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Therapy Dog Up For Hero Dog Award
May 7, 2020
Nine-year-old Great Dane Bandit has been nominated for the 2020 American Humane Hero Dog Award – therapy dog category for his help comforting Soldiers and their families through Fort Leonard Wood’s United Services Organization. The annual, nationwide competition “searches out and recognizes America’s Hero Dogs – often ordinary dogs who do extraordinary things,” Bandit is […]
Lil Bub And Beyond
May 7, 2020
Three weeks after Lil Bub died, her owner, Mike Bridavsky, sat disheveled in his recording studio listening to his audio archive of the cat’s meows, purrs, “chirpy purrs,” snorts, and snores. “No other cat makes sounds like that,” he said with unabashed pride. “There’s like, syllables and stuff.” Bridavsky started building his collection of […]
Paw Of Courage Award
May 7, 2020
American Kennel Club honors Northampton dog and his owner for therapy services. He knows sign language, bringing huge smiles to the face of nonverbal autistic children when he follows their commands. And senior citizens with memory issues remember exactly when he’s supposed to come for a visit. That’s Jackson for you. A friend to so […]
Dog Training Needed
May 7, 2020
Spending time with pets can be a bright spot amid COVID-19 restrictions, and that may be keeping a local dog trainer busier than ever. Paula Shupe, certified master canine trainer in Chilhowie, Virginia, said she gets two or three emails each day from people who report they have adopted dogs and puppies. “Apparently, more people […]
Therapy Dogs Ready To Work
May 7, 2020
Gloria Taylor, Village of Gilchrist, and her therapy Chihuahua named Angel are not used to being held back. The two spend a good deal of time visiting memory care facilities, rehabilitation centers, and occasionally, terminally ill patients. Angel also is on Taylor’s church visitation team. Angel has a full calendar and thrives on it. “Some days, […]
Retired Police Dog Gets New Wheels
May 7, 2020
Vinnie served his community as part of Dorset Police from September 2013 alongside his handler, PC Brendan Trent, playing a vital role in keeping peace and order on the streets of Dorset. Often just the sight of Vinnie, a German shepherd dog weighing an imposing 40 kilos, was enough to defuse potentially violent situations before […]
Service Animals At Work
May 7, 2020
Keeping a six feet distance from others and stopping at a marked spot on the floor in lines for grocery store checkouts are behaviors that most of us are getting used to. But, they’re new tricks that you can’t teach seeing-eye dogs. “There’s no way we can teach that,” Joan Markey with The Seeing Eye […]
Chappie Checks In
May 7, 2020
Once a regular fixture in the newsroom and studio, our service puppy in training “Chappie” hasn’t been to work since mid March. Channel 3’s Kathryn Daniel is raising Chappie for Canine Companions and he has been homebound during the COVID-19 crisis. She shares how she’s keeping him on track with his training, much of which […]
Watch Service Dogs Get Trained
May 7, 2020
Everyone could use a pick-me-up right about now, and something that makes even the darkest of souls smile? PUPPIES. Canine Companions is a non-profit that trains puppies to eventually become service dogs for people with disabilities. They’re now featuring a YouTube channel that shows their baby dogs snuggling, eating, playing, sleeping, and […]
Therapy Dogs Provide Comfort Online
May 7, 2020
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, a corgi named Tucker spent several hours a month comforting patients at Stanford Hospital and enjoying cuddles from medical students who were having a rough day or were homesick for their own dogs. Now, regional shelter-in-place orders have sidelined Tucker from his work as a registered therapy dog at Stanford Hospital […]
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