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Freedom Service Dogs
July 22, 2020

As part of our Serving Those Who Serve project, Fox31 News is proud to join forces with the Freedom Service Dogs to help train puppies to be future service dogs to vets in need. There are currently 80 veterans on the wait list for a new service dog, so there is an increased emphasis on […]
Shadow Brings Happiness
July 22, 2020

Shadow, a one of a kind therapy dog who has brought joy to many in the Choteau area, has now retired to enjoy his senior years on a ranch near Vaughn. A Great Pyrenees and Anatolian Shepherd cross who turned 10 on June 24, Shadow made his last community visits on March 11. He visited […]
Zoo Program Trains Service Dogs
July 22, 2020

The Memphis Zoo is full of wild animals, but a domesticated one is calling the zoo home for a few months. A Memphis Zoo curator is helping train a dog who will eventually go on to be a service animal. But like the saying goes, it takes a village. Several people in the Mid-South have […]
Pet Therapy Movement
July 22, 2020

Annette Lumbis and her daughter have both been dedicated to the wellbeing of animals for many, many years. In fact, it was her daughter, Hope, and their pet, Rex, who inspired Lumbis to become a pet therapy volunteer. Married at 21, Lumbis and her ex-husband moved to Sioux Lookout in northwestern Ontario. “Because Charles was […]
Service Dog Scrappy
July 22, 2020

A PTSD service dog named Scrappy who was reported missing last week in Memphis has been found safe. Scrappy’s owner, Randy Holmes, said he was driving through construction traffic on U.S. 78 south of Shelby Drive in the afternoon of July 14 when his companion disappeared. Police said the windows were rolled down, but Scrappy […]
Happy Therapy Dog
July 22, 2020

Iowans are sharing their “Happy Moments”, including a smiling therapy dog that is ready to get back to work and a glimpse of a comet. We are all missing parts of our pre-pandemic life, including Dolly the golden doodle. She’s a hospice therapy dog and hasn’t been able to go to work for a while […]
Program Of Human Services
July 22, 2020

U. S. Steel and Susquehanna Service Dogs (SSD), a program of Keystone Human Services, are pleased to announce a partnership to fully fund an assistance dog who will be paired with an individual in the Pittsburgh area. This partnership covers the cost of breeding, raising, training, and placing an assistance dog to assist someone with […]
Service Puppies
July 22, 2020

It appears that even service puppies can’t escape the changes of the pandemic. Bill Thornton, the CEO of BC & Alberta Guide Dogs, says the new recruits are far behind on their transit training schedule because of COVID-19. The puppies are usually introduced to buses in the field and gradually trained, however that method has […]
Getting An Emotional Support Animal
July 22, 2020

To say we’re living in an unprecedented time would be an understatement. Considering the last pandemic was over 100 years ago, it’s safe to assume that all of us are experiencing this level of anxiety and uncertainty for the first time in our lives due to coronavirus (COVID-19). But while some people have turned to […]
Therapy Dogs Help
July 22, 2020

When Kyle Hansen was undergoing chemotherapy at Children’s Wisconsin, therapy dogs were what made him feel better. “It was always the best part,” said Kyle, 16, of Wauwatosa. “He would go from just looking miserable to his face lighting up with joy,” said Michelle Hansen, Kyle’s mom. After being diagnosed with Stage 4 Hodgkin’s lymphoma […]