Charles Himmelberger of Allentown and his golden retriever Casey Name: Charles Himmelberger

Everyone loved the dog. No, I’m not talking about Nancy Pelosi or John Boehner. I’m talking about the golden retriever that was outside the Capitol Sunday while members of the House of Representatives worked on the health care bill.

Nine week old Golden Retriever puppy learning to go into the crate.

Dean Koontz’s home office is filled with things he treasures: family photos, Japanese scroll paintings, a collection of art deco-era Bakelite radios, a dog bed in the corner for his golden retriever, Anna.

For 12 years this dog was at my side, through good times and bad, through dating, marriage, kids. He watched me grow up — was living proof that I was capable of taking care of something other than myself.

Golden Retrievers are known to be America’s family dog. They are sweet, loving and eager to please everyone.

A Colorado family’s golden retriever, named Sachmo, is recovering Monday morning after falling down the side of a cliff in Creede. Emergency rescue crews were able to rescue him after he slipped and landed on a rock ledge. Sachmo’s owner says that the family dog loves to chase animals, which may have been the reason Sachmo ended up on the side of the cliff. Sachmo was stuck for two days before …

A Colorado family’s golden retriever, named Sachmo, is recovering Monday morning after falling down the side of a cliff in Creede. Emergency rescue crews were able to rescue him after he slipped and landed on a rock ledge. Sachmo’s owner says that the family dog loves to chase animals, which may have been the reason Sachmo ended up on the side of the cliff. Sachmo was stuck for two days before …

Image 1: Michael (human), Eddie (terrier mix), and Duncan (Bernese Mountain dog) from Silver Spring, MD frolic in the deep snow after the Blizzard of 2010. Credit: Lynn Jenner/NASAImage 2: Bruce Jenner, a Golden Retriever not an Olympic medalist, forges through the snow after the blizzard hit the suburbs of Maryland. Credit: Lynn Jenner/NASAImage 3: Duncan, a Bernese Mountain dog whose breed …

John Gallagher: I am primarily a creator of kids comics, but in the same sense Calvin and Hobbes was a “Kid’s Comic.” I have self-published Buzzboy , a fun and funny super hero comic, for 10 years through my own Sky-Dog Press . I am getting ready to launch a web comic and simultaneous graphic novel called Zoey & Ketchup, about an imaginative little girl and her golden retriever.