Lucas Hembree is a four-year old boy who suffers from Sanfilippo syndrome, a rare genetic disease, that causes an important enzyme to malfunction and not break down long sugar molecules in the body. As consequence,...
Beth Fortner of Pasco County, Florida relies on her dog Tushcanay (Tush) for a lot of things. Beth suffers from ataxia (a condition that causes uncontrollable movements) so Tush helps her cross busy streets, get...
Pat Picavet who has been battling cancer for two years won a battle of a different sort this week. Last year she and her longtime partner Herb Grigg bought a condo unit in Bahia Del...
A local pastor who passed out and fell into a bathtub he was filling with hot water was saved by his service dog, Excalibur. Pastor Ray McCoy, of Lampass, Texas, suffers from Von Hippel Lindau...
The Winokur family, with Iyal and Chancer (far left). Photo: Ashley Gilbertson Donnie and Harvey Winokur adopted two children from Russia in 1999. One was a boy Iyal, the other a girl, Morasha, born of...
"She’s a godsend," Larry McMahan says about his new service dog, Abby, who is a 2 1/2-year-old white terrier mix. The disabled veteran from North Myrtle Beach met Abby in January and on their first...
A young woman in Ogden, Utah adopted a 4-year old American pit bull from a Ogden Animal Shelter and a bond of friendship and service was born. Sandra Leavitt is 26 years old has...
Mr. Gibbs is Alida's service dog and carries the extra oxygen she needs A two-year-old girl with a rare disease that affects her ability to breath, has newfound freedom and an essential lifeline in the...
Pirelli the puppy will become a service dog despite missing a foot. Pirelli, a golden Labrador retriever, was born to become a service dog. One of a recent litter of dogs destined for Canine Assistants,...
Stevie the 'Wonder Dog' is a 2-1/2-year-old blind pitbull who overcame his disability to become a certified therapy dog and breed ambassador. Currently Stevie helps dozens of men and women cope with their addictions. With...
