Service Animals

Service animals bring gifts of safety and comfort to their owners. Dog service animals also give their owners the ability to move through their lives in ways that would otherwise be daunting, if not impossible. Whether it’s dogs or cat service animals in your life, these creatures are to be treasured for their generous, loving hearts.

The Inmate Service Dog Trainer

By Linda Rae Smith3 min read

The service dog training program ignited a sense of compassion for prisoners who now have a sense of doing something worthwhile.

How One Family Saved Their Horses from Hurricane Irma

By Alikay Wood2 min read

With a hurricane bearing down on their West Palm Beach home, the Moritz family came up with an unusual way to protect their eight therapy horses.

A Christmas Miracle in Bethlehem

By Stephanie and Marty Phelan and Harold Siegfried6 min read

A couple, a veteran and a dog come together in unlikely fashion at a Pennsylvania holiday arts and crafts festival.

Melanie often makes Dillie her favorite spaghetti dish.

Meet Dillie the Deer

By Megan Troise2 min read

When a three-day-old blind fawn was brought into veterinarian Melanie Butera’s emergency clinic in 2004, she feared the fragile creature wouldn’t survive. Since then, Dillie the deer has captured the world’s attention.

Norbert’s Second Treat

Norbert the therapy dog is an Internet sensation with almost a million followers on Facebook. In this popular video, watch this cuddly canine’s reaction when he receives a well-earned second treat.

Bringing Smoke Home

By John Folsom8 min read

It’s a U.S. Marines tradition to never leave a comrade behind. As far as John Folsom was concerned, that rule applied to Smoke, a wild donkey he met while serving in Iraq: Folsom devoted more than three years to arranging Smoke’s transport to Nebraska.