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• Dog Spreads Holiday Cheer

  

  Sitting in her wheelchair Dec. 13 at the Lena Living Center in Illinois, resident Margaret Hartman reached out to her buddy Hunter, unwrapped a cookie she was... Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2014 HOME, PETS

• Service Dog Carries on Heroic Legacy

  

  As Rescue, a perky black Labrador retriever, investigated the Franklin Street fire station Thursday, it was clear the dog had no sense of the gravity of his... Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2014 HOME, PETS

• Dog to Save 18-year-old from Highs and Lows in Blood Sugar

  

  After anxiously awaiting his arrival for more than a year and raising $18,000 through benefits and charity drives, 18-year-old Spencer Gorczewski met his... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2013 HOME, PETS

• Guide Dog Saves Blind Owner After Subway Track Fall

  

  Gallant guide dog Orlando was just doing his duty. The black Lab bravely leapt onto the tracks at a Manhattan subway platform Tuesday after his blind owner... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2013 HOME, PETS

• Rescued Paralyzed Dog Helps Autistic Kids

  

  A paralyzed dog abandoned in a Dumpster just weeks ago is today scooting around in a special wheelchair and comforting a pair of autistic children in Tampa, Fla. Read more

  Posted on 27 December 2013 HOME, PETS

• 10 Ways to Make Sure You Spoil Your Dog

  

  Most dogs are spoiled to some extent. At least I hope so. I spoil my dog Tasha for all the mistreated dogs I cannot rescue. I spoil her because she is devoted t... Read more

  Posted on 26 December 2013 HOME, PETS

• Dog Comforts Other Sick Canines at Vet Clinic

  

  During the first month of his life, Dominic was underfoot and in the way. Stephany Haswell, vet tech at Denkai Community Veterinary Clinic, wondered if she was... Read more

  Posted on 24 December 2013 HOME, PETS

• Therapy Dog Given Second Chance to Help Veterans

  

  A handsome redhead is doing his part to lift the spirits of area veterans. And, much like the vets being helped, is being given a second chance to thrive. Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2013 HOME, PETS

• Dog Whisperer Turns Rejects and Strays into K-9 Officers

  

  The teen boy lay wedged between rocks on a Rhode Island hillside, injured and bleeding, as search parties scoured the woods around him. Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2013 HOME, PETS

• New Breed of Service Dog Helps Veterans with PTSD

  

  Their wounds are invisible. The lingering trauma of military conflict had rendered them helpless in public settings. Enter Dog T.A.G.S. (Train, Assist, Guide,... Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2013 HOME, PETS

• How to Keep Your Dog Happy

  

  I will never forget the day my father put a puppy in my lap and said “He is yours. Love him and he will love you back!” I did not fully understand at the time,... Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2013 HOME, PETS

• Dog That Used to Be Scared of the Wind is Now Helping His Owner with Canine...

  

  A dog that was once so terrified of anything that moved that his owner feared it might be kinder to put him down is now helping other animals get over their... Read more

  Posted on 11 December 2013 HOME, PETS

• Rescue Dog Helps Woman Manage Challenges of Bipolar Disorder

  

  Naomi Woods describes her psychotic break as sliding into an abyss with no way out. The experience terrified her husband, best friend and son, but she doesn’t... Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2013 HOME, PETS

• What Makes Your Dog Your Hero?

  

  My dog is my hero without doing any of the things that most people would think of as heroic. All he did was be a dog. Like all dogs, he delivered unconditional... Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2013 HOME, PETS

• ‘My Dog Saved Me’

  

  LEGAZPI CITY, Philippines – Nine months’ pregnant Rose Ann Alberto thought the end was at hand when an eight-meter-high storm surge destroyed her house in... Read more

  Posted on 03 December 2013 HOME, PETS

• Dog Becomes ‘one of America’s Top Blood Donors’ After Saving 224 Canine Lives

  

  Riley, an eight-year-old crossbreed, was signed up to a blood donation program when he was aged just one and has given blood since for seven years. Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2013 HOME, PETS

• Therapy Dog Candy Brings Comfort to Grieving Process at Funeral Home

  

  When the vest goes on over her shaggy black-and-white coat, Candy knows it’s time for work. Candy, a grief therapy dog at Rest Haven funeral home in Rockwall,... Read more

  Posted on 27 November 2013 HOME, PETS

• Meet the First Dog to Climb Mt. Everest (Spoiler: He’s Adorable)

  

  Rupee, a formerly homeless dog rescued from a dump by his current owner Joanne Lefson, is thought to be the first dog in the world to climb Mount Everest. Read more

  Posted on 26 November 2013 HOME, PETS

• Service Dogs Help Veterans Cope with the Aftermath of War, Save Lives and...

  

  Without his dog, Jarrett Gimbl swears, he would be dead. The yellow Labrador-hound mix hardly ever leaves the former Marine’s side — nuzzling Gimbl when his... Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2013 HOME, PETS

• Service Dog Helps U.S. Army Veteran Lead ‘somewhat of a Normal Life’

  

  Chris Maddeford’s best friend can open doors and deliver his keys and cellphone on demand. He snuggles up when Maddeford is sad or upset. AJ, a 6-year-old... Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2013 HOME, PETS