Rebecca Wallwork
The Archive
What dogs really understand
It’s that look that does it. Dog owners know the one. The big brown eyes open wide, the head tipped to the side with a quizzical huh? The dog wants...
Black cats: cute or cursed?
At Halloween, more than any other time, the myth of the unlucky black cat looms large. Sandra DeFeo sees this through her job as executive director of the Humane Society...
Dogtown NYC
With an estimated 500,000 canine residents in the five boroughs, there is no doubt that New York loves its dogs. But which spots are the best for our four-legged friends?...
Shell shocked
If you’re a gossip junkie, you know that Leonardo DiCaprio’s latest companion is a 10-year-old Sulcata tortoise. But did you know that DiCaprio’s new buddy could live for another 80...
Doggy styles
Leggy supermodels will strut their stuff when New York Fashion Week hits Lincoln Center in a few weeks, but this weekend a bevy of four-legged fashionistas are trotting down the...
Shake a tail!
America is getting fat — and its people aren’t the only ones chowing down. Vet studies show that 45 percent of dogs are obese. Gail Miller Bisher was working in...
Prison to park
Helen Boltson loves animals. But with a busy job in supply-chain management, she had little room in her schedule for a full-time pet. “I always joke that I need a...
Furless felines
Pale, bald, wrinkly skin. Giant pointy ears, a cranky expression and the eyes of an assassin. Does this sound like the picture of a perfect, devoted pet? Perhaps not, but...
Sittin' pretty
There were stares and sidelong glances when the blond in pink led her German Shepherd into the Carolina Classic dog show. Dressed in jeans and Betsey Johnson heels, 32-year-old Kelly...
Hounds on holiday
What does your perfect summer weekend look like? Is it door-to-door service to a home in the country followed by two days of hiking, a run on the beach, a...
Smarty cats
Is your cat more powerful than a locomotive, and able to leap tall buildings in a single bound? What about jumping or weaving stealthily around fragile items on your bookshelf?...
Marmaduke the Great!
At the end of a long day with her head in the books, 26-year-old grad student Whitney Krahn comes home to the Williamsburg two-bedroom that she shares with a roommate...
Mutts make the cut
For a long time, Lisa Topol felt her pooch Schmutzy was being discriminated against. “It was like doggie segregation,” says the 38-year-old Murray Hill resident whose mixed-breed is quite the...
New York ‘Animal House’
Got roommates? Spare a thought for Kathy and Paul Compitus. The couple share their 1,200-square-foot, two-bedroom Gramercy apartment with three large dogs, a cat, a pigeon and a third human...
All hail Cesar!
If you own a dog, the name Cesar Millan is up there with Dr. Doolittle. As “The Dog Whisperer” on The National Geographic Channel, he’s a Supernanny for pets, helping...
Fetch at the Field
At Citi Field’s opening night in 2009, a stray cat ran behind home plate during the game. Earlier that year, a stray dog was nabbed running the bases while stadium...