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University of Iowa settles housing discrimination complaint by student with a service dog. Settlement includes $10 thousand payment and revised housing policies and procedures.

An impressive demonstration of snooping among the Christmas presents

A  background story on training airport dogs to locate illegal drugs in passenger luggage.  Young Japanese trainer describes his process — rewards the dog with praise and play.

Praise and play is precisely the process Mary Newman uses in training her Ace to locate the target.  Here he demonstrates his joy at working in an exhibit at our December show.

A parade of 11 therapy dogs visit the children’s unit of a Wichita hospital on a given evening.

Your therapy dog could become a national celebrity with nationwide responsibilities.  The Weather Channel and the American Humane Association are search for a therapy dog and handler who can assist in the wake of weather disasters.  Details of the talent search are here:

This was match month for four shelter dogs who had been training for nearly a year to become search and rescue dogs for national emergencies.  They were matched with first responders in a California ceremony.  Here are details of the program and the ceremony.

A dog given up for dead after going for a swim in the sea is rescued by and returned to his family in the UK.  Details here.

From a dog-less childhood to national director of animal assisted therapies for the American Humane Association,  Amy McCullough credits Bailey, a rescued Golden Retriever, for the transition.  Here are the details of the transition.

Therapy teams take two-hour shifts at the Emory University library as student stress relief during finals week.   This story presents a clinical explanation of how these therapy visits gets the desired results.  The visits boost oxytocin production. 

Minnesota dentist adds service of Cocker Spaniel for patients who request the support for some dental procedures.  See Molly at work in the lap of a patient in this short video.

The dog in this story knows better than the reporter who covered the event.  The video shows an actor wearing a Pluto suit playing on all fours with a Poodle service dog.  The story is presented as if two “dogs” were playing.  Obviously, the Poodle could smell the Pluto to be a human and the engagement is nothing out of the ordinary for a human and dog play.  The reporter just presents the story as if the interaction were based on the dog suit.