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Dog Named Zoey Is Missing

December 24, 2020

Authorities have found the car that was stolen earlier this week at an Elmhurst shopping center, but the owner’s dog, Zoey, was no longer inside, police said Thursday. The car was stolen in the parking lot at Elmhurst Crossing’s At Home store on Route 83 on Tuesday morning. The keys and Zoey were left inside […]

One Of A Kind Shelter

December 24, 2020

In the gold-brown mountains around Weaverville, N.C., there’s a dormitory filled with dysfunctional and depressed dogs. It’s part of the ASPCA’s Behavioral Rehabilitation Center, a cutting-edge program designed specifically to teach traumatized canines to be trustful human companions. “This is, as far as we know, the only facility in the U.S. — and perhaps the world […]

Soldier’s Best Friend

December 24, 2020

Staff Sgt. Terry Stallings served in the Army for 23 years. He was stationed across the globe, including posts in Iraq, Balad, Kuwait, Desert Storm, Mexico, Central America, Alaska, Portugal and Germany. After six combat deployments overseas, he returned home and was diagnosed with post- traumatic stress disorder. Veterans often rely on medications, therapy, sports […]

Thunder The Wonder Dog

December 24, 2020

Just over a year ago, an injured, emaciated German Shepherd imprisoned in a plastic cone emerged from the woods of Mendocino County and entered the hearts and minds of the public. The dog who later came to be known as “Thunder the Wonder Dog” grew a global network of supporters who sat in wait for […]

Scary Plane Ride With A Dog

December 24, 2020

As a Delta Air Lines plane taxied to the runway at LaGuardia Airport on Monday, a flight attendant saw a man and woman walking through the aisle. “I need to get off the plane. I don’t want to sit here. I’m gonna pop the door,” the flight attendant paraphrased him as saying. The man felt […]

Pet Therapy Program

December 24, 2020

One nursing home in the Bronx has picked up its dog therapy program that was suspended when the pandemic lockdown began in March, giving its residents the affection and physical contact they have longed for. Zeus and Marley, Redwood, and Kida are part of the pet visiting program at the non-profit long-term care community, Hebrew Home […]

Therapy Robot Dogs

December 24, 2020

An interaction between children and a therapy dog goes something like this: the dog and its handler show up at a hospital, school, or other location. The kids pet the dog, the dog basks in their affection, and after the therapy dog leaves, the children just feel better. It doesn’t sound very scientific, but it works […]

“Four Paws And The End Of My Tale”

December 24, 2020

Camille Klump is a writer and military widow currently residing in southwest Florida whose passions include science, astronomy, world history, traveling and gardening. She has published her new book “Four Paws and the End of My Tale”: a touching memoir of a loyal and loving canine companion. “Four Paws and the End of My Tale” […]

Emotional Support Dog Helps On Christmas

December 24, 2020

A Vernon woman is giving anyone who will be alone over Christmas the chance to borrow her emotional support dog, Lenny, in an effort to make this COVID Christmas a little less lonely. Lenny’s owner, Michelle Salt, said with the pandemic keeping plenty of family and friends separated this Christmas she wanted to offer her […]

Support Dog For Officers

December 24, 2020

Pd Cindy retired as a bomb sniffer dog in October, but has decided she is not quite ready to hang up her leash with the police just yet. The spaniel has now been re-recruited by Humberside Police as a stress dog, supporting officers on their toughest days. So far in Cindy’s nine-year career, she has […]