Home design for disabled vet and service dog tackles accessibility
When Paul Durbin goes out, Harmony keeps strangers from invading his personal space. When something falls on the ground, she retrieves it. “I don’t like people in my personal space. She makes sure she...
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Kyle Walpole of Evergreen uses his service dog, Matilda, as a second pair of ears. Matilda went through two years of extensive training that taught her how to handle herself in public settings. She...
View ArticleShould Colorado legislature ban unofficial service pets (2 letters)
Matilda II, a five-year-old service dog, stands with her owner, Kyle Walpole, at an intersection near downtown Evergreen in 2014. (Anya Semenoff, YourHub) Re: Fake service animals would be criminalized...
View ArticleLegislation to outlaw phony service animals dies in Senate committee
Republicans on the state Senate Judiciary Committee killed a bill Monday that would have criminalized attempts to pass off a pet as a service animal for the disabled. The committee defeated House Bill...
View ArticleOpposition to failed Colorado legislation regarding service animals
State House Bill 1308 would have criminalized attempts to pass off a pet as a service animal for the disabled. (Anya Semenoff, The Denver Post) Re: Legislation to outlaw phony service animals dies in...
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Ownership battle erupts over assistance dog for boy with autism
A conflict over ownership of an assistance dog named Secret has spilled into an Arapahoe County courtroom after the group that provides the animals to help kids with autism pulled the cream-colored...
View ArticleAssistance dog Secret stays in Colorado pending case resolution
An assistance dog named Secret, a 2-year-old Labrador retriever at the heart of an ownership dispute, will remain with a foster family in Colorado pending resolution of the lawsuit that seeks to...
View ArticleLast known living 9/11 search dog dies in Texas at age 16
COLLEGE STATION, Texas — The last known living 9/11 search dog has died in a Houston suburb at age 16. Bretagne, a golden retriever, was euthanized Monday at a veterinary clinic in the Houston suburb...
View ArticleSupreme Court will hear dispute over service dog at school
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is taking up an appeal from an 11-year-old Michigan girl with cerebral palsy who wasn’t allowed to bring her service dog to school. The justices said Tuesday they will...
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Dispute over companion dog for boy with autism ends in settlement
Secret hangs out in the back yard of his foster home in Centennial. Secret is trained to be a companion to children with autism and is at the center of a lawsuit.RJ Sangosti, The Denver Post A dispute...
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$500,000 creates 3 new “pet relief” areas at DIA that chase growing doggie trend
Provided by Denver International AirportA traveling dog at Denver International Airport checks out one of three new pet relief areas that opened on the concourses last week. Traveling pooches at Denver...
View ArticleLittleton apartment management company settles fair housing complaints...
A fair housing agency investigating complaints found that an employee of a Littleton apartment complex illegally refused to accept renters who had children or those who depended on service animals. The...
View ArticleFor Freedom Service Dogs, new home means more service dogs for more people
When he got out of the Marines in 2013, Alex Maus carried mental scars that are all too common among American servicemen and women. The Afghanistan veteran said that he was more withdrawn and irritable...
View ArticleCSU’s first paraplegic veterinary student presses on, overcomes challenges
A sky-diving accident left Bernard Dime a double-leg amputee, and the deep depression that followed nearly swallowed the 30-year-old forever. But with the help of friends and mentors, as well his...
View ArticleVeterans and their pups receive free check ups on Armed Forces Day
El the husky is 14 years old and Nestor Lujan has been with him for all 14 years. El and Lujan sat eating together in the Volunteers of America veterans services center Saturday. El had just finished a...
View ArticleService dog allegedly stolen in Colorado located in California
SALINAS, Calif. – A Colorado man who claims his service dog was stolen will be reunited with the animal after authorities located it in California. Eero Kanerva of Loveland suffers from an anxiety...
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Ohio veteran can keep ducks to relieve PTSD, depression
COLUMBUS, Ohio — An Ohio veteran who sought to defy local law and keep pet ducks, that he says help relieve his post-traumatic stress disorder and depression, can now keep them. The Coshocton Tribune...
View ArticleMarine dog with cancer gets tear-filled farewell in Michigan
MUSKEGON, Mich. — Hundreds of people in Michigan came together to salute and say a tear-filled final goodbye to a cancer-stricken dog who served three tours in Afghanistan with the U.S. Marines. Cena...
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How the chaos of Hurricane Katrina helped save pets from flooding in Texas
As Hurricane Harvey pelted Houston with heavy rains over the weekend, a local television news station broadcast footage of flood evacuees sitting outside the George R. Brown Convention Center. The...
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Families accuse Colorado Springs service dog company of scamming customers
Briggs Geister decided to buy a service dog from Noelle’s Dogs Four Hope based on the company’s glowing online reviews and its reasonable prices. Her husband has difficulty walking and uses oxygen due...
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