Experts share what assistance dogs do, the types of disabilities they support, and the role of reputable organizations in finding the right animal.

The problem is that untrained service dogs can be a nuisance to fellow travelers, but also could possibly inhibit actual ...

In short order, Teddy — a bright-eyed and bushy-tailed 3-year-old yellow Lab — punched a wall button with his nose, yanked a ...

Helping Paws says Melissa and Mark Hortman started volunteering with the organization back in 2014, when their daughter signed up to train a service dog. They had such a positive experience, Melissa ...

It takes intense effort to teach service dogs the skills they need to help people with disabilities or alert them to ...

Air Force Veteran Henry J. Ham II share his experience with his service dog, Trip, which was provided to him for free thanks ...

People are often shocked when they learn that a fully trained service dog can cost as much as a new car, and a nice one at that. To the average person, these numbers seem unbelievable and a process ...

Lawmakers in Washington have cut federal funding for service dogs that are trained for veterans. A North Dakota organization ...

Brookwood Elementary welcomed Marshall, a standard poodle and trained service dog, in a ceremony at the school.

While we all have certain boundaries that we set for our pups, those boundaries are even more intense for a service dog. After all, not only are they an adorable dog with the same needs as a regular ...

Incarcerated trainers in the Helping PAWS program at Logan Correctional Center raise puppies that will later work as mobility ...

Training a service dog doesn’t just change the life of another veteran; it may help heal the trainer, too. A new study finds that volunteering with dogs could slow biological aging in female veterans ...