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Puppy Love Program

November 23, 2020

This month, Hopewell-Loudon introduced a new part of their counseling program: a Goldendoodle named Mia. Mia is a therapy dog owned by H-L’s K-8 school counselor, Jenny Sterling. She’s a year and a half old, and was born all the way in Florida. Sterling’s family adopted her last July. When Mia was adopted, the thought […]

Man’s Best Friend

November 23, 2020

Josh White — the co-owner of West Hollywood’s Dogue Spa alongside his life partner, Mehdi Rezig — first found his poodle, Snow, after a breeder approached him two years ago. White and Rezig had just adopted a Doberman named Eden, so they weren’t looking for another dog at the time. But on a whim, the couple […]

PAWS Support Programs

November 23, 2020

Medical staff, teachers, first responders and essential workers have barred the brunt of tough Covid-19 working conditions and the team at PAWS Pet Therapy want to help. Camden Council has provided the Thirlmere-based organisation with funds for a post-Covid support program for people in the Camden region. PAWS chief executive Sharon Stewart said the funding […]

Giving Tuesday

November 23, 2020

We have a chance to make something fantastic happen on GivingTuesday in 2020. This has been a very unique year for everyone. We all have been challenged in unimaginable ways this year. We are asking you to help change VCU Health Community Memorial Hospital in a very unique way. If we can hit our goal […]

Pandemic Pet Therapy

November 23, 2020

Karen McCullough never wanted a dog. “It would have tied me down, and I had a great, very busy life,” she says. Her career as a keynote speaker at conferences has taken her across the U.S., Canada and Mexico. “My job is to get everybody engaged, excited and ready to network,” she says. McCullough loved […]

Couple Reunites With Their Stolen Dog

November 23, 2020

A couple have been reunited with a pet dog who was stolen six years ago. Simon and Caroline Hall were distraught when their cocker spaniel Bonnie, then three years old, was taken in May 2014. The Durham pair had given up hope of ever seeing Bonnie again until Thursday, when Simon, 50, received a call […]

Putting Animals First

November 23, 2020

Thanks to the pandemic caused by the spread of COVID-19, Oneonta resident Sarah Cummings’ career has gone to the dogs. The 28-year-old launched the Underdog Enterprise, a dog-training and animal services business, earlier this year. “We had this global pandemic and I’d been working in animal and dog rescue and the world of animals for […]

License Fees For Veterans

November 23, 2020

Veterans with service dogs in Chino Hills will no longer pay license fees for their animals after the city develops a program with the Inland Valley Humane Society. Assistant city manager Rod Hill told the council Nov. 10 that he has received numerous requests over the years to waive license fees for service dogs owned […]

Shelter Dog Gets Adopted

November 23, 2020

Tonka the dog finally has a home after spending 200 days with Orange County Animals Services. Tonka was surrendered to the shelter back in April and since then has been adopted and returned twice, through no fault of his own. The shelter said Tonka was found abandoned in the backyard of a home in the Conway area […]

The Love Of Animals

November 20, 2020

Madison Whitby heads from her Jarratt home to the Emporia Animal Shelter every weekday to assist with the cats and dogs housed at the site. The 2018 Greensville County High School graduate is also a Psychology major at Virginia Commonwealth University. Finding the right balance between a job and the classroom is difficult for many […]