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Dog in Court Causes Legal Controversy
Tweet Rosie the service dog isn’t the first court dog in the country, but she’s the first in New York, and defense attorneys may appeal the guilty verdict she recently helped secure. Rosie aided a 15-year-old rape survivor as she … Continue reading
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Tagged court dogs, courtroom, rosie-court-dog, Service dogs, testimony, trial
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Dogs are Hip to Joint Replacements
Tweet The relatively new science of complete joint replacement for pets is gaining lots of fans. Athletic dogs can stay competitive, and working and service dogs can continue doing what they do best. Total hip replacement for large dogs has … Continue reading
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Tagged Dog Care, dog-blog, dog-hip-joint-replacement, dog-joint-replacements, dog-plog, dogblog, Dogs and science, elbow replacement, frank-rich-alaska, frank-rich-willow-alaska, Hip replacement, hip-replacements-for-dogs-in-large-dogs, hip-replacements-in-huskies, joint replacement, joint-replacements-for-dogs, kroger-dog-food-recall, Medicine, Service dogs, total-hip-replacement-in-dog-blog, working dogs
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School Allows Service Dog on Trial Basis
Tweet Andrew Stevens, 12 years old, suffers from Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, a severe form of epilepsy. His service dog, Alaya, is trained to respond to his seizures. Andrew’s school had refused to allow Alaya to accompany Andrew to school, but now … Continue reading
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Tagged Alaya, Andrew Stevens, dog-blog, dog-blog-dogstuff, dogstuff-com, epilepsy, Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, lennox-gastaut-syndrome-dog, lennox-gastautsyndrome, lennox-therapy-dog, lennoxgastautsyndrome, lennoxsyndrom, nervesinthecaninechest, oregon-dog-blogs, Service dogs, service-dog-stuff, servicedogsforseizures, syndromelennoxgastaut, vagusnerveandseizure, vagusnervedisordersdogs
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Conflict Over Service Dog
Tweet School districts and parents across the country continue to clash about allowing service dogs for students on campus. (We’ve blogged about it before — see here, here, here, and here.) The latest battle is in Florida, where Collier County … Continue reading
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Dogs and PTSD Redux
TweetHere’s a Time Magazine video on dogs helping vets with PTSD.
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Vets and Dogs on a Mission
Tweet Post-traumatic stress disorder is one of the gravest challenges facing veterans. To make things even more difficult, the stigma and shame associated with PTSD make it hard to ask for help. The far too high, and rising, suicide rate … Continue reading
Service Dogs Help Kids with Autism
Tweet New research provides additional support for the idea that specially trained service dogs are beneficial for children with autism. A Canadian study showed that service dogs markedly lowered levels of cortisol, a stress-related hormone. In addition, parents noticed fewer … Continue reading
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Tagged animaltherapydogboy, autism, autismdogs, canadian-study-linking-autism-cortisol, canine-companions-for-independence-2011-autism, doghelpingaboy, Dogs and science, dogwithkids, helpingorservicedogshelpingdogs, homesforpoeplewithautism, kidhelpingdog, kidsanddogs, kidsandservicedogs, Service dogs, service-dogs-and-autism-in-missouri, service-dogs-for-autism-kids-in-canadian-classrooms, servicedogs, servicedogshelping, servicedogvideosforkids, servicedogwithkid
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Pit Bull Service Dog Controversy
Tweet Miami-Dade County has a law banning American pit bull terriers, American Staffordshire terriers, Staffordshire bull terriers, or any dog that matches most of those breeds’ traits. However, an increasing number of people in the Miami-Dade area are registering pit … Continue reading
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Tagged americanpitbulldogstherapy, can-pitbull-service-dog-be-banned, certifiedpitbulltherapydog, controversy-on-pitbulls, controversy-pitbull-dogs, dogs and the law, opinionated DogMom, pit bulls, pit-bull-puppy-service-dog, pit-bull-service-animals, pitbulls-certified-as-a-service-dog, pitbullservicedogs, pitbullterrierservicedog, pitbulltherapy, pitbulltherapydog, pitbulltherapydogs, Service dogs, service-dog-cirtification-controversy, Therapy Dogs, training dogs
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