Adopting a pet can have lasting effects on your child—it can teach your kid how to love, experience a real bond, and learn how to nurture life that extends beyond their own. Teaching your child to be ...

An adaptable dog breed being pet by its owner.

On three acres in Waxhaw, Charlie Petrizzo, 47, raises companion dogs for children with chronic conditions, serious injuries and special needs including autism and Down syndrome. Petrizzo and his wife ...

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A lot of recent research has confirmed that there are stress-reducing benefits when people have positive encounters with dogs. It is this effect that accounts for the increasingly widespread use of ...

Kids Reading to Dogs at the Bush Family Home State Historic Site, originally scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 24, has been ...

What is the kindest dog breed? Many people will answer that Beagles are! While these are scent hounds with a hunting past, ...

FRANKFORT — In rural Benzie County one woman’s pack of Leonberger therapy dogs is making a remarkable difference in the lives of children with neurological conditions. “We’ve done that drive from the ...