PEOPLE AND THEIR PETS CAN RELAX TOGETHER
When Ashley Storm wants to chill, she does yoga. And when she wants to help her Labrador mix relax, she has Loki join in.

SAVING JOSIE
Homeless dog doomed until rescuer stepped in

E-I-E-I-OH-BOY
Nurse-turned-farmer raises animals on 40-acre Wishing Star Farm in Black Forest, where she teaches schoolchildren about the joys of farm life

CATS ON CAMPAIGN TRAIL TO PREPARE FOR 31ST ANNUAL CAT FANCIERS SHOW
And you thought the campaigning would go on till November. But it ends next week - at least if your candidate is a cat.

DREAMPOWER, DIABETES TO BENEFIT
Local woman and her dog bound for Appalachian Trail

Widespread coyote population a threat
Family pets frequently disappear from backyards, the victims of other animals.

PUT YOUR CANINE'S SMARTS TO THE TEST WITH IQ KIT
I left the bag containing the Pooch IQ Test on the dining room table for more than a week before I had the courage to open it up. After all, I didn't want to prove that one of my dogs was smarter than the other - or that neither was as smart as a fifth-grader, as they say on TV.

HELP ANIMALS WHILE DOING TAXES
Too many dogs and cats, not enough homes. Do the math, and here's what you get: 40,000 or so animals that have to be euthanized every year in Colorado.

HUMANS MOURN FURRY FEATHERED SCALY FRIENDS
A story last Saturday about people who treat pets like family members when it comes to death touched a nerve among readers.

A Death in the Family
Years ago, few people would have been remembered with an obituary that included a pet among their survivors. But times have changed. Not only are pets being listed as survivors when their owners die, many are remembered with their own obituaries when they pass away.

FOR PETS, HOLIDAYS CAN BE HAZARDOUS
As furry residents of Colorado Springs awoke to Christmas on Tuesday, some joyously tore open presents with their families, and some got a little too carried away.

Lasting bonds formed through ministry
Geri Nixon is enthralled as Ruby, an adorable poodleterrier, cocks her shaggy head and gives one of those aren't-I-cute puppy looks. "Oh, my. I had dogs and cats and miss them terrible," Nixon says, patting the dog's white fur over and over.

Congratulations to our Pet Idol winners!
Grady the gray kitten's name was drawn from among the top 10 vote-getters and his owners, the Joe and Kelly Taylor family of Colorado Springs, win our prize of four Cinemark movie tickets. What a cutie! Joe tells us this about his cat:

HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE
We know. Fido merrily chewed up your copy of "War and Peace," and Kitty scratched your best chair to shreds. But would it be fair to give them coal in their Christmas stockings?

Pampering, eye surgeries, braces all add up to $41 billion in annual spending
Harry is royalty, no doubt about it, but he doesn't live in England. And unlike his princely namesake on the other side of the pond, this guy has eye-popping ears and a racing stripe across his hind end. "We found him," said Donna Jasany, mother to the lopeared rabbit. "He just hopped up to the neighbor's yard about six years ago and needed a home, so we took him in."