Little Girl’s Service Dog is a Real “Tattle” Tail
Thanks to her dog, Sam, there’s no mischief that 11-year old Joy Cahill can get away with. You see, Sam, a 3-year-old Labrador/spaniel, is not only Joy’s canine playmate he is also her service dog. Joy, born with Down syndrome, also suffers from respiratory distress and epilepsy. She has supplemental oxygen and a feeding tube. […]
Plainfield, Illinois School Service Dog Is Head Of Class
By Catherine Ann Velasco Principal Ed Boswell walked into Ira Jones Middle School on Friday with a co-worker who had a wag in his tail and snow on his nose. Boswell now shares his office with Biscuit, the school’s service dog. There, the yellow Labrador sniffed his bed and water bowl and played with his […]
Service Dog Can Accompany Boy To School, After 2-Month Battle
By Lynn Curwin for digitaljournal.com Brandon, Manitoba – It took a two-month battle before a nine-year-old boy with Down syndrome could have his service dog in a Manitoba school with him, just because the dog had been trained outside of Canada. Sam Wilkinson, of Brandon, Manitoba, has Down syndrome and difficulty hearing. His parents wanted […]
Lost Service Dog Reunited With Owner at Oregon Shelter
From OregonLive.com OREGON- Maxine Shepherd was desperately looking for her lost service dog, Dreamer. The Siberian Husky found her way out of a friend’s home in Hillsboro a week ago. It turns out that Dreamer was waiting at the Bonnie L. Hays Small Animal Shelter the whole time. Dreamer and her family will be reunited […]
Guide Dog Leads Friend to Better Life
By Julie Curtis for thedailynewcanaan.com Imagine spending the better part of your life with perfectly adequate vision — adequate enough, in fact, that you rarely gave it a second thought. Then, midway through adulthood, your vision simply began to fade away. That’s what happened to Alan Gunzburg. The 51 year-old Cos Cob resident learned around […]
Mom Fighting For Her Son's Service Dog To Be Allowed At School
GOLDEN GATE, Fla. – A Golden Gate mom is fighting the Collier School District so her autistic son can bring his service dog to school. Six-year-old JC Bowen’s service dog can be something of a lifeline, according to his mom. Not only does the dog carry his medication, but he has an important roll in […]
Police Trauma Dog Helps Console Friends Of Slain Delta Teen
By Kim Bolan for Vancouver Sun CANADA — Devastated friends of slain Delta teen Laura Szendrei had one special supporter this week — Canada’s first police trauma canine. Caber, a two-year-old yellow Lab, was brought to Szendrei’s school — Burnsview secondary — Monday and Tuesday to help students deal with their grief after Szendrei’s fatal […]
Guide Dog Grad Keeps Hemet, CA. Woman On The Go
By Gail Wesson for The Press-Enterprise After about 14 months of use, Kathryn Deming’s white walking cane is put away — where she hopes it will stay — now that she and Dane have been matched to navigate around her sight-impaired world. “I have something much better than the cane and he’s wonderful” she said. […]
Teen’s Diabetes Service Dog Inspires New Gig Harbor, Washington Nonprofit
Click to join our Facebook Fan Page and follow us on Twitter! By Rodika Tollefson, Scott Turner for kitsapsun.com GIG HARBOR — Liam Kelly is like the typical teenager in many respects. He plays football at Gig Harbor High School. He likes to hang out with his friends. But wherever Liam goes, he usually has […]