I personally “rescued” a dog from a shelter, confident I would be giving him a great new life. It wasn’t long before I noticed that he would pester me while I was busy doing something else. Turns out, he was sensing I was upset and was trying to comfort me. Now I pay attention to his prompts and soak up…

Olivia was bred to be a guide dog for the blind. While her volunteer was raising her, she noticed she was always very attracted to children and their needs. “She knew just how to approach them and very tenderly stand in front of them, waiting for their attention.†When Olivia was released for medical reasons, the puppy raiser adopted her…

Every dog has a high calling. Sometimes years of training are put into a dog intended for doing service work but end up not having the temperament for that. As a volunteer for a service dog organization, I worked with this dog, Seillo, from the time she was 8 weeks until she reached 12 months. The organization determined she wasn’t…