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Dog Helping Kids
December 28, 2020
When the surf season ends, Ricochet trades her life jacket for a Santa jacket and transforms herself into Surfin’ Santa Paws… turning boards into bucks. This is Ricochet’s 12th season of Howliday Giving Drives and this year it benefits her Waves of Empowerment Program that helps kids with special needs, adaptive surfers, wounded warriors, and veterans with PTSD. It […]
Therapy Dog Lifts Spirits
December 28, 2020
Residents at Lakeview Assisted Living aren’t listening for the sound of reindeer on the roof this Chirstmas. Instead, they’re listening for the sounds of Uma, a 4-year old black labrador, padding down the hallway. The coronavirus made 2020 a long and lonely year for many residents at the long-term care facility, so staff at Lakeview started a therapy dog program to bring them […]
Dogs Ease Pandemic
December 28, 2020
Eileen Nagle sees her family in video chats and drive-by visits, but that hasn’t made up for the lack of warm hugs in the nine months since the pandemic led her nursing home to shut its doors to visitors. Enter Zeus. “Zeus is a friendly little snowball, very happy,” said Nagle, 79, after the peppy […]
The Dog Mother
December 28, 2020
Kaveri Rana Bhardwaj opened an animal shelter in Greater Noida to cope with the loss of her pet dog. She runs the Sophie Memorial Animal Relief Trust, which rescues and treats disabled animals, particularly dogs. They say that dogs are a man’s best friend, but Sophie was more than just a friend to Kaveri Rana […]
Jimmy The Officer Service Dog
December 28, 2020
Upon a first meeting, Jimmy rushes over to a stranger, bestowing incessant kisses before setting himself down to cast an intent stare, seemingly into the person’s soul. Jimmy’s deep brown eyes send a message that he cares; the premature grey on his face signals he understands what you’re going through, despite how terrible it is. […]
Dog Named Zoey Is Missing
December 24, 2020
Authorities have found the car that was stolen earlier this week at an Elmhurst shopping center, but the owner’s dog, Zoey, was no longer inside, police said Thursday. The car was stolen in the parking lot at Elmhurst Crossing’s At Home store on Route 83 on Tuesday morning. The keys and Zoey were left inside […]
One Of A Kind Shelter
December 24, 2020
In the gold-brown mountains around Weaverville, N.C., there’s a dormitory filled with dysfunctional and depressed dogs. It’s part of the ASPCA’s Behavioral Rehabilitation Center, a cutting-edge program designed specifically to teach traumatized canines to be trustful human companions. “This is, as far as we know, the only facility in the U.S. — and perhaps the world […]
Soldier’s Best Friend
December 24, 2020
Staff Sgt. Terry Stallings served in the Army for 23 years. He was stationed across the globe, including posts in Iraq, Balad, Kuwait, Desert Storm, Mexico, Central America, Alaska, Portugal and Germany. After six combat deployments overseas, he returned home and was diagnosed with post- traumatic stress disorder. Veterans often rely on medications, therapy, sports […]
Thunder The Wonder Dog
December 24, 2020
Just over a year ago, an injured, emaciated German Shepherd imprisoned in a plastic cone emerged from the woods of Mendocino County and entered the hearts and minds of the public. The dog who later came to be known as “Thunder the Wonder Dog” grew a global network of supporters who sat in wait for […]
Scary Plane Ride With A Dog
December 24, 2020
As a Delta Air Lines plane taxied to the runway at LaGuardia Airport on Monday, a flight attendant saw a man and woman walking through the aisle. “I need to get off the plane. I don’t want to sit here. I’m gonna pop the door,” the flight attendant paraphrased him as saying. The man felt […]
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