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Dog Rescued Veteran
July 1, 2020
Jason Manley contacted some local service dog organizations to get a dog but was told the waiting list was up to two years. Feeling he couldn’t wait that long, Manley and his wife, Jessica, decided to try to find one on their own. One Saturday morning in May 2016, retired Army Staff Sgt. Jason Manley […]
Adopt Don’t Shop
June 30, 2020
The campaign #AdoptDontShop has been trending on social media for a while now. And, while some celebrates are advocating adopting indies and abandoned pets, many have actually adopted strays. Actor Kunal Thakur, who believes in adopting pets instead of buying, is a parent to a kitten. The Kasauti Zindagi Kay actor people to bringing home […]
Service Dog Banned
June 30, 2020
An employee at the Topeka VA said his service dog is banned from coming to work with him after another employee said the dog put his mouth around her arm. Kyle Stueven said his dog, Warrior, only jumped up on his hind legs and that was it. “He jumped up, his front paws were about […]
Ace The Service Dog
June 30, 2020
There’s a new puppy with a purpose at PenFed Credit Union. In partnership with America’s VetDogs, Ace, a yellow Labrador Retriever, will be raised to assist a military veteran or first responder with a disability. Andrea McCarren, vice president and chief content officer for PenFed Digital will raise Ace alongside Maverick, a service dog she […]
Dog Attacks On Mail Carriers
June 30, 2020
A Pit Bull crouches in a yard as a mail carrier approaches in the photo on the USPS National Dog Bite Awareness Week News Release (April 14-20), which reports that in 2019, dog attacks in Los Angeles on U.S. Postal Service carriers rose 23.3%. This jump from 60 in 2018 to 74 in 2019 also maintains Los Angeles’ position as the […]
Augie The Retriever
June 30, 2020
The Internet has fallen in love with a golden retriever whose owners believe her to be the oldest living dog in her breed. August, also known as Augie, turned 20 on April 24, 2020, and lives with her family in Oakland, Tennessee. Augie was adopted back in 2014, though recently garnered viral attention after a […]
Pooches Parade
June 30, 2020
Of all who have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, residents of nursing facilities and their families have perhaps suffered the most. Not only in terms of the threat of the virus itself, but the social isolation wrought by it. This made the general cuteness of a “pooch parade,” organized by Hospice of the Western […]
Sully The Therapy Dog
June 30, 2020
A Tampa family’s therapy dog that was missing all weekend and into Monday has finally been reunited with his owners, and it took a village to do so. The search for Sully captivated the attention of an entire community. All eyes were glued to Laura Holland’s Facebook page all weekend for updates on her son’s missing […]
Service Dogs For Veterans
June 30, 2020
A company with ties to Burke County has made a commitment to support local veterans with a special project. Synergy Labs, a Florida-based pet product manufacturing company with a facility in Hildebran, has committed to sponsor two dogs to be trained as service dogs and then donated to help two veterans in Burke County, according […]
Service For Pets
June 30, 2020
Spurred by their own negative experiences, a team of five friends – mainly students – are looking to take the pet world by storm after launching what some have dubbed the animal equivalent of booking.com. Going under the name of Docalp (a verbal cluster taken from the words dog-cat-help), the service was founded by Maciej Kardas, […]
