friday afternoon in Downsville, Louisiana, a border collie named Mickey pawed at a pile of hay to notify her owner, Karla Gracia, she'd found her quarry. "Rat!" Gracia yelled, then ...

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 ...

Some local pups were out to smell a rat this weekend – but not the suspicious sort. The Aiken Barn Hunt club held its first trials event on Saturday, which will continue Sunday. The local barn hunt ...

WATERLOO — Katie Weihbrecht took off her dog Beykee’s leash and collar as the Labrador/Akita mix sniffed the air, already catching the scent of its prey. “Calm,” she told the dog softly, patting him.

KRONENWETTER - Mable is a 6-year-old French bulldog, the size and shape of a large loaf of bread, with two pointy ears sticking straight up from her smooshed face. She wears a solemn expression, until ...

DOWNSVILLE, La. (AP) " On a rainy afternoon in Downsville, Louisiana, a border collie named Mickey pawed at a pile of hay to notify her owner, Karla Gracia, she'd found her quarry. "Rat!" Gracia ...