In short order, Teddy -- a bright-eyed and bushy-tailed 3-year-old yellow Lab -- punched a wall button with his nose, yanked a rope to open a kitchen cabinet door and tugged a walker across the floor.

A group of students at Payson High School are making a difference outside the classroom by helping train service dogs for ...

DELAND - For nine years Allison Leffler felt helpless when her autistic daughter had sensory meltdowns. But recently she watched in awe as her sensory-overloaded daughter found comfort and calm in the ...

Veterans struggling with PTSD and mobility issues can rely on dogs to help them, according to Dr. Bonnie Bergin, founder of Paws for Purple Hearts. Dr. Bergin, a former special education teacher, ...

Zachary Cook was diagnosed with cerebral palsy, epilepsy and Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia Type 4 ...

CONCORD, Calif. (KGO) -- Service dogs have been helping the disabled and visually impaired for decades. But now an innovative program started in the Bay Area is now training dogs to help another group ...

Nakelle Williams is a multi-skilled journalist at CBS News Atlanta, reporting on issues impacting the residents of Fulton County. September is National Service Dog Month, a time to honor heroic ...

TODAY ON. FOR THE RECORD, I DIDN’T EVEN UNDERSTAND WHAT A SERVICE DOG COULD DO FOR ME. A LOCAL ORGANIZATION AIMED AT PROVIDING SERVICE DOGS FOR VETERANS. I KNEW THAT WITHIN THE FIRST, I WOULD SAY TWO ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - Hundreds of thousands of U.S. veterans need service dogs, particularly to manage PTSD. Even so, less than one percent of veterans who need a dog actually get one. One local ...