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New Therapy Dog Becomes Family
May 21, 2020
St. Marys Area School District Superintendent Brian Toth is undergoing training with a Goldendoodle named Brooklyn who will help bring calming smiles to the lives of students, he says. Toth recently created a “GoFundMe” page, requesting support to fund the cost of Brooklyn and her training. He contacted “New Hope Assistance Dogs,” a charitable training […]
Keeping Therapy Dogs
May 21, 2020
The Wahoo City Council amended a request from a local woman who asked to keep two dogs as support animals after authorities had required her to give them up. The council made their decision during the May 14 meeting, which was held virtually via a teleconferencing platform. Mary Durham, who requested “reasonable accommodation” by a […]
Comfort Dog Helps Military Vet
May 21, 2020
Initially, Will Rollins declined an offer for an emotional support dog. The 37-year-old former U.S. Marine sergeant who fought in Operation Iraqi Freedom’s early years and in Afghanistan, thought he had finally curbed the depression he had endured since leaving the service 10 years ago. After reconsidering, Rollins took in a puppy gifted to him […]
Police Foundation
May 21, 2020
The Abbotsford Police Foundation (APF) is celebrating its 15th anniversary by launching a Thanks to You! campaign to showcase and thank donors and sponsors. The campaign also includes thanks from recipients of APF grant funding, highlighting in their own words the positive impact of community generosity. Ads will be placed on billboards, the APF website, […]
Pups 4 Patriots
May 21, 2020
Coleman Natural Foods welcomed the next class of veteran and service dog teams to the Pups4Patriots program, which rescues qualified dogs in need of forever homes and trains them to be service pets for veterans with post-traumatic stress (PTS) and traumatic brain injury (TBI). The six new pairs were matched and are making headway on training through a commitment the […]
Animal Rescue Centre
May 21, 2020
With a relatively small team of dedicated staff, Many Tears Animal Rescue has become one of the leading – and certainly one of the most unusual – dog rescue organisations in the UK. At the time of writing, the centre in Cefneithin has taken on 113 dogs in the past 48 hours; all collected from […]
Paws For Life
May 21, 2020
Crazy Dog donated training treats to support Paws For Life K9 Rescue (PFL)’s COVID-19 Operation Pandemic initiative and its Prison Program. The St. Louis-based pet product manufacturer sent 12,960 bags of its popular Crazy Dog Train-Me! treats to the rescue group. The Crazy Dog Train-Me! treats will be sent to people who are fostering dogs through […]
Law Dogs
May 21, 2020
Rip is a German Shepherd. He’s two and a half years old, and his handler is Deputy Porter. Rip came from Connecticut and has been on the job for about a year. When Rip isn’t working, he loves to herd chickens, play with his orange ball, and take a bath! Jax has been with the […]
Service Dogs Visit Medical Center
May 21, 2020
We all need a break from work every now and then – but that is especially true for frontline health care workers during the COVID-19 outbreak. So, a pack of pups paid a visit to Rose Medical Center Wednesday to put a smile on the faces of some of Colorado’s hardest workers. “We decided about […]
Missouri Ready For Service Dogs
May 21, 2020
Missouri is a step closer to cracking down on phony service animals. In one of their final acts before adjourning for the year, members of the Missouri House voted 137-6 to send Gov. Mike Parson a proposed law designed to curb the proliferation of fake emotional support animals. The legislation was the culmination of eight […]