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Training Service Dogs
May 11, 2020
On the heels of graduating from college, a brother’s injury led a Villager to teach her German shepherd to help him. To neighbors looking out their windows, it appears that Cheryl Williams is using her wheelchair to take her dog for a walk. But the story is much different. Williams is a puppy raiser through […]
Dog Trainer Offers Classes
May 11, 2020
When the novel coronavirus pandemic forced longtime dog trainer Pat Rapaport to temporarily shut down her facility, she was concerned about her four- and two-legged clients. It prompted her to offer online training classes as an option, and Ms. Rapaport said Monday it’s proven so successful she plans to continue offering them when she reopens […]
Adoptions During Coronavirus
May 11, 2020
The phones started ringing, and emails came pouring in, at shelters for abandoned dogs and cats around the region in mid-March. The inquires have been coming ever since, as families and single people stuck at home decide the time is right to welcome a furry friend into their lives. It’s one of the more unexpected […]
Help Prevent Attacks
May 11, 2020
The Postal Service 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 our delivery personnel, the Postal Service is asking dog owners to keep their animals secured when deliveries are being made. The Postal Service offers the following safety […]
Pets In A Pandemic
May 11, 2020
Dogs and cats — as well as livestock — appear to have little to fear from the coronavirus pandemic. While the outbreak is believed to have started when mutated viruses spread from infected animals — likely bats — bats to humans in a Chinese wet market last year, there is almost no evidence to suggest […]
Shelter To Soldier
May 11, 2020
The current stay-at-home order is greatly adding to the anxiety of many veterans’ suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. “The financial toll, the job losses, [and] the stress,” said Graham Bloem from the nonprofit Shelter to Soldier. “There’s been a lot of information shared by multiple foundations and programs doing research on veterans and how this is […]
Living With Your Emotional Support Animal
May 11, 2020
In British Columbia, the Strata Property Act governs the relations between stratas and their owners/tenants. This law says very little about what a strata may or may not do in relation to pets. All it says is that if you live with a pet in a condominium at the time a pet prohibition/restriction is passed, […]
Pets Provide Companionship. Consider Adopting a Pet Who Needs You
May 8, 2020
Recent news reports featured rows of empty kennels at animal shelters, telling of more happy endings for homeless animals. Adoptions have definitely increased while homebound Americans seek pets to help them deal with isolation and stress. Pictured here is rescue dog Charcoal (now named Coal) who was recently adopted from Loving All Animals by CeCe Campbell and Janet Hardie. While […]
Going Viral: Day 40 under COVID-19 Lockdown
May 8, 2020
As we all know from reading and listening about Covid-19 these past weeks, one of the big issues is trying to figure out who has it, who is capable of transmitting it, and where indeed the bugs for this virus might be lurking. So, I was more than delighted to read that dogs might be […]
Veteran’s Service Dog Found Shot After Going Missing in Missoula
May 8, 2020
MISSOULA — Authorities are looking for answers about a veteran’s service dog that was found with multiple gunshots wounds after he went missing. Missoula Animal Control received a call for what they initially thought to be a stray dog wandering around Cote Lane on Wednesday evening. “But when he was picked up by the officer, […]
Can’t Wait To See Her Grow
May 8, 2020
PLATTSBURGH — About a month ago grad student Emily Anderson drove downstate to pick up pup Paisley Mae and experienced her first-ever moments as a dog mom. While the SUNY Plattsburgh student, going for her masters in education, thought some considered pet parents to be more like owners, she disagreed. “I’ve always thought, ‘I love puppies. I […]
Service Dogs Raising Puppies
May 7, 2020
Susan Tyson is a long time volunteer with Susquehanna Service Dogs and has raised a lot of litters for the nonprofit that assist people with disabilities. “Two girls and four boys and they’re a little bit noisy sometimes and they are growing very normal and healthy, they are about 4 pounds they started out at […]
Service Dog Lends An Ear
May 7, 2020
When Newport Beach resident Lisa Westerhout goes out in public, there’s only one thing that sets her apart from the denizens around her — a 3-year-old Golden/Labrador Retriever mix named Arrow, who sports a blue vest emblazoned with a gold logo. Canine Companions for Independence, it reads. It’s not a fashion statement so much as […]
Mira The Police Dog
May 7, 2020
It is a long process for a puppy to become a fully trained police service dog, but Mira is well on her way already. Mira started training with Const. Tom Peters of the North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP last September, when she was just two months old. Peters had completed a course on how to train police […]
Animal Welfare Groups
May 7, 2020
The Pandemic is taking a toll on the operations of animal welfare groups in Singapore as donations drop and fewer volunteers allowed on premises. Social distancing measures and circuit breaker regulations have prevented groups from holding regular fundraisers and limited the number of volunteers who can care for the animals under their charge. Ms Jessica […]
RCMP Police Dog
May 7, 2020
A 27-year-old man whose vehicle had struck a RNC patrol car in St. John’s and fled the city Wednesday afternoon was found by the RCMP police dog service hiding in the bushes near Cape Broyle on the southern shore about three hours later. Clarence Cantwell was arrested and is facing a number of charges including […]
Training Service Dogs
May 7, 2020
When Thatcher discovered the Ipswich-based Service Dog Project, Inc., she knew she had found a perfect fit for her passion — and helping others in need. The organization is located on a farm surrounded by fields, where dogs run, play, and learn. Once trained, the dogs are matched with those who may need them in […]
Pets Providing Peace During The Pandemic
May 7, 2020
People and families throughout the region are continuing to adjust to a new normal of physical distancing guidelines, stay-at-home orders and other developments of the coronavirus pandemic. Since the global health crisis can cause added stress, some people are finding comfort in the companionship of their pets. Marie Haigh, of Pottstown, homeschooled her three children […]
Guide Dogs Need Your Help
May 7, 2020
THE Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind’s Guide Dog Day (Friday May 8th) enables the charity to raise much-needed funds and is a day to celebrate the difference dogs make to those who are vision-impaired and the families of children with autism who can lead more independent lives. This year’s fundraising efforts have been taken […]
Cole The Deaf Dog
May 7, 2020
Celebrity chef Rachael Ray issued an invite to Cole the Deaf Dog suggesting he pup over to the studio and appear on her show. Cole and his human sidekick, Chris Hannah, fired up the Colemobile. The duo headed to New York City to spread their message of acceptance, a mission they launched two years ago at Mennies […]
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