Murray Minick, formerly of Altoona, gets acquainted with PawZone therapy dog, Norm, a 5-year-old Bernedoodle owned by Julie Lutz of Altoona. Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski HOLLIDAYSBURG — Tails ...

Volunteers with Blue Water Therapy Dogs visit schools, hospitals and care homes across the area, spreading comfort and joy ...

Dogs are no longer required to have Therapy Dog certification to visit nursing homes and other pets are not only being allowed in but some are living on premises When bringing a dog into a hospital or ...

LOWELL, Michigan — Crisp autumn mornings are here. But at Green Acres Senior Living in Lowell, it may as well be the dog days. That's thanks to Janet Twesten and her three four-legged best friends. "I ...

GURNEE, Ill. (AP) -- Kelly Moyer shared a love of animals with her father. As a child she owned not only dogs, but also a pony, a cow and a goose. Today, Moyer, 44, shares her home with two dogs -- a ...

“Ten years ago the direction of my life changed forever,” writes dog trainer Debbie Pearl of Huntington, California on this clip of her preparing dinner for her large pack of dogs. “My mission was ...