Ripa's new dog, a Maltese/Shih Tzu mix named Lena, joins her other rescue pooch Chewie Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work has previously ...

Surveillance footage has captured a groomer's appalling mistreatment of a Maltese-Shih Tzu mix named Luffy. The shocking case of animal cruelty in Western Australia has left dog owners reeling.

There is something special about the end of the day when you've got all the kids tucked in, the dishes cleaned and put away, and you're ready to settle under the covers and doze off to sleep.