In April 1995, Wilma Melville was a California retiree who worked with search dogs when she deployed to the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building bombing in downtown Oklahoma City . Her life changed forever, Melville returned to the West Coast determined ...

Pet turns Service Dog for Detroit Lakes man with multiple sclerosis - DL-Online

John Maurer of Detroit Lakes is a people person. Involved in the retail business until his retirement, he enjoyed getting out and meeting people. His diagnosis of multiple sclerosis in 1980 didn’t slow him down much in the beginning, but as the ...

Tribute: Barbara Bennett ‘was a dog nut’ - Kansas City Star

Barbara and Jim Bennett had 60 sheep on their farm. She had six dogs, and one named Ben was her favorite. Who: Barbara Bennett, 66, of Greenwood, Mo. How and when died: Bennett died Nov. 7 following a second surgical procedure. Small-town gal at ...

Letters from the Doghouse: Is adopting a third dog too much? - Evening Sun

Q: I have a 13-year-old pomapoo weighing in at 18 pounds, and a 7-month-old yorkipoo that weighs 8 pounds and is taller than the pomapoo. I am considering adopting a 3-year-old, 8-pound Chihuahua. He is in a crate 12 to 14 hours a day. I want to ...

Therapy training is vigorous - Texarkana Gazette

Volunteer Pattie Pool holds onto Page Johnson’s Labrador retriever during a therapy dog certification training session Nov. 15 at Spring Lake Park. Staff photo by Tanner Spendley Sit. Stay. Come. Repeat. The routine practice was going on everywhere ...