Dogs With Jobs
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2.3K1Your Holiday Gift to Veterans This Year: Leave Your Fake Service Dog at Home
By Veteran Sean Brown, Handler of Service Dog Pella Every day, legitimate guide and service dog users are asked to leave hotels,...
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A Daily Dose of Puppy Love: What It’s Like to Be a Volunteer Puppy Raiser
Every working dog from Southeastern Guide Dogs starts as a little pup full of potential. With help from incredible volunteer puppy raisers,...
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From Homeless to Hero: How a Rejected Shelter Pup Became a NY Police Dog
Many working dogs are born and bred for the job, training their whole lives for the heroic tasks they take on. But,...
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A Stray Wandered into a Dealership and Became a Brand Ambassadog
Everyone loves a good rags-to-riches story—especially when it’s about a dog! Meet ‘Tucson Prime’, a stray dog that found a new home...
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On His First Day on the Job, Police Dog Finds Missing Mom and Baby
It may have been Max’s first day on the job as the Dyfed-Powys Police department’s newest police dog, but it didn’t take...
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COVID Detection Dogs Sniffing Passengers for Virus at Dubai Airport
It’s already been proven that specially trained dogs can be faster and more accurate at detecting coronavirus infections than nasal swabs and...
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Diagnoses by Noses: Dogs Can Successfully Sniff Out COVID
From seizure and pregnancy detection, to sniffing out cancer, changes in blood sugar, or alerting to dangerous bacteria in hospitals, medically trained...
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How Therapy Dogs Can Help Kids with Speech Difficulties
“Man’s best friend” is not just an empty phrase we’ve assigned to our furry companions. In fact, a dog’s presence in our...
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Service Dogs Bring Independence to Veterans this Fourth of July
For three new service dog graduates, July 4, 2020 has a very special meaning. These veterans, who struggle with post-traumatic stress disorder, marked the first...
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Electronics Sniffing Dog Will Help Catch Child Predators in Colorado
Colorado’s newest working canine has a special set of skills that makes her the perfect police partner for fighting child predators. K9...
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Move Over for Rover: How to Help Guide Dogs not Trained for Social Distancing
By Titus Herman, CEO of Southeastern Guide Dogs, a national nonprofit that trains guide and service dogs for people with vision loss and...
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School Surprises Kindergartner with Service Dog Photo in Yearbook
One Louisville kindergartner got a heartwarming surprise when she opened her new yearbook to discover her service dog featured with her very...
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Dogs Trained to Detect Coronavirus Could Be Key in Ending COVID-19 Pandemic
We all know how important dogs already are to our mental, emotional and physical health. Now, dogs could be key in finally...
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Winery Employs Dog to Deliver Wine to Customers Curbside
In an effort to closely follow social distancing rules during the COVID-19 pandemic, one Maryland winery is putting their shop dog to...
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Is the Iditarod Sled Dog Race 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...
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House Unanimously Passes Act to Pair Veterans with Service Dogs
In a major victory for the men and women who served in our armed forces, the PAWS for Veterans Therapy Act unanimously...
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No More Emotional Support Animals on Planes if Federal Proposal Passes
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has proposed a ban on allowing passengers to bring emotional support animals onto planes, limiting them only...
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Seeing Eye Dog Designated State Dog of New Jersey
On Tuesday, Governor Phil Murphy signed legislation that officially designates the Seeing Eye® dog as the state dog of New Jersey. The Seeing Eye is...
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Once Abandoned by his Family, this Hero Dog Now Finds Koalas Injured in Australia’s Bushfires
It’s no secret that dogs have amazing olfactories. From those trained in search and rescue, to sniffing out cancers, to detecting bed...
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Do You Know A Canine Hero? Nominate A Dog For An AKC Humane Fund Award For Canine Excellence!
To celebrate the dogs who do extraordinary things in the service of humankind, the AKC Humane Fund is seeking YOUR nominations for its AKC Humane...
