Ryan Needham and his fiancee, who live in Phelan, Calif., survived the terrible mass shooting in Las Vegas, but Needham’s beloved therapy dog went missing for a few days. Needham is an owner of a concession company that had a booth at the Route 91 Harvest Festival. Roulette, aka Rou, is a black French Bulldog … Continue reading California Man Finds Therapy Dog Lost During Las Vegas Shooting
Over the past few years, service dogs who accompany students and teachers to school have earned their rightful place among the class photos in yearbooks. This really cool trend continues this year with Alpha, the service dog for Andrew “A.J.” Schalk, a junior at Stafford High School in Falmouth, Va. Ever since Alpha was only 4 months … Continue reading Yearbooks Go to the (Service) Dogs: Class of 2017 Edition
When a teenager snatched a woman’s purse in Queens, N.Y., earlier this month, two stray dogs — a German Shepherd and a Pit Bull — took off after the thief. They pinned him down in nearby Springfield Park and bit him. Even then, the four-legged crimestoppers were treated very poorly by officers from the NYPD’s Emergency … Continue reading GRRR: 2 Hero Dogs Who Apprehended NYC Mugger Euthanized by Shelter
If you’re like me, your favorite floats in the Tournament of Roses Parade each year are the ones that feature dogs, whether the pups are real or flower-covered facsimiles. For a few years, the dog food company Natural Balance partnered with the nonprofit Lucy Pet Foundation, which provides low-cost spay/neuter and adoption mobile clinics, to create … Continue reading 2017 Rose Parade Float with Surfing Dogs Breaks World Records
The Lutheran Church Charities (LCC) Comfort Dogs are well known for providing solace to people after mass shootings. But today, after a senseless act of violence, it’s some of these dogs and their handlers who will need the comforting. During a random shooting in Joplin, Mo., around 5 a.m., two dogs and three people were … Continue reading LCC Comfort Dogs and Handlers Injured in Random Shooting
