As nearly anyone who has adopted a dog or cat from a shelter can attest, there’s something special about a rescued pet; it’s as if the animal senses he’s been given a second chance at life. That’s certainly the case with Juno, a Belgian Malinois who was rescued from a shelter just days before she [...]
Lucy, a therapy dog from South Jersey, is quite the handful. Actually, she’s about half a handful. And as of Saturday, the 3-year-old mini Yorkshire terrier is the newly crowned “world’s smallest working dog” by the Guinness Book of World Records. Just 6 inches long, 5.7 inches high and 2.5 fluffy pounds, Lucy was unfazed [...]
A woman was upset with a Southern California amusement park for taking her support dog from her car and then losing her. Shelanon Brooks says her dog, “Malibu,” was prescribed by her doctor for emotional support. But on Monday the distraught young woman experienced major stress when her dog was lost by Six Flags officials. [...]
Attacks on guide dogs by other dogs have more than doubled, according to a new report published by the UK‘s Guide Dogs for the Blind Association. The report stated that more than seven attacks on guide dogs by other canines have occurred during each month of 2011. The figure is more than doubled from last [...]
Evan Moss’ seizures come quietly in the night. When they strike, the 7-year-old’s parents have to give him medicine to make them stop, or risk brain damage. But to do that, they have to know they are happening. Lisa and Rob Moss live in fear of missing one. The seizures are so silent that even [...]
Film star Ewan McGregor and actress and animal rights campaigner Betty White will join Whoopi Goldberg and other all-star panelists to judge a new heroic dog award show which will air on the Hallmark Channel. The American Humane Association is bringing the celebrities on board for its inaugural “Hero Dog Awards,” a TV contest which [...]
An arrest warrant has been issued for the manager of a Marietta Georgia McDonald’s after she punched a mother of two autistic boys in the face. The reason?…the boys’ service dog. The manager, Tiffany Denise Allen, told the woman that the twin boys’ service dog, Barkley, wasn’t allowed inside. The law however, states that service [...]
Roselle and Michael Hingson first met on November 22, 1999 at Guide Dogs for the Blind. Although blind from birth, Hingson earned a Master’s Degree in Physics from the University of California, Irvine and has always competed successfully in a sighted world. Roselle was Hingson’s fifth guide dog and according to him “It was obvious [...]
