Category: Caroline Golon

FAMILY DOG SAVES DROWNING TODDLER

It’s every parent’s nightmare: finding their young child unresponsive in a swimming pool. But thanks to the heroics of a dog named Bear, one family’s son survived what could have been a terrible tragedy. According to the Sturgis Journal, Patricia Drauch of Marcellus, Michigan was outside gardening. Her 14-month-old son, Stanley and their black lab,
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MEET JUDY, THE HERO DOG WHO WAS A WWII POW

For some British soldiers in WWII, the only reason they survived was due to the bravery and loyalty of a military dog named Judy. In 1945, Judy was awarded the United Kingdom’s Dickin Medal, which honors the wartime service of animals. According to National Geographic, Judy, a purebred English pointer, began her career as somewhat
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RETIREMENT COMMUNITY & STUDENTS HELP TRAIN SERVICE DOGS FOR KIDS

When a service dog named Godrick recently joined his new family in New Jersey, hundreds of people in Virginia Beach, from senior citizens to young schoolchildren, cheered him on from afar. That’s because these people were responsible for training Godrick to be the perfect service dog for Ari, a young boy with autism. Godrick, was
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