Most Recent Working Dog News
Dogs Ease Pandemic Isolation
December 31, 2020
Eileen Nagle sees her family in video chats and drive-by visits, but that hasn’t made up for the lack of warm hugs in the nine months since the pandemic led her nursing home to shut its doors to visitors. Enter Zeus. “Zeus is a friendly little snowball, very happy,” said Nagle, 79, after the peppy […]
Pets Being Recognized
December 31, 2020
It has long been established that dogs are “man’s best friend,” but animals in general have been a part of human society since the dawn of humankind thousands of years ago. Domesticated animals helped our fledgling species in so many ways: cats reduced rodent populations allowing for safer food storage and disease prevention; dogs served […]
Service Dogs
December 31, 2020
ECAD, Educated Canines Assisting with Disabilities held two team training sessions in October and December, placing five service dogs and two facility dogs in new homes. The sessions were unusual, because the five service dogs placed were successor dogs – five amazing canines stepping into the paw prints of the five amazing service dogs who […]
New Furry Companion
December 31, 2020
A Panhandle veteran is overcoming his recently worsened PTSD with the help of a new best friend. What seemed like a normal drive home from work for Jose Flores turned into a PTSD nightmare. A Dumas fire he drove by brought back some of the horrors he faced fighting overseas for our country. “The smell […]
Home For Strays
December 31, 2020
A stray dog and cat were neutered for free at an animal rescue center in the Pudong New Area, as the neutering reservation service for the public issued on WeChat account “ala_chong” was launched yesterday. The male dog was recently taken in by a Shanghai Public Security Bureau dog shelter, and was quarantined for seven […]
Service Animals On Planes
December 30, 2020
Those days of taking peacocks and pot-belly pigs as service animals on airplanes are over according to the Department of Transportation. Tony Stokes trains dogs everyday, one wagging tail at a time. They sit, jump and come. “Dogs can be very easy to train because they are constantly seeking reward, just like we are,” said […]
Support Animals In Michigan
December 30, 2020
A plan to limit the use of emotional support animals in Michigan will not become law. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer vetoed House Bill 4910 on Wednesday, which would have required people to obtain a disability diagnosis to receive an emotional support animal and made it a crime to falsely claim a pet is an providing emotional support. […]
Dogs Provide More Than Comfort
December 30, 2020
The news came on December 21, the shortest day of what has been the longest year of our lives. The vet confirmed our worst fears. Our stalwart COVID canine companion, “Tashi,” an 11-year-old yellow lab, has a rare form of cancer, one beyond the abilities of veterinary medicine to cure. The only good news is […]
Hospitals’ Pet Pals
December 30, 2020
The Pet Pals haven’t been able to visit the hospital because of the pandemic, but that didn’t stop them from dressing up and spreading holiday cheer All year long, the specially trained Pet Pals at University Hospitals help to bring joy and reduce stress in hospital patients. Because of the Covid-19 pandemic however, the Pet Pals […]
Palm Beach Kennel Club
December 30, 2020
With the end of greyhound racing in Florida on the horizon, officials from both Palm Beach Kennel Club and Greyhound Pet Adoption say their goal is to get every greyhound adopted after their racing days are done. Dec. 31 marks the final day for greyhound racing in the Sunshine State after Florida voters overwhelmingly passed […]
