Sean Dewhurst of Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, said he thinks his age helps him land pet-sitting clients.

Steven Gaines sees the beach as a place for dogs to play.There’s a feud in East Hampton between dog owners and other beachgoers, who say they do not pick up after their pets.

Some owners, tired of their domesticated doggies, are signing up for programs that test hunting and herding skills.

As a dog groomer, Nicholas Lipariti of Brooklyn has to deal with some tough customers. Often, he says, they’re the smallest ones.

Bedbug-sniffing dogs are the new and furry front line in an escalating domestic war.

Bedbug-sniffing dogs are the new and furry front line in an escalating domestic war.

She counseled generations of New Yorkers on household and consumer issues, and later waged a campaign that led to New York’s pooper-scooper law.

A Scottish terrier named Sadie, the favorite, won best in show at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show.

As the dogs waited to be judged in four groups Monday night at the 134th annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, another sort of show broke out.

Though it is still performed, debarking, a procedure to quiet noisy dogs, is falling out of favor with younger veterinarians and proponents of animal rights.