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Service Dog In-Training
July 10, 2020
The future of the NHL season is still up in the air, but that’s not stopping the Minnesota Wild from making some adorable roster moves. The team recently adopted Hobey, a 5-month-old golden retriever from Coco’s Heart Dog Rescue on a one-year training contract. Hobey will be raised and trained to be a service dog […]
Rescue Support Dog
July 10, 2020
Phoenix police dispatchers answer some of the toughest call and now, a four-legged friend with a special connection is helping answer their call. Milo Glasser is a support dog and he’s pretty good at making friends. He’s become a good friend to many of the 911 operators with the Phoenix Police Department. Myla Marovich is […]
Canine Companions DogFest
July 9, 2020
We are fortunate to host an event this Saturday from 5-7pm with 2 local businesses in Yardley, PA to help fundraise for DogFest Philly/NJ 2020. We are so excited to be working with the Commonplace Reader Bookstore and the Yardley Ice House. We will be hosting a “puppies on the porch” event at the bookstore […]
New Obstacles For Service Dog Owners
July 9, 2020
While browsing through a Facebook group for guide, mobility and service dog recipients, a post by one of the members jumped out at me. ‘Did you dare to go out with your dog?’ it asked. ‘Are you able to go out of your home?’ Since the early days of the COVID-19 crisis in March, many […]
Marley’s Mutts Rescue
July 9, 2020
He was found wandering around the streets of Cincinnati, covered in blood and emaciated. The shelter that rescued the pit bull from certain death gave him the only name fitting for the dog with no tongue … Courage. Courage is the second pit bull without a tongue to be sheltered by Zach Skow, founder of […]
Pups Lost, Found And Returned
July 9, 2020
Mollie ran off as the Pasadena sky exploded in fleeting , fiery colors, and Karen Hirst, who owns and loves that silver gray Yorkie-Shih Tzu, hasn’t stopped thinking about her since. “I’ve cried till I thought I couldn’t cry anymore. We went everywhere together. I took her to the bank, shopping, to the doctor. When […]
Therapy Dog Helps Clients During Sessions
July 9, 2020
A private counselor in Webb City aims to break down the stigma associated with men and mental health services by launching an empowering parenting group for divorced fathers and other single men who are raising children on their own. Travis Bolin, a former teacher at Harry S. Truman Elementary and school counselor at Carthage Intermediate […]
Dog Makes Deliveries
July 9, 2020
While we’re incredibly grateful for the important work delivery people have been doing during the coronavirus pandemic, we can’t help but be a bit jealous of customers of one market in Medellin’s Tulipanes neighborhood. Every day, Eros — an eight-year-old chocolate Labrador — climbs up and down the hilly neighborhood’s steps, bringing baskets of […]
First Responders Meet Therapy Dogs
July 9, 2020
Therapy dogs, including herding mix Blake, Labrador retriever mix Abby and cairn terrier Suzy Q, brought smiles to Leavenworth County Emergency Medical Services personnel when Fort Leavenworth Human Animal Bond, Inc. attended three days of appreciation luncheons for EMS technicians July 7-9 in Leavenworth. The event was meant to thank personnel for their work during […]
Military Sniffer Dogs
July 9, 2020
Sniffer dogs can detect explosives and drugs, but can they also detect COVID-19? The German military and a veterinary university foundation are working with various breeds of sniffer dogs to find out. German military sniffer dogs are being trained to detect coronavirus infections in human saliva as part of a joint study between the Bundeswehr, […]
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