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Service Dog Training
December 4, 2020
Do you love dogs and want to do a bit of good for the world at the same time? Now’s your time to shine. Southeastern Guide Dogs a non-profit organization that trains dogs to assist veterans and those with disabilities, is looking for a few willing volunteers to raise puppies for 12-18 months. Here’s how […]
Raising Money For Service Dog
December 4, 2020
One Somerset family is expressing their gratitude for their local community, which has come together to help them make life better and safer for two of their children. Brothers Dylan, 13, and Chase, 12, are the sons of Jami Johnson. Both were diagnosed as being on the autism spectrum as toddlers. And while the family […]
Guide Dogs
December 4, 2020
A yellow Labrador retriever named Paul was born to be a Southeastern Guide Dogs superhero, but as fate would have it, that wasn’t to be. Barely out of puppyhood, the 30-month-old dog spent his formative months like every future guide dog, living for his first year or so with puppy raisers, and then heading back […]
Wavely The Therapy Dog
December 4, 2020
or students stressed about tough classes or feeling anxious during the COVID-19 pandemic, Tupelo High School’s new therapy dog in training – a goldendoodle named Wavely – will be there to help. Anne Marie Goad, a special education teacher and MET Chair at the high school, had the notion to get a therapy dog for […]
Therapy Dog Program
December 3, 2020
The Paul Bunyan Dog Training Association Therapy Dog Training program has given Park Rapids resident Terese Bervig a new mission in life. “My husband, Gregg, and I always had Labradors,” she said. “We’ve raised them for field trials in the past and for hunting. We picked Ace out of a litter from Bird Dog Labs […]
School Therapy Dog
December 3, 2020
The newest employee at Christ the Teacher Catholic School is a boss’ dream. All he requires are a bed in his office, a few trips outside during the day, and some scratching behind the ears. Meet Dewey, the year-and-a-half-old golden doodle who has become a fixture around Christ the Teacher. Dewey is principal Steve Adams’ […]
ESA On Flights
December 3, 2020
The Department of Transportation said Wednesday it will no longer require airlines to make the same accommodations for emotional support animals as they do for trained service dogs. No more guaranteed free flights for comfort cats and dogs, therapy monkeys or miniature horse companions. A service dog is trained to do work or perform a […]
Finding Comfort In Dogs
December 3, 2020
When soldiers return from combat, those with post traumatic stress disorder often have trouble reconnecting with society due to fear, severe anxiety and mistrust that can lead to social isolation. Adam Keith, a dog trainer of 15 years who breeds Labrador retrievers, met one such veteran who came to him for training. Seeing the veteran […]
Pandemic Pups
December 2, 2020
My husband would tell you that I manipulated him into getting a dog. He’s right. One afternoon in June, I was in my new home office (my bedroom — but add a desk), flicking through Instagram, when I saw a post about how anyone can volunteer to walk rescue dogs at Doggie Style Pets, a […]
Pain Of Pet Loss
December 2, 2020
Livonia man Brady Walker is certain he’ll see his soulmate — a sheltie named Sully — again one day. Until then, Walker lives with the undercurrent of grief over Sully’s death two years ago at age 13. “I think about him every single day. The grief is terrible and there’s something deep in your heart, you know this isn’t the way […]
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