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Dogs Bring Christmas Cheer
December 23, 2020
The holidays can be a lonely time for nursing home residents. That rings particularly true in 2020 when most residents cannot have in-person visits with family members. The Triple Creek Retirement Community had a special guest Friday to help with the isolation and to bring some holiday cheer. Annie Rose, a 3-year-old therapy dog, held […]
Veteran’s Therapy Dog
December 23, 2020
Caught in the undergrowth by the twisted web of the harness he was wearing, Damien, a three-year-old husky cross, could only wait in the chilly rainfall for searchers to find him. Bruce and Linda Rolfe in Yarmouth immediately started searching for their dog on Dec. 11, after their neighbour returned without him. The neighbour had […]
Coronado Pet Adoption
December 23, 2020
Want to add a furry friend to your family and do something good for the Coronado community at the same time? Consider adopting a dog, cat or other animal from a local shelter. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, shelters in and around Coronado have dogs, cats and other animals ready and waiting to be adopted. Across […]
Robot Dogs
December 23, 2020
In 2018 a woman tried to board a plane at Newark International Airport with her emotional support animal—a peacock. That didn’t fly; well, neither of them flew that day. Still, the term “emotional support animal” has been exploited by travelers attempting to transport a variety of animals in the not-so-friendly skies, including pigs, turkeys, squirrels, baby […]
K9s For Warriors
December 23, 2020
Three Beaches police departments got some bark under their Christmas trees this week. But their new four-legged gifts won’t help “collar” criminals as much as help officers with their increasingly stressful jobs. Jamie, Duke and C4 are called station dogs, donated by K9s For Warriors to the Jacksonville Beach, Neptune and Atlantic Beach police departments, respectively, as canine therapy […]
Therapy Dogs Change Lives
December 23, 2020
“On a warm summer day, I was crossing the parking lot with Caileigh to go into the hospital. There was a family standing beside their car and Caileigh was urgently telling me that she wanted to go to see them — she’s not usually like that. We walked over and found that one of the […]
Snake River Animal Shelter
December 23, 2020
The new year will mark a new chapter for the Snake River Animal Shelter. Executive Director Kristin Sanger is stepping down and a new executive director will take her place. Sanger’s final day will be Dec. 30. Sanger has accepted a new job as treasury management officer at East Idaho Credit Union. She plans to […]
Therapy Dogs Volunteer
December 23, 2020
Shoppers in Vermilion were greeted by some furry friends with bell ringers for the Salvation Army on Tuesday. Therapy dogs volunteered time to stand by the red bucket at the Vermilion Farm Market. Different dogs took turns standing out at the bucket, letting customers give them a pat while donating. Gary Flynn is a trainer […]
Veteran And His Dog
December 22, 2020
.It wasn’t exactly the tender, affecting environment for love at first sight. But when double lower amputee Marine Sgt. (ret.) Patrick Brown and an anxious German Shepherd Dog puppy Drea first cast eyes on each other in August 2017, a union of soul mates was established. That dream moment occurred at a Mutts With A […]
Police Companions
December 22, 2020
A Ponte Vedra-based nonprofit will donate service dogs to three police departments in Northeast Florida on Wednesday. K9s For Warriors on Tuesday said the donations would not only benefit the Neptune Beach, Atlantic Beach and Jacksonville Beach police departments, but would also provide the dogs a new supportive, family environment. The dogs — Jamie for […]
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