Service Dog News
Hero Dog Award
May 5, 2020
A local mobility service animal and his military family hope their community will help them beat out several other canines to win a coveted national award. S.D. Gunner, who has assisted Army veteran and Richmond Hill resident Sgt. Hamilton Kinard since June 2013, is up for an American Humane Hero Dog Award. The award is […]
Service Dog Helps Veteran
May 5, 2020
You’ve probably heard the saying ‘A dog is man’s best friend’, but for Marc Abels his dog Ace is a medical necessity. “Marc has trained Ace to not only be a diabetic alert, he is also a heart attack alert and a PTSD alert,” Marc’s wife Barb Abels said. Ace has only been a member […]
Stay-At-Home Orders Affect Service Dogs Training
May 5, 2020
Eric Caron, a retired guidance counselor who has been blind since birth, recently moved to a new home. He soon noticed that his guide dog, a yellow Labrador retriever named Ryan, was having trouble leading him across a busy intersection that Caron must cross regularly. Caron knew what that meant: It was time to retire […]
Police Service Canine
May 5, 2020
Kinston Police Department: It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of one of our former police service canines, Jessi. Jessi served alongside with handler, Sgt. Brandon Wells, from 2010 until her retirement in 2017. Jessi was a Belgium Malinois and was certified through the North Carolina Police Dog Association. Since her retirement, […]
K-9 Puppy Sleeps Through Ceremony
May 5, 2020
It’s not unusual for a police department to have a K-9 “comfort” dog. They’re used to help victims of crime deal with anxiety, stress and PTSD, and they often visit schools, hospitals, nursing homes and other places in the community in order to boost morale. But one K-9 has gone viral for an especially adorable […]
2020 Dog Of The Year
May 5, 2020
Lilly Beatty is K9 for Camo’s 2020 hero dog of the year. Lilly is a four-year-old black lab who has had a fantastic impact on her owner Devin. Devin Beatty is a veteran who served from 2009-2013. He did two years of active duty and four years in the reserves. He’s currently a travel nurse […]
Basil The Service Dog
May 5, 2020
Meg Gardner witnessed the Mother McAuley High School community work together to help her family many times this year. The Gardner Family was the recipient of McAuley’s National Honors Society (NHS) fundraising effort, an annual effort organized to help an alumna of the all-girls school. For the Gardners, Meg and her husband Greg, the fundraising […]
Surf Therapy Dog Helps First Responders
May 5, 2020
Along with people adapting during the pandemic, our four legged friends are making their own adjustments. Especially Ricochet the Surf Therapy Dog who has over 90,000 followers on Instagram and uses her platform to serve others. COVID-19 health orders are now forcing her to get creative with how she helps. “It’s a big adjustment, she […]
Search And Rescue Dog Stuck
May 5, 2020
A Queenstown-based avalanche search and rescue dog is stranded in the United States. Brad Saville, a 38-year-old ski patroller, is “devastated” his 18-month-old curly-coated retriever is stuck in Colorado where the pair had been undertaking avalanche dog training as part of a ski patrol exchange programme. The pair had been in Colorado since December and […]
K-9 Team Searches For Toddler
May 5, 2020
On April 27, 2020, a 3-year-old girl went missing from her home and wandered into the snowy woods. A fervent search commenced, and a scent-tracing K-9 police dog became the hero of the hour. Constable Dan Berube and his police service dog, Jynx, were called to Musquodoboit Harbour in Nova Scotia, Canada, to help search for […]
