My guide dog helps me travel the world as a fully blind person. I don't take it for granted, but the hardest part is dealing ...
Floppy ears, big eyes, tender paws and earnest faces—puppies evoke an instant cuddle response in humans. But they can also change lives. That's the case for Katie McCoy, 33. Born with a genetic eye ...
Guide dogs for low vision and blindness can be beneficial. This may include moving around, avoiding obstacles, and mental health. Share on Pinterest German Adrasti/Getty Images Service dogs for people ...
The auditorium at UCR Palm Desert Center was the setting for Guide Dogs of the Desert's May 21 graduation ceremony, the first since the COVID pandemic hit. Since 1972, Coachella Valley-based Guide ...
Social distancing rules can make exercising a challenge for a blind runner who needs a volunteer tethered as a guide. But Thomas Panek has no problem because his running guide, Blaze, is a Labrador ...
Brooke Stern, of Northport, is a volunteer with America's VetDogs and the Guide Dog Foundation. She says helping these dogs eventually change somebody's life for the better is a "very special thing." ...
Officer Avila pets guide dogs in training at the Mission police station on Aug. 3, 2024. Photo by Abigail Van Neely. BART passengers finally had something to smile about last weekend, when a dozen ...
Southeastern Guide Dogs is looking for volunteer puppy raisers to help the organization socialize and train future service dogs Pet adoptions and pet fostering have increased throughout the ongoing ...
Thomas Panek and his guide dog Gus running the Boston 5K to prepare for the NYC Half Marathon. Getty Images If there was a medal for being a good boy, Gus, a 7-year-old guide dog, would surely have ...