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Canine Mayor
June 23, 2020
Not even halfway through his first term as mayor of this small Vermont town, three-year-old Murfee is lapping up his only official duty: to charm. Specifically, the King Charles Cavalier Spaniel, a certified therapy dog, is charged with prompting admirers to donate toward a $70,000 playground rehabilitation at Fair Haven Park. He still has $62,000 to go. […]
Program For Service Dogs
June 23, 2020
Puppies Behind Bars (PBB) founder and president, Gloria Gilbert Stoga, created a program that trains prison inmates to raise service dogs for wounded war veterans and first responders. Additionally, the organization trains dogs to become explosive-detection canines for law enforcement. Today, PBB operates throughout six correctional facilities in New York and New Jersey and has […]
New K-9 Member
June 23, 2020
The Carlsbad Police Department announced the retirement of one of it’s officers. Alf, a police dog, was a member of the Carlsbad Police Department since 2017, said Carlsbad Police Chief Shane Skinner in a news release. “He has been diagnosed with a degenerative bone condition and has been suffering from a lot of pain due […]
Organization For Service Dogs
June 23, 2020
Honoring America’s Warriors, an Oklahoma City veteran organization, was awarded a portion of a $10 million dollar federal grant to provide placement and training of service dogs for disabled veterans. The Wounded Warrior Service Dog Grant will be funded by congressional appropriations to the Department of Defense and the program is administered through the Uniformed […]
Story Of Daisey
June 23, 2020
Daisey, a golden retriever, began showing signs of osteoarthritis in her hips when she was six years old. She would limp after some of her favorite activities including fetch, running at the dog park, and playing with her dog sibling. She started having trouble walking up stairs and would yelp in pain. Upon examination, it […]
Therapy Dog Joins Team
June 23, 2020
A private practice in Forest has added a new partner to help those coping with everything from PTSD, to autism, or physical abuse. Advanced Psychotherapeutics and Center for Neuroplastic Research says they offer complete psychological evaluations to include cognitive, social/emotional/personality, and neurological. They offer counseling, tele-health, Christian counseling, and Psychological/ Neurological/ Educational Testing. Along with […]
1st Female Police Dog
June 23, 2020
San Bernardino has had nearly three dozen police service dogs since the Police Department’s K-9 Unit was established about 42 years ago. But for four decades, the department never had a single female police canine. Until now. The Police Department recently welcomed K-9 Bella, a 3-year-old Belgian Malinois from the Netherlands. She will be working […]
Bear Dogs
June 23, 2020
The Isom Creek Fire is burning along the Dalton Highway near the Yukon River Bridge. One of the challenges of fighting the fire has been bear sightings. The nuisance bears will get into the firefighters’ camps, damaging supplies and potentially endangering people. The problem is not new. “Often times when we are on an incident […]
Highland Canine Connect
June 23, 2020
A company with ties to Burke County has made a commitment to support local veterans with a special project. Synergy Labs, a Florida-based pet product manufacturing company with a facility in Hildebran, has committed to sponsor two dogs to be trained as service dogs and then donated to help two veterans in Burke County, according […]
Sausage Dog Hotel
June 23, 2020
Sausage Dog Hotel in Berkshire has seen help from clients and followers from “all over the world” after setting up the GoFundMe page. The service provides long and short-term care, a day-care, and walking, all specialised to sausage dogs. “Covid-19 has had a devastating effect on our business,” owner Phil Curtis told the PA news […]
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