(WHTM) — If you are out and about you may see someone in public with a dog in a purple vest. The dog is a service dog and them along with their handlers actually can run into difficulties, although it ...

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

WASHINGTON — More than a dozen bills for improving veterans services were introduced Wednesday to House lawmakers in a series of brief hearings, from covering the cost of prosthetics for amputees to ...

As a disabled veteran with a service dog trained by K9 Partners for Patriots in Brooksville, I have a unique perspective on one of the most pressing issues facing the service dog community today: the ...

Untrained or poorly trained animals are misrepresented as service animals, creating issues for people with disabilities and businesses. Fake service dogs cause problems such as unsanitary behavior, ...

Bill Lins stuck it out in the U.S. Marine Corps for as long as he could. Enlisting in 2004, Lins, 38, served in Iraq in 2006 and 2007. On that last deployment, his unit was prepping vehicles at FOB ...

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They fight for our freedoms but often struggle to live their own lives freely due to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Roughly 7% of all US service veterans have PTSD, with symptoms such as ...

"Pumpkin seeds" over the eyes of dark dogs allow us to read their facial expressions more easily. Source: Nancy Darling Dogs are versatile, varying from the tiniest Pekinese to the leggy Afghan or ...

Follow the two-year service dog training process and hear from their handlers. Thousands of people with disabilities rely on the assistance of service dogs. Follow the two-year service dog training ...

Two women told The Arizona Republic that Allegiant Air wrongfully denied their service dogs. One of them had been unaware prior to her flight that the rules had changed. In December 2020, the U.S.

Service dogs can be four-legged lifesavers, alerting to dangerous allergens, assisting with travel and making people with a wide range of disabilities safer. But fake service dogs, advocates say, are ...