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Dog Robot Fluffy

July 29, 2020

Like any other well-trained dog, Ford Motor Co.’s four-legged dog-like robots can sit, shake hands and roll over. However, they also can perform 360-degree camera scans, handle 30-degree grades and climb stairs for hours at a time. These are truly service dogs unlike any other. That’s because they are actually 70-pound quadruped robots with […]

Service Dog Needed

July 29, 2020

The Roy family of a 5-year-old boy with a rare condition is trying to raise enough money to help get him a service animal, a dog who could help save his life. While pregnant, Jace Ross’ mom contracted a virus called the cytomegalovirus (CMV). The doctors did not know there was anything wrong Jace until […]

Depression In Dogs

July 29, 2020

Studies show that dogs (most commonly, Emotional Support Dogs) can help with depression. Most of us don’t know, however, that our canine friends can also suffer depression. The dogs can’t speak anyway so, and we can’t ask them to know how they feel. It may get worse for them if we can’t recognize the […]

Service Dogs In Training

July 29, 2020

The COVID pandemic has been hard on everyone, including service dogs in training. With no staff to train dogs with Educated Canines Assisting with Disabilities (ECAD) in Winsted, some volunteers — or home handlers — stepped in to help. The home handlers took in 35 dogs that needed a place to stay. “Usually, a home […]

Gold Award

July 29, 2020

Guide Dogs for the Blind based in San Rafael has been around since 1942. For more than 75 years the organization has lived by its mission statement: “Guide Dogs for the Blind empowers lives by creating exceptional partnerships between people, dogs and communities.” Thousands of people have benefitted from these words. It is through volunteers […]

Dunkin’ And Bark

July 29, 2020

Dunkin’ four-legged fans have something to celebrate—they can finally enjoy their own special Dunkin’ treats—in dog toy form. On Wednesday, the Dunkin’ Joy in Childhood Foundation announced a collaboration with BARK, the dog company behind BarkBox, to create these new Dunkin’ themed dog toys, modeled after Dunkin’s iconic MUNCHKINS donut hole treats box and hot […]

Walking The Dog

July 29, 2020

Dunlop’s Kathryn Sequoia says she can’t imagine working from home during COVID-19 without her dogs. She says Barney, her three-year-old cocker spaniel is like “an anti-depressant on four legs” while her much-loved, 12-year-old Welsh springer spaniel, Gemma, is never from her side. “They’re just always there. If you’re feeling down, they’ll make you happy,” she […]

Hand In Paw

July 29, 2020

Just about everybody likes dogs. Even virtual dogs. At UAB Hospital, dogs from Hand in Paw are used as therapy for patients and health care workers alike. So what happens when the novel coronavirus pandemic shuts down in-person visitation from Hand in Paw’s volunteer humans and dogs? You take the show on the road virtually, via […]

Therapy Dog Teams

July 29, 2020

A 12-year-old golden retriever and her handler last week became the newest Newtown-Strong Therapy Dogs (NSTD) certified team. Following a 40-minute exam, Donna Mayne and Greta received not only a round of applause from those in attendance, but also a certificate from Bright & Beautiful Therapy Dogs that had the words You Passed in huge […]

Companion Dog Storm

July 29, 2020

Hastings residents are digging deep to help fund surgery of local group home companion dog, Storm after she tore a tendon in her back leg. The fluffy labrador and border-collie cross is a mainstay resident at the Aruma Port One Group Home housing six people with varied disabilities. Support workers have even dipped into their […]