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Minneapolis Therapy Dog a Rising Star On TikTok

May 4, 2020

A therapy dog from Minneapolis is a rising star on TikTok, with feel-good videos that are getting millions of views. Ellie the golden retriever is lifting the spirits of people around the world who are stuck at home during this pandemic. “Total views, it’s probably somewhere over 20 million,” said Kevin Bubolz, Ellie’s owner. “It’s […]

Veteran Hospitalized, Service Dog Gets Care From County

May 4, 2020

The Department of Animal Services in Riverside County picked up a service dog for temporary county care on Thursday after her owner was diagnosed with COVID-19 and hospitalized. The dog’s owner was admitted to a hospital in Ontario, but later transferred to Loma Linda University Medical Center. The service dog couldn’t join its […]

Legal Rights When Living In A Condo With Your Emotional-Support Animal

May 4, 2020

In British Columbia, the Strata Property Act governs the relations between stratas and their owners/tenants. This law says very little about what a strata may or may not do in relation to pets. All it says is that if you live with a pet in a condominium at the time a pet prohibition/restriction is passed, you […]

Pet Care Businesses

May 1, 2020

Before the pandemic, the pet-service industry had just come off a successful decade, doubling in size from 2007 to 2017. With adoptions high during stay-at-home order, Twin Cities pet businesses hope owners will resume their former habits as time goes on. Dog walkers are mostly sidelined by people doing their own dog walking. Pet day […]

Service Dogs Adjust To Social Distancing

May 1, 2020

Wednesday is International Guide Dog Day, and the Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind said the coronavirus pandemic has created some unexpected challenges. “It can’t really be put into words how life-changing (the dogs) are, but they really just help break down boundaries and living life with very few limits,” said Samantha Embrico-Custer. Embrico-Custer and […]

Therapy Dogs Provide Comfort

May 1, 2020

We could all benefit from a little therapy dog company while isolated during the coronavirus pandemic. But Jackson, an 8-year-old golden retriever therapy dog for the Angel on a Leash organization, hasn’t been able to make his usual rounds to elderly care facilities and elementary schools. Instead, his owner, Bob Wharton of Yardley, decided to make […]

Students Get Virtual Pet Therapy

May 1, 2020

Adapting a hands-on program for the coronavirus pandemic, Manchester Community College will offer “virtual pet therapy” sessions as students head into final exams next week. An important part of the college’s stress relief service — the feel of feline fur or a canine’s cool nose — will be missing from the video sessions, but pet […]

Service Dogs Are Essential During This Pandemic

May 1, 2020

In the midst of this global pandemic, service dogs are more essential as many who utilize their services battle with Post-Traumatic Stress, Traumatic Brain Injury and/or Military Sexual Trauma. K9s For Warriors says social distancing and the economic stress caused by COVID-19 may trigger negative feelings or actions. Service dogs will assist in alleviating any […]

Therapy Dogs Ease Anxiety

May 1, 2020

When Terry Gallogly trained her first therapy dogs, she had a simple goal: to bring joy to her little niece. Lily was born in 2009 with a developmental disorder called lissencephaly, in which the brain does not have the usual creases and folds. The condition, also called “smooth brain,” affects her ability to grow, move […]

Nation’s Most Popular Purebreds

May 1, 2020

America’s dogs are having their day as the coronavirus keeps many people at home more with their pets and spurs so much adoption and fostering that some shelters’ kennels have emptied. But while much is changing for people and pooches around the country, here’s something holding as steady as a dog with a favorite toy: […]