Pet Therapy: Recovering With Four-Legged Friends Requires Less Pain Medication Nov 18, 2009
17, 2009) Adults who use pet therapy while recovering from total joint-replacement surgery require 50 percent less pain medication than those who do not. These findings were presented at the 18th Annual Conference of the International Society of Anthrozoology and the First Human Animal Interaction Conference (HAI) in Kansas City, Mo. (Science Daily)
A home for animals Nov 11, 2009
Dogs for the Deaf volunteers train Humane Society dogs to work as hearing dogs to assist people who are deaf or hard of hearing. We have several success stories, Carson said. (Klamath Falls Herald & News, OR)
Better together Oct 30, 2009
Hearing dogs look out for handlers, giving both new lease on life ... has placed more than 1,300 hearing dogs all over the country since 1976 ... What's unique about hearing dogs, says Kathy Foreman of NEADS, is that they work without being given commands. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Local dog show imagines the 'PawsAbilities' Mar 15, 2009
The annual event benefits Susquehanna Service Dogs, a program of Keystone Children y Services that trains service dogs and hearing dogs to assist children and adults with disabilities. PawsAbilities will continue Sunday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex, 2300 N. Cameron St., Harrisburg. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
PawsAbilities offers weekend for the dogs Mar 10, 2009
PawsAbilities was designed to showcase the local dog community and to raise funds for Susquehanna Service Dogs, a Keystone Children and Family Services program designed to train and provide service and hearing dogs to assist children and adults with disabilities to become more independent. About 15 service dogs are placed each year with families. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
