Dogs With Jobs
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3.0K2This Minnesota Town Mayor is Just 7-Years Old and Covered in Fur
He may very well be the country’s most perfect politician – friendly, compassionate, unconditionally loving, stunningly handsome, and unable to mutter a...
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4.0K3Meet These 5 Inspirational Dogs
The AKC® Humane Fund announced today the winners of the 15th annual AKC Humane Fund Awards for Canine Excellence (ACE). These awards honor five inspirational...
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3.9K2Spanish Beach Resort Employs First Canine Lifeguard
A beachfront tourist resort in Spain has become the first in the country with a canine lifeguard on duty! When human lifeguard David...
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VIDEO: Puppy is BFF’s with Baby Cheetah
It’s not likely you’ll find a more adorable pair of unlikely best buddies than Raina, a 7-week old Rhodesian Ridgeback puppy and...
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5.8K12Boston Bombing Survivor & Her Service Dog Kicked Out of TJ Maxx Store
Sydney Corcoran was seriously injured in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings. The teenager suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder as a result of the...
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3.7K3Surprising New Tools to Combat Child Pornography: Dogs!
For years, dogs have been trained in scent detection. From search and rescue dogs that find survivors after disaster, to cancer-sniffing dogs,...
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Police K-9 Struck by Car After Escaping During Fireworks
A Glassboro, New Jersey police dog died on Saturday after being struck by a car. But, the details surrounding her death are...
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7.2K10Service Dog Gets Pictured in the School Yearbook
For the past four years, Taxi, a service dog, has been by 7th-grader Rachel Benke’s side. That includes sitting in every class...
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5.6K1Ready For Iditarod? Sound Like It with this Guide to Musher’s Lingo
This Saturday, March 1, marked the official start date of the 2014 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race® in Alaska. The exciting race...
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Amazing Dogs Trained to Sniff Out Ovarian Cancer
Because of their incredible sense of smell, dogs have been trained for decades to detect certain scents that humans simply can’t without...
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Canine Prisoner of War: Taliban Capture Military Working Dog
Afghani Taliban have released footage of what they claim is a military working dog captured from US Troops during a raid in...
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The Real Trouble with Fake Service Dogs
The following guest post was written for The Dogington Post by Veteran Traveler Lon B. Hodge, an award winning poet, writer and...
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Ask the Trainer: How Can My Dog Become Trained & Certified as a Therapy Dog?
Dear Kevin,I have an English Retriever Poodle named Raven, who is just under 2 years of age. She is so laid back...
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13.7K60Passengers Rally Around Blind Man and Service Dog Kicked Off US Airways Flight
When legally blind, Albert Rizzi boarded a U.S. Airways Express flight from Philadelphia to Long Island last night, he placed his service...
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How One Service Dog Changed a Veteran’s Life
When Army Spc. Karl Fleming returned home from Afghanistan suffering physical injuries as well as the invisible wounds of war – depression,...
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Guide Dog Shows Incredible Heroism During His Last Moments of Life
In an incredible last act of heroism, an Atlanta guide dog named Simon is responsible for saving the life of a 4-year...
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Texas Police Dog Dies After Deputy Leaves Him in a Hot Car
Officers at the Harris County, Texas Sheriff’s Office are mourning the loss of one of their own, a bomb-sniffing K-9 that died...
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Veteran and His Service Dog Booted From NJ Boardwalk
Jared Goering, his wife Sally, and his service dog named Navigator visited North Wildwood, New Jersey, to walk along the Jersey Shore...
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Drug-Sniffing Dog For Hire
A German dog owner and entrepreneur has found a way to keep his police academy-trained drug detection dog working, while also helping...
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4.3K1Fearless Lifesaving Dogs
Your lovable pooch resting happily at your feet may one day be known as one of the many wonderful fearless lifesaving dogs...
