Lake Norman (WBTV) -- WBTV anchor, Paul Cameron, served as emcee for a fundraiser for a new animal shelter, to be built in Moorseville. 

Cameron also joined his son, daughter and friends to play music to entertain the crowd of dog owners and spectators. 

Several dozen dog owners brought their beautiful canine friends to be judged. Pure breeding was not neccesary for this competition. 

This was the third year for the dog show.

TROUTMAN, NC (WBTV)- The Cody family of Troutman might not have expected they'd fall so in love with the turtle they got from the pet store in Colorado.

Within weeks of adopting "Katrina", she was sleeping in bed with the kids. Katrina nuzzled her way into everyone's hearts and into just about every nook and corner of the Cody's backyard.

They named the family's go-kart racing team after her likeness and made her their mascot.

Fear the Turtle Racing turned into a championship team with the Cody's three kids behind the wheel, and Katrina's likeness on all their equipment.

In 2010, when the family made the move to Hickory, Katrina of course, came with them. Then one day, while the Cody's kids were playing in the yard with Katrina, the worst happened.

"Coleton was playing with her watching her real close and he got distracted by something, and he turned around and she was gone," said dad Eric.

STATESVILLE, NC (WBTV) - A Statesville woman is concerned after two coyotes attacked her dog, Barclay, right in her back yard.

Samantha Thompson lives next to the woods behind Statesville Middle School. Tuesday, while she was out of town on a business trip, her boyfriend called to tell her that her one-year-old Pekingese had been carried off and bitten by a pair of coyotes.

Thompson said her boyfriend was in the driveway while the dog was in the back yard, which backs up to a steep incline leading down to a creek.

One coyote had Barclay's snout and the other had his hind quarters in its mouth. Thompson's boyfriend ran down the hill, yelling and making noise.  That was enough to scare the coyotes off, dropping Barclay into the creek.

"The dog was in shock," said Thompson. "All of his joints had locked up. But when he laid his hand underneath him, he could feel his heart beating."