SYDNEY, Australia: They're tough, they're ready, they're Australia's newest breed of law enforcers. And they're worth $A90,000 ($72,000) each.

NEW YORK, New York: Once she was just like any other ordinary teenage girl - now she is a global singing superstar... and it may all be due to her pet Pomeranian.

LAS VEGAS, Nevada: Glistening red blood is spattered on the wall, pieces of broken glass litter the floor. And lying on the battered couch, with eyes still wide open, is a body - limp and lifeless. Music slowly fades in.

BRITISH COLUMBIA, Canada: Get your groove on! Shake your hips, tap your feet and dance to the music! Need a dance partner? Why not dance with your dog?

LOS ANGELES, California: The Beckhams have arrived - and America may never be the same again.

Yet while US soccer fans everywhere have opened their arms to David, Victoria and their family of football royalty, the same can't be said of Victoria to the Beckham canines, according to reports.

LOS ANGELES, California: A man's body was found by police in the Brentwood home of Hollywood actor Ving Rhames, showing signs of being mauled to death by dogs, according to officers who were first on the scene.

CHICAGO, Illinois: No words can ever explain the pain and the sorrow the death of a loved pet brings. It is an overwhelming grief which is beyond sadness, beyond despair. Yet while some people see it as a constant pain tugging their hearts, some people regard such a passing as a glimpse of what life should and can be.

ENGLEWOOD, Colorado: It seemed like just another weekend for you and Sasha, your Golden Retriever. More than just an animal companion, your pet has been a family member for over 15 years now- and you remember having her since you were a kid.

SAN JOSE, California: When many non-pet owners think about dogs they envision hairy, loud, dangerous animals with weird names and which bite, scratch or attack anything they see. However this is just as accurate a description of professional wrestlers.

DENVER, Colorado: "We can rebuild him. We have the technology. We have the capability to make the world’s first bionic dog." (With apologies to the Six Million Dollar Man)