Our Pet of the Week is an eight-month-old poodle/Shih Tzu mix named Toby. Embattled Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer addresses ...

Cheddar Jamaal is not most dogs though and is not a fan of going on walks. The Shih-Tzu Poodle mix would rather mom carry him, and he goes out of his way to make it difficult for mom to take him ...

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 ...