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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 […]
Pet Therapy Program
December 24, 2020
One nursing home in the Bronx has picked up its dog therapy program that was suspended when the pandemic lockdown began in March, giving its residents the affection and physical contact they have longed for. Zeus and Marley, Redwood, and Kida are part of the pet visiting program at the non-profit long-term care community, Hebrew Home […]
Therapy Robot Dogs
December 24, 2020
An interaction between children and a therapy dog goes something like this: the dog and its handler show up at a hospital, school, or other location. The kids pet the dog, the dog basks in their affection, and after the therapy dog leaves, the children just feel better. It doesn’t sound very scientific, but it works […]
“Four Paws And The End Of My Tale”
December 24, 2020
Camille Klump is a writer and military widow currently residing in southwest Florida whose passions include science, astronomy, world history, traveling and gardening. She has published her new book “Four Paws and the End of My Tale”: a touching memoir of a loyal and loving canine companion. “Four Paws and the End of My Tale” […]
Emotional Support Dog Helps On Christmas
December 24, 2020
A Vernon woman is giving anyone who will be alone over Christmas the chance to borrow her emotional support dog, Lenny, in an effort to make this COVID Christmas a little less lonely. Lenny’s owner, Michelle Salt, said with the pandemic keeping plenty of family and friends separated this Christmas she wanted to offer her […]
Support Dog For Officers
December 24, 2020
Pd Cindy retired as a bomb sniffer dog in October, but has decided she is not quite ready to hang up her leash with the police just yet. The spaniel has now been re-recruited by Humberside Police as a stress dog, supporting officers on their toughest days. So far in Cindy’s nine-year career, she has […]
Service Dog Found
December 24, 2020
A service dog who went missing Dec. 12 following a wreck on Interstate 95 was found Wednesday not far from the crash scene in Occoquan and appears to be doing fine. Volunteers with Pibbles4Hope, a nonprofit in eastern Prince William offering aid to homeless and low-income pet owners, had been helping in the search since the […]
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