Dogs
Therapy Dogs Working Their Magic To Promote Good Health
Folks from all over are celebrating the completion of Scissortail Park. The lower park opened Friday and the celebration has been going on all weekend. Dogs are not just man’s best friends, but a friend to everyone they meet. Their names are Groot, Hank and Eleanor and they’re therapy dogs. Jennifer Shepherd said she’s been …
How dogs can help with your mental health | WETM
ELMIRA, NY (WETM) – The calendar is full of National days and today, August 26 is International Dog Day. If you’ve noticed that you seem to feel calmer and happier around your four-legged friend, you’re not alone. A recent study found that people who spent time with a therapy dog while in the emergency room …
Walpole Veterinary Clinic Using Latest Technology To Screen Dogs For Cancer – CBS Boston
WALPOLE (CBS) – A veterinary clinic in Walpole conducted cancer screening for dogs on Saturday. The Windhover Veterinary Center believes it is the first in the state to offer this relatively new test which can detect about 30 types of cancer with a single blood draw. The owner said it could expedite treatment and recovery …
Kelpie fetches world record-breaking $35,200 at Australian working dog auction | Dogs
A kelpie described as the “complete package with a cool personality” has been sold for $35,200 (£19,200), breaking the world record for the sale of a working dog. Eulooka Hoover, a two-year-old male dog, was sold to anonymous buyers at the Casterton Kelpie Association’s annual working dog auction in Victoria on Sunday, beating the previous …
‘Dogs read people’ Therapy dogs gives workers a break and good vibes
Click here for updates on this story HENDERSONVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — We all know dogs can make people stop on a dime and feel better about their day. Their superpower does wonders for staff at Pardee Hospital. “Are we gonna see some people?” Mike Roberts said while making the rounds recently. He and his …
Coronavirus: Training dogs to identify the scent of Covid-19
Researchers have found that the coronavirus has a particular scent and believe that training dogs to identify the virus could contribute to containing the virus in densely populated areas as society reopens. Scientists running the trials have found that the dogs correctly identified 88% of positive cases – meaning, for every 100 cases, the dogs …
5 arrested in robbery of Lady Gaga’s dogs, attempted murder
Five people have been arrested in connection to the shooting of Lady Gaga’s dogwalker during a robbery in which two of the singer’s French bulldogs were stolen, Los Angeles police announced Thursday. Three of the people arrested face charges of attempted murder for allegedly carrying out the February attack in Hollywood on Ryan Fischer, the …
Lady Gaga’s stolen dogs recovered, Gaga calls injured dog walker ‘a hero’
Lady Gaga, her dog walker Ryan Fischer and her beloved French bulldogs been in the headlines this week. Haven’t been following the disturbing saga? Here’s everything we know. What happened to Lady Gaga’s dog walker? On Wednesday night, a male suspect shot and wounded Lady Gaga’s dog walker, Ryan Fischer, and stole two of …
Lady Gaga’s dogs recovered safely after dogwalker shot
Lady Gaga’s two French bulldogs, which were stolen by thieves who allegedly shot and wounded the dogwalker, were recovered unharmed, Los Angeles police said Friday. A woman brought the dogs to the LAPD’s Olympic Community Police Station, just northwest of downtown, around 6 p.m, said Captain Jonathan Tippett, commanding officer of the elite Robbery-Homicide Division. …
Therapy dogs bring welcomed break to Virginia Tech
BLACKSBURG, Va. (WDBJ) – Students at Virginia Tech are getting an unusual spring break visit on campus. Thursday, Feb. 25 marks the second spring break wellness day in lieu of a traditional week-long break Derek is one of the school’s popular therapy dogs; he made his rounds bringing cheer to their days. He went to …
