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Dog Attacks On Mail Carriers

June 30, 2020

A Pit Bull crouches in a yard as a mail carrier approaches in the photo on the USPS National Dog Bite Awareness Week News Release (April 14-20), which reports that in 2019, dog attacks in Los Angeles on U.S. Postal Service carriers rose 23.3%. This jump from 60 in 2018 to 74 in 2019 also maintains Los Angeles’ position as the […]

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Augie The Retriever

June 30, 2020

The Internet has fallen in love with a golden retriever whose owners believe her to be the oldest living dog in her breed. August, also known as Augie, turned 20 on April 24, 2020, and lives with her family in Oakland, Tennessee. Augie was adopted back in 2014, though recently garnered viral attention after a […]

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Pooches Parade

June 30, 2020

Of all who have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, residents of nursing facilities and their families have perhaps suffered the most. Not only in terms of the threat of the virus itself, but the social isolation wrought by it. This made the general cuteness of a “pooch parade,” organized by Hospice of the Western […]

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Sully The Therapy Dog

June 30, 2020

A Tampa family’s therapy dog that was missing all weekend and into Monday has finally been reunited with his owners, and it took a village to do so. The search for Sully captivated the attention of an entire community. All eyes were glued to Laura Holland’s Facebook page all weekend for updates on her son’s missing […]

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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 […]

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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, […]

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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, […]

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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 […]

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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, […]

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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 […]

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