Service and Therapy Dog Training: Different Paths but Both Rewarding By April Minech
Therapy dogs are not service dogs. Service dogs are dogs who are specially trained to perform specific tasks to help a person who has a disability.  Service dogs stay with their person and have special access privileges in public places such as on planes, restaurants, etc. Therapy dogs, such as ones who work toward earning therapy […]
Team Valor – Puppies on a Mission
Army Veteran Omar Brooks and his wife Nicole Malesic began fostering dogs after their dog Lotus passed away. Omar saw very quickly how working with dogs helped his mood and PTSD. He wanted fellow veterans to feel the way he felt following his five years of service in the Army, where he was deployed with […]