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Veterans Battling PTSD
June 25, 2020
Amid recovery efforts against the COVID-19 pandemic, Americans were stunned last month by the horrific death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, who was killed while in police custody. Sadly, the subsequent protests, riots and looting in cities from Seattle to Miami to New York have increased chaos and divisiveness when our greatest need now is […]
K9s For Warriors
June 25, 2020
K9s For Warriors has received the 2020 Florida Impact Award from Leadership Florida, an organization dedicated to building a better Florida. The Florida Impact Award recognizes a business or nonprofit organization that has created a specific project or body of work that is transforming the future of its region or beyond and has the potential […]
Service Dogs
June 25, 2020
A former South Georgia non-profit was ordered to cease and desist operations by the Georgia Secretary of State’s office after an investigation by the Securities and Charities Division. The nonprofit was incorporated with the state in 2016 by Cecil Allen Brown, Colleen Miller and her son Dalton Miller. According to the cease and desist, the […]
Fire Investigation Dog
June 25, 2020
ESSEX’S first ever Fire Investigation dog is now working to protect the county after completing her training recently. Three-year-old Sprocker Spaniel Fizz will take part in fire investigations across Essex for an initial six month trial period, and support Essex County Fire and Rescue Service (ECFRS) in understanding how fires started, as well as why […]
Navy Working Dog
June 25, 2020
When an Air Force working dog suffering a heat injury in Saudi Arabia needed a blood transfusion, he got it from a Navy dog named Army, in what officials are calling a joint service lifesaving effort. Cvoky, a 120-pound Belgian Malinois, was rushed by helicopter from Prince Sultan Air Base to Kuwait’s Camp Arifjan earlier […]
Veterans Organization
June 24, 2020
A local veterans organization has been awarded a portion of a $10 million federal grant to help Oklahoma veterans. Officials say Honoring America’s Warriors has been awarded funds to provide placement and training of service dogs for disabled veterans. “The purpose of the grant is to provide veterans who need mobility and or psychiatric service […]
Service With A Smile
June 24, 2020
One month after our baby Jeffrey was diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy, I met Cindy Schaefer on an SMA message board. Her son, BioNews Services columnist and forums director Kevin Schaefer, was diagnosed with type 2 SMA a couple years before that. During our first actual meeting, Kevin zipped around expertly in his new, shiny, red wheelchair. […]
Hero Dog Awards
June 24, 2020
Raider, a 4-year-old English Labrador who works with the Corona Police Department, has advanced to the semifinals of the 2020 American Humane Hero Dog Awards. Raider is one of three dogs in the nation to vie for the title of the nation’s top therapy dog of the year and compete with six other dogs for […]
Two Service Dogs
June 24, 2020
Without Aura, Gretchan Evans’ life would be bound by the borders of what she couldn’t hear. “Aura saved my life by giving me back my independence. Also, she became my always available and capable partner in all the things I love to do. Hike, run, paddleboard, kayak and almost anything outside,” said Evans, a 59-year-old […]
Training Service Dogs
June 24, 2020
A local veteran organization has been awarded part of a $10 million federal grant that will provide placement and training of service dogs for disabled veterans. Scotty Deatherage, founder and executive director of Oklahoma-based Honoring America’s Warriors (HAW), says the organization will benefit greatly from this grant. “The purpose of the grant is to provide […]
Fire Dogs
June 24, 2020
The remains of 28-year-old Phoenix Netts were found in the Forest of Dean by officers on May 12. West Midlands Police are today continuing their search of Handsworth Cemetery in Birmingham. Forensic specialists have been combing woodland at the cemetery and fire investigation dogs are at the scene helping with the search. A tent has […]
Preventing Dog Bites
June 24, 2020
The number of U.S. Postal Service employees attacked by dogs nationwide fell to 5,803 in 2019 – more than 200 fewer than in 2018 and more than 400 fewer since 2017. The Postal Service has new technology tools to help reduce dog attacks. The theme for the 2020 U.S. Postal Service National Dog Bite Awareness […]
Chief Calming Pawfficer
June 24, 2020
After a hiatus due to COVID-19, Longmont Dental Loft’s therapy dog will be returning to the office effective June 29th, 2020. Bentley is an Australian Labradoodle with the title of Chief Calming Pawfficer. As the Chief Calming Pawfficer, Bentley interacts with patients that enjoy being around dogs. He typically sits on patients laps and […]
Service Dog University
June 23, 2020
Bonnie Bergin recalls taking family trips as a child from her home in Willits to the Bay Area and stopping at the Green Mill Inn restaurant in Penngrove for dinner. Now decades later, she is poised to open a new campus for her service dog training institution on the 10-acre property that she and her […]
Service Dog Brutus
June 23, 2020
Late in life, Brutus is building up quite a résumé. The loveable mutt, rescued from a California shelter, was a family pet before he trained to become a service dog for his Cliffside Park owner. Last month, after Brutus helped Jasmine Steinwand graduate from Centenary University, his memorable senior year on campus moved the chairwoman of […]
Program For Service Dogs
June 23, 2020
Puppies Behind Bars (PBB) founder and president, Gloria Gilbert Stoga, created a program that trains prison inmates to raise service dogs for wounded war veterans and first responders. Additionally, the organization trains dogs to become explosive-detection canines for law enforcement. Today, PBB operates throughout six correctional facilities in New York and New Jersey and has […]
New K-9 Member
June 23, 2020
The Carlsbad Police Department announced the retirement of one of it’s officers. Alf, a police dog, was a member of the Carlsbad Police Department since 2017, said Carlsbad Police Chief Shane Skinner in a news release. “He has been diagnosed with a degenerative bone condition and has been suffering from a lot of pain due […]
Organization For Service Dogs
June 23, 2020
Honoring America’s Warriors, an Oklahoma City veteran organization, was awarded a portion of a $10 million dollar federal grant to provide placement and training of service dogs for disabled veterans. The Wounded Warrior Service Dog Grant will be funded by congressional appropriations to the Department of Defense and the program is administered through the Uniformed […]
1st Female Police Dog
June 23, 2020
San Bernardino has had nearly three dozen police service dogs since the Police Department’s K-9 Unit was established about 42 years ago. But for four decades, the department never had a single female police canine. Until now. The Police Department recently welcomed K-9 Bella, a 3-year-old Belgian Malinois from the Netherlands. She will be working […]
Stolen Service Dog Returned
June 22, 2020
A week ago, things were looking pretty grim for Bobby Linville. His van with his 8-month-old husky mix service dog inside had been stolen from a parking lot at the Oceanfront early in the morning Friday, June 12. His dog, Baby Girl Blue, was nowhere to be found. Our sister-station WAVY-TV met up with Linville […]
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