A young woman and her service dog have earned instant fame after the pair arrived in matching caps and gowns to the graduation ceremony of the College of Applied Health Sciences at the University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign on Sunday. An attendee of the ceremony snapped a photo of Bridget Evans and her service dog,…
Category Archives: Dogs With Jobs
From Life Sentence to Life Saver: Anatomy of a Hero Dog
Gander was in a kill shelter scheduled for death when he was rescued by Colorado Penitentiary Inmates Gander is a 2½-year old Labradoodle who has become an ambassador for service dogs and an advocate for suicide prevention among wounded warriors. Gander spends his working day assisting a Vietnam Era Veteran by opening doors, turning on…
Man and His Service Dog Kicked Out of Taco Bell
For the past 11 years, truck driver Pete Kleckner of Minnesota has been traveling with his loyal service dog, Snickers, a 13-year old German Shepherd/Akita mix that helps him to hear. While Pete isn’t entirely deaf, he has been wearing hearing aids since the age of 11, and Snickers is an important part of his…
Ready For Iditarod? Sound Like It with this Guide to Musher’s Lingo
This Saturday, March 2nd, marked the official start date of the 2013 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race® in Alaska. The exciting race started in Anchorage, when the first musher crossed the start line, and ends with the last musher crossing the finish line in Nome, usually about 12 days later. For between 9 and 12…
Is the Iditarod Safe for the Dogs?
Every winter since 1973, men and dogs face what has become known as “The Last Great Race,” the Iditarod, pronouced “Hi-dit-a-rod” from an Athabaskan Indian word meaning “a distant place.” Not only does the race live up to it’s name, as it is run on one of two desolate 1,000 plus mile trails between Anchorage…
Meet Piper Stone: The One-Eyed Painting Bulldog!
Have you heard about Piper Stone yet? She’s a special needs dog making a difference…with paint! We asked her Mom, abstract artist Jessica Stone to tell us about Piper. We hope you’ll be as inspired by Piper and her cause as we are! Piper (AKA the one-eyed painting bulldog, chunky monkey, grumpy gorilla, and love…
Adopt a racing Greyhound and get a wonderful dog
Adopt a racing Greyhound and get a wonderful dog! Within an hour drive of where I used to live is a well-known dog racing track. Several years ago a story was written about the fate of many Greyhounds who had become too old for racing. This unhappy story led to outrage in the community, and…
The Search for Darla, a Young Boy’s Missing Therapy Dog
The Northeast Ohio community of Canton Township are banding together to find a very special dog. Darla, a 6-month-old German Shepherd, is the therapy dog for the Myers’ family’s son, “DD.” Darla is a therapy dog to DD, who is autistic and has a speech delay. Because of the special bond they share, Darla has…
Comfort Dogs Help Newtown Families Smile Again
Just hours after tragedy struck in the idyllic town of Newtown, Connecticut, the K9 Comfort Dog Ministry, including 9 service dogs and 14 handlers, packed their bags and headed east. When they arrived on Saturday morning, the Golden Retrievers’ presence alone brought smiles to the children and families grieving from the tragic shooting in their…
Cliff: The Bacteria-Sniffing Beagle
Beagles have always been good hunters because of their incredible ability to sniff out their target. So, while looking for a solution to what’s becoming a huge problem in hospitals and long-term care settings, Dutch doctors trained a bery special 2-year old Beagle to seek out certain deadly bacteria. Clostridium difficile, a resistant bacteria that…
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