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Labradoodle Crossbreed
September 11, 2020
Labradoodles — the small, family-friendly crossbreed dog beloved by many a celebrity — is far more poodle than Labrador Retriever, a DNA analysis has revealed. Researchers from the US studied more than 150,000 points along the labradoodle genome to determine how the breed has developed over the decades. They found that changes in very few […]
Pet Walk
September 11, 2020
Air Force Veteran Sonya Heilmann says her therapy dog, Jock, a seven-year-old Pembroke Welsh Corgi (pictured above), seems sad since he cannot visit patients in medical centers. The visits are his favorite activities. “He really needed to go and do his job. Once we get to the hospital and I put his little vest on, […]
Pets Improving Lives
September 11, 2020
This year has taught us all about the importance of immunity. Many of us are doing our best to improve immune function. Strategies to reach this goal vary widely in practicality and scientific grounding. But could it be that one of the ways to improve immune function is right under our noses? Could our pets […]
Service Dogs Graduate
September 11, 2020
Cue “Pomp and Circumstance” because these smart pups are graduating from Saint Francis Service Dogs. The organization is holding a virtual ceremony for its new graduates on Sunday at 7 p.m. to celebrate the end of their service dog training. Saint Francis Service Dogs is a nonprofit organization in Roanoke that matches professionally-trained service dogs […]
K9s For Warriors
September 11, 2020
Amanda Peterson tried to go places with her family. But she was limited to 40 minutes. That’s all she could stand before a tingling in her spine and a surge of overwhelming anxiety would set in causing the veteran of Michigan’s U.S. Army Reserves to panic. “When people are scared they exhibit the flight or […]
Paying It Forward
September 11, 2020
Luke Tordy says his service dog, Dragon, reconnected him with his life. His family agrees. But such a simple statement hardly seems adequate to describe the wholesale transformation that has taken place since Santa-Rosa, Calif.-based Canine Companions for Independence (CCI) brought Tordy and Dragon together. Since receiving Dragon in 2017 to help with emotional and […]
Pops The ESA
September 11, 2020
I’m here at Beagle Island Park nearly every day, in hopes of seeing my dog—well, I guess, technically, he isn’t my dog anymore. Actually, he was never really my dog; we simply walked as a pack of two when we both hit rough patches in our lives. I’d wake up under a smoke shop’s eaves to […]
Bark And Baths
September 11, 2020
Bark ‘n’ Baths in Springtown Industrial Estate has been opened up by Garaidh Tomas and Aaron Griffiths and features four dog washing stations equipped with a professional shower and dryer and specially formulated shampoos and conditioners. Garaidh said the idea came about after many dog owners had to start washing their own pets during lockdown. […]
Perfect Surviving Pooch
September 11, 2020
BRITAIN’S Got Talent sensation Amanda Leask has revealed how her rescue dog Miracle has now become a global superstar. The 50-year-old mum from Inverness sailed into this weekend’s semi-final with her adorable pooch after making head judge Simon Cowell cry. But she’s revealed Miracle – who was saved from slaughter in a Thai meat market […]
New Dog Park
September 11, 2020
Expect more bark at Bayonet Farm, as in ‘dog bark’! A new dog park was approved by the Township Committee on Tuesday of this week. The inspiration behind the project is Holmdel’s beloved Alex Ching, a highly respected young man, who bravely battled pediatric cancer from the age of 7. Ching sadly succumbed to the illness at […]
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