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Furry Partner Freddy
September 9, 2020
September is national service dog awareness month, and a woman in Midland is celebrating the start of the month the right way. She brought her furry best friend home for the first time this past weekend. Shylah Cutbirth spent the last week having a life changing experience at the Canine Companions facility in Irving, Texas. […]
Life-Saving Service Dog
September 9, 2020
September is national service dog month. In honor of national service dog month, The Miracle Flights organization helped a boy get his own life-saving canine. Seven-year-old Owen O’Bryan was born with an extremely rare form of epilepsy called Dravet Syndrome. O’Bryan’s seizures were so severe he could not be alone or sleep in a bed […]
Dog-At-Work
September 9, 2020
Later this month, a federal jury will be asked to decide if a Benton man is entitled to take his dog to work with him. Perry Hopman, 45, isn’t just a dog lover who would like his pet’s companionship. He’s an Army veteran and a former flight medic who, after an 18-month deployment to Iraq, […]
Gus Goes To School
September 9, 2020
A recent Salem R-80 School Board of Education article mentioned the beginning day of a therapy dog at Salem High School (Aug. 25, 2020, The Salem News). As the staff discussed the upcoming editions of The Salem News, we agreed that more to the story was needed. While ‘Gus goes to school’ sounds more like […]
Dog-Grooming Services
September 9, 2020
A Melbourne vet has called for dog-grooming services to be reopened despite the city’s strict coronavirus lockdown after treating a number of gruesome injuries caused by owners attempting to groom their pets at home. Dr Jack Zaks has performed emergency procedures on a number of animals at his Elsternwick clinic since stage four restrictions began […]
Hazel Bringing Joy
September 9, 2020
Leesburg Elementary School is excited to introduce their newest employee, Hazel Grace Huffer. Hazel is a 6-year-old sheepadoodle, owned by fourth-grade teacher Stacy Huffer. With Stacy’s help, Hazel finished her training for certification as a therapy dog in February. She is certified and insured through Alliance of Therapy Dogs to comfort and bring joy to […]
Brooke Visits New Students
September 9, 2020
It’s not just students who are getting used to their new online classrooms. One local guidance counselor is reaching out to her students in a creative way with the help of a four-legged friend. Therapy dog Brooke has been helping students at Monac Elementary School for 12 years, but because of the coronavirus pandemic, this […]
King Of The Waves
September 9, 2020
Scooter the rescue dog was already a trained therapy dog, visiting stroke patients and people receiving end of life care at St Richard’s Hospital in Chichester. And now he has learned to surf. The poodle-cross started off life on the streets of Portugal before being rescued by a charity. But with no space for him […]
Jasper The Therapy Dog
September 9, 2020
Six NHS workers including Jasper and his owner, hospital chaplain David Anderson, will be on hand to switch on the world-famous display. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic the resort’s annual celebration will take place on Friday night behind closed doors, but will be filmed in the Tower Ballroom. The “Corona Heroes” will join the event […]
Hospital Gets Fury Friend
September 9, 2020
They are often said to be the most intelligent of all dogs. Used traditionally for herding livestock, border collies can learn a very large number of signals and commands. They are eminently trainable. Now, that intelligence is to be applied to the area of therapy, as one Zagreb children’s hospital prepares to welcome its first […]
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