From MSNBC.com Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy Pit bull rescued from famous dogfighting ring now helps cancer patients MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – It’s a dog’s life. And for Leo it couldn’t be better. Leo — rescued from heavy chains that confined him as one of the pit bulls [...]

Students share stories with reading buddies By Josh O’Leary For Iowa City Press-Citizen Reading in a quiet corner of the Coralville Public Library, Nakia Long traced her book’s text with one hand and scratched the belly of Garbo the dog with the other. As Nakia sounded out the words in “Biscuit Finds a Friend” and [...]

By Sarah Kershaw For The New York Times Life as a Labradoodle may sound free and easy, but if you’re Jet, who lives in New Jersey, there is a lot of work to be done. He is both a seizure alert dog and a psychiatric service dog whose owner has epilepsy, severe anxiety, depression, various [...]

By Linda Lombardi For The Associated Press Ray Dobson and the dog he now calls Goblin both had a problem. The little mixed-breed who was rescued from the streets of Puerto Rico needed a home. Dobson, of Orleans, Mass., was losing his hearing. “My wife saw me kind of dropping out,” he says. “As people [...]

Baxter, the worlds best, most devoted, and oldest therapy dog, 19 years and 6 months, eased peacefully from his life on Friday afternoon, October 16th. Truly this dog is a blessing.