Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (COLORADO) — Is your dog bad? Send them to prison. The Prison Trained K-9 Companion Program (PTKCP) aims to fix up your dog and ...

Cuyahoga County Animal Shelter launched its new Dogs Day Out program to help dogs get adopted. Jen Huettich, manager of external affairs for the animal shelter, said the idea came to her while working ...

In June, Jennifer Pegram got her “sidekick” Leonard, a service dog, to assist with her mobility. She has cerebral palsy, a disorder that affects her movement, balance and coordination. In the just ...

Therapy dogs have long been known to brighten the moods of patients in hospitals. But could these furry four-legged friends help support the health care providers who care for patients? A new study by ...

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Inmates at Augusta State Medical Prison are fostering and training rescue dogs that shelters could not place, through a program called Pups in the Pen. The program started ...

Military working dogs have come a long way since the days of ancient Persia and Assyria, where they donned armor, spiked collars and warned of impending attack or charged on the enemy's cavalry. But ...

Craig Dixon, a nurse in the ICU at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, pets therapy dogs with the Buckeye Paws Program. Dixon says a visit from the certified dog-handler teams not only ...