“Noble and goofy” is how Lloyd Burlingame describes the two seeing eye dogs with which he has been partnered over the past fifteen years or so. And “noble and […]
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Groucho is a yellow Labrador retriever owned by Josie Gavieres, who is the power between BARK Therapy Dogs based in Long Beach, California.
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International Assistance Dog Week (August 4-10) to Honor All Who Raise, Train, and Fund Service Dogs
Whistle, a Labrador/Golden Retriever mix, is owned by Marcie Davis, who in 2009 was the person who succeeded in getting the first full week in August officially dedicated as International Assistance Dog Week. Davis is the Chief Executive Officer of Davis Innovations, a public health and human service consulting firm based in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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Service dog training organizations have historically not been able to keep up with demand, and Sarah Walker was typical of most people who applied for an assistance dog.
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“Buddy delivered to me the divine gift of freedom,” said Morris Frank (1908-1980), an early trailblazer in using a Seeing Eye dog. (Buddy has often been described as the first
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