Who can resist those big puppy-dog eyes, floppy ears and fluffy tail?

WSJ: How People Pick a Pet at a Shelter

Make regular stops -- every two hours for a puppy, every three to four hours for a cat or an adult dog -- so your pet can take a walk on a leash (some cats enjoy a little leash walk).

CNN: Tips for road tripping with pets

We want the dog-loving public to destroy the puppy trafficker's market.

BBC: Move against 'puppy trafficking'

Journalists are by nature a skeptical bunch, and all the more so when they've been assigned to cover a photo op. (The hotel had scheduled a dog-serenading opera singer, and puppy weddings.) But sometimes you need to set aside your attitude, not to mention your dreams of becoming the next Walter Cronkite or Edward R.

WSJ: Checking In at the Doggie Hotel

The televised afternoon in parliament in which Mr Maehara hoped greatly to embarrass the prime minister over the alleged livedoor e-mail turned into a humiliation as the old dog took the young puppy and shook him by the scruff of his neck.

ECONOMIST: Japan's opposition

It was the "puppy couch Sotoro" -- a (for lack of a better way to put it) furry dog robot couch that whimpers when it's upset.

CNN: Future tech and puppy love in South Korea