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Pomeranian Helped Through Quarantine
May 20, 2020
Kiss is a three-pound, four-legged Pomeranian. She is an AKC-emotional support dog who has joined me at hospitals and in collaborations with organizations like ELEM/Youth in Distress in Israel, a nonprofit and a special consultant to the UN which provides life-altering support and services to at-risk Israeli youth. Kiss is the Hebrew word for pocket […]
Traveling With Your Pets
May 20, 2020
One of the reasons I don’t travel much is I hate leaving my dogs. Not a day away from home and I’m missing them. My first dog, Jitterbug, entered my life at the perfect time.With my ailing mother on the East Coast, I had to fly to New Jersey a lot. Because Jitterbug was a […]
Service Dog In Yearbook
May 19, 2020
Service dogs play a big part in people’s lives, and a Kentucky school wanted to pay tribute to a special canine. Hadley Jo, 7 was diagnosed with epilepsy when she was 16 months old, according to The Record. Ariel, her chocolate labradoodle service dog, was bred and trained to be a seizure dog for Hadley […]
Paws Giving Independence
May 19, 2020
Paws Giving Independence is a service dog program based in Peoria that trains dogs to help people with various disabilities. During the pandemic, training looks different and PGI is finding new ways for trainers to teach important skills. “There’s still people out there that have disabilities and need these dogs,” said Michelle Yuen, director of […]
A Helping Paw
May 19, 2020
K9s for Camo Inc. is in the business of giving rescue dogs a new purpose in life. Dozens of canines had been headed toward euthanasia before John Lopez claims them for training at his Rogersville nonprofit. The mission is to turn them into service dogs for military veterans. “Getting started, I thought it was going […]
Help Prevent Attacks
May 19, 2020
The United States Postal Service (USPS) continues to fulfill its mission to provide essential services that process and deliver information, communications and goods vital to residents. To ensure the safety of delivery personnel, the postal service is asking dog owners to keep their animals secured when deliveries are being made. The postal service offers the […]
Veteran Receives Service Dog
May 19, 2020
When Master Sergeant Steven Doty, a U.S. Air Force veteran and Webster University graduate who is now the executive director at Webster’s Hill Air Force Base campus in Utah, arrives at work, his co-workers often make comments such as “he’s a good boy” and “he’s so cute!” But those comments aren’t aimed at Doty, rather, […]
Community Gets Service Dog
May 19, 2020
When Brad Thyng, a well-known figure in the community and at the Wynona Thompson Auditorium, received word his service dog Maizie was diagnosed with terminal cancer, the Cody community responded. People helped raise enough money for him to get a new service dog – Teacup. Thyng has been the auditorium tech director for many years, […]
Husky Wins Best In Show
May 19, 2020
What a good boy! Nick the Siberian Husky won Best in Show at the 2020 Beverly Hills Dog Show Presented by Purina. The show was held on February 29, 2020 at the Fairplex in Pomona and was hosted by John O’Hurley and David Frei. It was originally set to air April 5 but was postponed […]
Adding A Dog To The Family
May 19, 2020
Tails, slobbery kisses and furry cuddles are some of the joys associated with pet ownership. The healthful benefits of owning a pet have been well documented, and a growing body of research shows the psychological impact pets can have on families. A recent study by Johns Hopkins Medicine found that being around dogs at an […]
Dog Who Needs Patience Gets Adopted
May 19, 2020
One sweet rescue dog is enjoying his fairy-tail ending in a fur-ever home after receiving “hundreds” of adoption requests. The spirited German Shepherd Border Collie was left with a “wonky” face and partial blindness after being attacked after birth and was returned to the shelter when his initial owners couldn’t handle his “hyper” personality. Brodie the pup […]
CBD Oil For Dogs
May 19, 2020
Do you think kidney disease is commonly only to humans? If yes, there’s news for you! It can happen to your pet dog as well. Kidney ailments are also known as renal disease and takes place when the usual kidney functions get limited. If left unattended, it can prove to be fatal. However, today, with the […]
Pets Are Family
May 18, 2020
Since the first phase of the pandemic reached Los Angeles, many animal shelters have had a high volume of adoption and fostering applicants as many people needed a way to get through this disheartening time. The initial stages of the pandemic saw many animals fostered and shelters beginning to be emptied, which was rightly seen […]
Keeping Tabs On Pets
May 18, 2020
The Mason City Police Department issued a statement reminding residents to keep their pets’ records and vaccinations up to date to prevent a trip to the pound. All dog and cat owners are required to ensure their animals are current on their rabies shots and city licenses; the mandate includes emotional-support and service animals. According […]
Stanley Found A Loving Foster Home
May 18, 2020
An 8-year-old chihuahua, who’s since been named Stanley, was rescued after being locked inside a crate and left on the side of Route 80 in New Jersey. The dog spent a week at Ramapo-Bergen Animal Refuge in Oakland, New Jersey, and now has a foster mom who is helping him lose weight so he can […]
The Way Of The Dog Episode
May 18, 2020
The Simpsons end season 31 with one of those Christmas presents people give their pets. This is fair because they carved out a horror episode for Thanksgiving this year. “The Way of the Dog,” is cute as a puppy dog’s ears and it is no turkey. “The Way of the Dog” begins without opening credits […]
Service Dog Becomes Gift For Veteran
May 18, 2020
Celeste, a service dog, came into a perilous situation when her owner died and suddenly she had no one to care for her and nowhere to go. She was on the verge of being put down when, as fate had it, Martin Vallance, a veteran who served in the Desert Storm operation of 1991, was […]
Newest Member Of Vernon RCMP
May 18, 2020
The Vernon North Okanagan RCMP is welcoming a new member to its ranks. New Police Service Dog Nelly is 10 weeks old. Every year, the RCMP holds a puppy naming contest with a different letter of the alphabet chosen. This year, the letter ‘N’ and her name was selected from the Quebec submissions, according to […]
Service Dogs Going Virtual
May 18, 2020
Therapy dogs typically tasked with providing comfort and emotional support are now, like many workers, adapting to doing their job virtually. Four-year-old Levi is part of Lutheran Church Charities K-9 Ministry and boasts more than 2,000 hours of training on how to help people. Now he’s doing remote visits with the help of his handlers […]
Service Dog Fostered
May 18, 2020
In March, Belmont resident Jane Slavin’s second dervice dog-in-training, Hershey, was placed as a Veteran Service Dog in the Boston area through Canine Companions for Independence (CCI). Slavin’s first CCI puppy, Galya, was placed in 2015 as a Facility dog at Gaylord Specialty Hospital in Connecticut. Eight-week-old Hershey, a Labrador Retriever, arrived in Belmont in […]