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Zoo Program Trains Service Dogs
July 22, 2020
The Memphis Zoo is full of wild animals, but a domesticated one is calling the zoo home for a few months. A Memphis Zoo curator is helping train a dog who will eventually go on to be a service animal. But like the saying goes, it takes a village. Several people in the Mid-South have […]
Pet Therapy Movement
July 22, 2020
Annette Lumbis and her daughter have both been dedicated to the wellbeing of animals for many, many years. In fact, it was her daughter, Hope, and their pet, Rex, who inspired Lumbis to become a pet therapy volunteer. Married at 21, Lumbis and her ex-husband moved to Sioux Lookout in northwestern Ontario. “Because Charles was […]
Service Dog Scrappy
July 22, 2020
A PTSD service dog named Scrappy who was reported missing last week in Memphis has been found safe. Scrappy’s owner, Randy Holmes, said he was driving through construction traffic on U.S. 78 south of Shelby Drive in the afternoon of July 14 when his companion disappeared. Police said the windows were rolled down, but Scrappy […]
Happy Therapy Dog
July 22, 2020
Iowans are sharing their “Happy Moments”, including a smiling therapy dog that is ready to get back to work and a glimpse of a comet. We are all missing parts of our pre-pandemic life, including Dolly the golden doodle. She’s a hospice therapy dog and hasn’t been able to go to work for a while […]
Program Of Human Services
July 22, 2020
U. S. Steel and Susquehanna Service Dogs (SSD), a program of Keystone Human Services, are pleased to announce a partnership to fully fund an assistance dog who will be paired with an individual in the Pittsburgh area. This partnership covers the cost of breeding, raising, training, and placing an assistance dog to assist someone with […]
Service Puppies
July 22, 2020
It appears that even service puppies can’t escape the changes of the pandemic. Bill Thornton, the CEO of BC & Alberta Guide Dogs, says the new recruits are far behind on their transit training schedule because of COVID-19. The puppies are usually introduced to buses in the field and gradually trained, however that method has […]
Getting An Emotional Support Animal
July 22, 2020
To say we’re living in an unprecedented time would be an understatement. Considering the last pandemic was over 100 years ago, it’s safe to assume that all of us are experiencing this level of anxiety and uncertainty for the first time in our lives due to coronavirus (COVID-19). But while some people have turned to […]
Therapy Dogs Help
July 22, 2020
When Kyle Hansen was undergoing chemotherapy at Children’s Wisconsin, therapy dogs were what made him feel better. “It was always the best part,” said Kyle, 16, of Wauwatosa. “He would go from just looking miserable to his face lighting up with joy,” said Michelle Hansen, Kyle’s mom. After being diagnosed with Stage 4 Hodgkin’s lymphoma […]
First Responders Get Support Dog
July 22, 2020
When Asheville Fireman Mark Jameson returned to the fire station after responding to a particularly difficult call, the only thing that lifted his spirits was seeing Denali wagging her tail with excitement upon his return. “We had a call that was DOA, dead on arrival,” Jameson said. “It was an older woman, lived by herself, […]
Service Dogs-In-Training
July 22, 2020
TransLink opens its doors at the Vancouver Transit Centre Wednesday morning hosting dozens of guide and service dogs-in-training. The new recruits from Delta-based BC & Alberta Guide Dogs will be familiarized with several buses repeatedly, in order to accelerate their training. This is important given their training schedule has fallen behind due to COVID-19. “COVID-19 […]
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