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Protecting USPS Workers
June 17, 2020
Local mail carriers are asking you to keep an eye on your dog. It’s a part of the 2020 U.S. Postal Service National Dog Bite Awareness Week which runs from June 14-20. The theme for this year is “Be Alert: Prevent the Bite.” According to USPS data, there were fewer attacks nationwide – down by […]
K9s Training
June 17, 2020
Fifty dogs at a north Florida canine training facility are in line to be among the first in the country to be trained to sniff out the coronavirus. Jeff Minder is a former survival instructor for the Air Force. He has a patented 50 point dog training system and saw a need. Q: “So, where […]
Animal Lives Matter
June 17, 2020
President Donald Trump signed the Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture (PACT) Act into law on November 25, 2019 making animal cruelty a federal crime. It enlarges the Animal Crush Video Prohibition Act of 2010, signed by President Barack Obama that banned creation and distribution of videos or images of animal torture. The Preventing Animal Cruelty […]
Emotional Support Animals
June 16, 2020
Like most BYU students, 20-year-old English major Katherine Tew didn’t anticipate having an animal for a roommate. Tew would come home to the sound of restless barking from behind her roommate’s locked door. The roommate would keep her registered emotional support dog in her bedroom daily while she attended classes and work. “The dog ate […]
Training Service Dogs
June 16, 2020
Since 2012, the Retrieving Independence Serving with Canines program has partnered with TDOC to train offenders to raise and train puppies to be service animals for people with mobility disabilities, seizure disorders and diabetes. Last summer, the program which started at Turney Center Industrial Complex (TCIX), added the Tennessee Prison for Women (TPFW) to the […]
Joy Of Pet Adopting
June 16, 2020
Dogs have always been close to the former Meghan Markle’s heart. The Duchess of Sussex has now written about her experience as a rescue dog owner and her passion for animals in the foreword for the 2018 Annual Review publication of Mayhew, a London-based animal welfare charity that is part of her patronage. “As a proud […]
“Good Boy” Ending
June 16, 2020
Into the Dark: Good Boy, explores a deadly dog that’s determined to keep its owner stress-free, but there’s more to the creature than meets the eye. Every month, Into The Dark delivers another holiday-themed horror movie to the streaming service, but the newest entry, Good Boy, is full of twists and surprises. Into the Dark has turned out to […]
Life With A Service Dog
June 16, 2020
Riley Alberson is excited for graduation — and that her service dog is also being recognized. The McAlester High School senior has juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) and Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, which causes her joints to dislocate, constant pain, and daily seizures. Multiple seizures each day can result with her losing consciousness without anyone around to help. […]
Service Dog Puppies
June 16, 2020
Here’s something cute to help you brighten your week! Sweet 8-week old puppies just arrived at Dallas Love Field on Monday by private jet after a long journey from California. Soon, the eight pups will enter into intensive training to become service dogs for national nonprofit Canine Companions for Independence. The local chapter is based […]
Guide Dog Teams
June 16, 2020
In this time when so many of our social rituals have changed to accommodate the new rules of a global pandemic, one thing remains a constant: the need to remember to always use your powers of observation and offer a comfortable “physical distance” around a guide dog and his human handler when they are out […]
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