ERIE, Colo. – Usually, when a person yells “rat!” they’re cursing vermin, not praising a dog. But when you take part in a Barn Hunt, the objective is for your dog to sniff out a heavy, perforated tube ...

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 ...

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 ...

Hundreds of dogs and their handlers will come from around the United States to put their skills to the test as Oh Rats Barn Hunt Club brings Oak Ridge’s first-ever barn hunt competition to the Oak ...

The miniature Australian shepherd hurtled through the tunnel of hay bales, shuffling nose-first into a pile of straw on the other side in search of her goal: a rat tucked inside a tube, hidden ...

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,” ...

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 ...