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Service Dogs For Veterans
June 30, 2020
A company with ties to Burke County has made a commitment to support local veterans with a special project. Synergy Labs, a Florida-based pet product manufacturing company with a facility in Hildebran, has committed to sponsor two dogs to be trained as service dogs and then donated to help two veterans in Burke County, according […]
Service For Pets
June 30, 2020
Spurred by their own negative experiences, a team of five friends – mainly students – are looking to take the pet world by storm after launching what some have dubbed the animal equivalent of booking.com. Going under the name of Docalp (a verbal cluster taken from the words dog-cat-help), the service was founded by Maciej Kardas, […]
Respect For Animals
June 30, 2020
Jo-Ann Roberts is the interim leader for the Green Party of Canada and a resident of Halifax. Roberts has endless positive energy, an engaging laugh, and she genuinely cares about people. She works 12 to 14 hours a day, dedicating all of her initiatives to making communities better for families. Roberts is married to Ken, […]
Canines For Service
June 30, 2020
This Wilmington, North Carolina, nonprofit trains service dogs to help veterans with everything from PTSD to mobility. Based out of North Carolina and veteran-founded almost 25 years ago, Canines for Service’s amazing rescue-turned-service dogs have been taught to help veterans with mobility limitations, PTSD and traumatic brain injuries. The dogs that graduate this program are […]
Shelter Tails
June 30, 2020
Hank has healed, is doing well in his training class and is ready for a home of his own. Sometimes a dog like Hank is better suited as a pet than a working dog in the Animal Farm Foundation’s innovative service dog programs. It trains former shelter dogs as mobility, active task work, hearing alert, […]
Pet Vet
June 30, 2020
Phobia of loud noises can have major impacts on the quality of life for many pets and their human companions. An estimated 17-49% of dogs show some anxiety, distress and aversion behaviors such as shaking, trembling, hiding, scratching, urinating and defecating when exposed to noises that frighten them. Some dogs may attempt to “escape” from […]
Keep It PAWSitive
June 30, 2020
“I am reaching out to see if I can get coverage of a “Feel Good” story. Is there any way we can get noticed, to show there is still good happening in an otherwise painful world?” – Carol Willson Wagner With the declaration of COVID-19 as a pandemic by the World Health Organization on March 11th, […]
Royston Dog Recovering
June 30, 2020
Bear, a seven-year-old black lab, is still wearing a special collar to protect his wounds after getting attacked on Saturday.“He was pretty sick the first night and we weren’t sure he was going to make it,” said Bear’s owner Seanna McLeod.McLeod and her spouse were working at a nearby residence when Bear walked down to […]
Canine Assistant
June 30, 2020
Since 2020 has a recurring theme of being a never-ending dumpster fire for everyone, I suppose this bit of news was inevitable. A week ago, my family and I said goodbye to my service dog, Pandy, after a solid decade with her. What started as a series of hip pains turned out to be a […]
Therapy Dog Found
June 29, 2020
A local family reunited with their 7-year-old son’s therapy dog after the dog went missing over the weekend. According to Laura Holland, her 7-year-old son’s therapy dog, Sully, accidentally got away around 9 a.m. on Saturday, June 27. Sully was being dropped off at a groomer in Wesley Chapel, in the area of Route 56 […]
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