在协助犬的帮助下，许多视力、听力受损和患有其它疾病的人能够相对独立地生活。协助犬的一项重要工作就是照顾主人的日常生活起居。比如，导盲犬受训后，可以引导同行的主人避开障碍物和其它危险；助听犬受训后，可以识别火警等重要警示音，提醒主人 ...

Forget Shark Week, it’s Bark Week on Mashable. Join us as we celebrate all the good dogs, which we humans do not deserve. Recently, I noticed a person about to cross the street — right into the path ...

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I recently published a pair of articles about a new variety of assistance dog designed to help people with Alzheimer's disease, dementia or other forms of memory impairment (to see these click here or ...

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Packing for university does not usually involve dog treats, leads and poo bags, but for students within the UK's growing 7,000-strong assistance dog community, these are essentials. BBC Young Reporter ...

The range of services provided by assistance and therapy dogs has steadily increased over the past few decades and it now appears that these canine service providers can add Alzheimer's and dementia ...

Heather Kennedy Curtin does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations ...

“Dog is man’s best friend” is not an expression that is unfamiliar to us. Very often that quote bears witness to the diligent work and acts of heroism performed by dogs, both here and abroad. At the ...