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Companion Dogs Help With Anxiety
November 18, 2020
There’s a major love affair in the U.S. between humans and their furry friends. A playful puppy named Clifford has been Rachael Greenburg’s saving grace during the pandemic. She says the past nine months have brought a lot of anxiety into her life, but Clifford’s relentless support helped her through the first panic attack she […]
Labrador Helps Healing
November 18, 2020
Rachael has a deep, resonating bark that occasionally comes out while playing rough and tumble with her canine friends. That is when the blue vest is off. When the vest is on, Rachael speaks with her brown eyes, calmly sizing up the people around her. The 2-year-old Labrador retriever is a facility dog, getting ready […]
Pet Insurance
November 18, 2020
Along with buying bags of dog and cat food, pet owners can now turn to Walmart to buy insurance and find a sitter for their beloved animals. Starting Thursday, the retailer said it will sell pet insurance from Petplan and connect customers to dog walking and more through Rover. It is launching Walmart Pet Care, a […]
K9s For Warriors
November 18, 2020
When veterans come home from battle, transitioning back into civilian life can be a daunting task. On average, 20 veterans die from suicide each day, according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. But groups like K9s for Warriors are working to bring that number down by training service dogs to help veterans cope with […]
Police K-9 Program
November 18, 2020
Thursday the Rotary Club of Mason announced a fundraiser to assist the City of Mason with launching a new K-9 program within the police department. In September, Ingham County Animal Control transferred eight German Shepard dogs from St. Clair County Animal Control. The dogs had been rescued from a neglect/hording situation. Of those eight, one […]
Dog Helps Veteran Overcome PTSD
November 17, 2020
Service dogs are one way to help veterans cope with traumatic experiences from military service. One non-profit provides them free of charge to veterans. Arbor is a playful, loving dog according to the owner, Amber. Another special thing about Arbor is that he is a service dog trained for veterans with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder […]
Middle Schoolers Get A Furry Friend
November 17, 2020
It is 2:11 p.m. on a sun-drenched and breezy November day. The world is spinning a thousand different directions, but in language arts teacher Jessica Blaum’s classroom — inside Bettendorf Middle School — there is calm. No anger, no frustration, no recounts. Below me rests Delta, the world’s coolest Bermese mountain dog — a Shaquille […]
Veterans Find Guardian Angels
November 17, 2020
A relatively simple question crossed Stacy Juchno’s mind shortly after she became executive sponsor of PNC’s Military employee business resource group: what type of activity might better engage the group? Around the same time, Juchno, the leader of PNC’s internal audit department, heard about Guardian Angels, a non-profit organization that pairs service dogs with veterans […]
Shelter Dog Heads To The White House
November 17, 2020
Delaware’s own Joe Biden is heading to the White House as the projected winner of the presidential race and, now so is a dog from Delaware. Major, a two-and-a-half-year-old German Shepherd, was adopted by the Biden family from the Delaware Humane Association in 2018 and will be the first shelter dog to be inside the White […]
Veterans With Dogs
November 17, 2020
Veterans With Dogs has been able to purchase a dedicated van thanks to a donation of £10,000 from the Exeter Chiefs Foundation. The fully-branded van was unveiled as a launch event, before lockdown, attended by trustees Marc Astley and Keiron Northcott from the Exeter Chiefs Foundation and Craig MacLellan, chief executive of Veterans With Dogs. […]
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