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Saving Dog From A Fire
September 24, 2020
With the west still feeling the heat from this season’s wildfires, an organization is on a mission to help our four-legged friends who are also victims of these fires. For nearly a decade the Emma Zen Foundation in Anaheim, Calif. has been supplying fire departments and first responders with life-saving pet masks for dogs, cats […]
Animal Kingdom
September 24, 2020
Pet owners will lead, carry or coax their treasured moggies, pups, lambs and birds to Nelson Cathedral on Sunday for a service arranged especially to bless them. The annual event has in the past attracted a menagerie of all-sorts, including rabbits, goats, cats, dogs, kunekune piglets, and once even a box of worms. This year’s […]
Service Dog Awareness Month
September 24, 2020
September is Service Dog Awareness Month, a time when we honor the contributions and loyalty of some amazing animals that serve our nation’s military heroes. Bobby Bones, Radio and TV personality, joined us today to share about how he’s teaming up with Purina Dog Chow for their third annual service dog salute campaign. For many […]
Animal Services Drive-Thru
September 24, 2020
If it’s time to vaccinate your dogs, the Animal Service Center of the Mesilla Valley has you covered. A drive-thru vaccine clinic will be available rom 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 27, at the Telshor 12 parking lot. ASCMV will be offering vaccines for rabies, DHPP, Bordetella and microchips with a cost of $10 each. […]
AMR’s Therapy Dog
September 24, 2020
American Medical Response San Bernardino County is welcoming its new therapy dog, Rampart, who recently passed his Certified Therapy Dog exam. AMR acquired Rampart when he was 10 weeks old and he is now a year and a half. At the age of 4 months, he started basic obedience classes, progressing through advanced obedience classes. […]
Trainers With Guide Dogs
September 24, 2020
The coronavirus has no boundaries and has the potential to sideline the guide dog business that transforms the lives of those visually impaired and blind. When the virus spread uncontrollably across the country in March, Sylmar-based Guide Dogs of America carefully moved forward with a plan to secure its future against the possibility of shutting […]
COVID Dogs At Airport
September 24, 2020
A pilot project has been started with four dogs that are sniffing samples at the airport. The extremely sensitive olfactory sense of dogs might prove to become a groundbreaking new tool in the fight against the COVID-19. According to the preliminary tests conducted at the University of Helsinki, trained scent detection dogs seem to be […]
Retired K-9 Mani
September 24, 2020
The Defenders of the 8th Security Forces Squadron hosted a retirement ceremony Sept. 17, to honor Mani, a beloved military working dog. Mani began his career in 2011 here at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, where he accumulated more than 1,500 hours of law enforcement patrols. His last active-duty partner, Staff Sgt. Zachary Kunkler, […]
Students Want Therapy Dogs
September 24, 2020
Essexville-Hampton Public Schools’ robotics program has reached the final stage of a national grant competition that could win it $25,000 toward a goal of bringing full-time therapy dogs to each building in the Bay County district. The State Farm Neighborhood Assist program has 200 finalist competing for 40 $25,000 service grants, and public voting for […]
Guide Dogs Partnership
September 24, 2020
Countryfile star Adam Henson took time out of a busy day on his farm to meet buddy dog owner Evie Gormley in a new heart-warming video from charity Guide Dogs. Sixteen-year-old Evie, from Aberdare in Mid-Glamorgan and her buddy dog, Uma, met Adam at his Cotswold Farm Park near Cheltenham to chat about sight loss and their shared love for animals. Buddy dog Uma […]