Disaster Plans Often Overlook These Important Points

Include your service dog in your household emergency plan. Decide who can help with the dog if you need medical care, and keep that person’s contact details…

Anything Pawsable Staff
Published November 8, 2018

Voting With a Service Dog: 2018 Article Updated

This article originally concerned the 2018 election. Those dates and deadlines have passed.

Kea Grace
Published November 5, 2018

Service Dogs for Autistic Children: Individual Needs and Family Planning

A service dog may help an autistic child through specifically trained tasks.

Bev Thompson
Published November 4, 2018

Dogs That Work with Fire Departments

Dogs can support fire departments and disaster-response teams in several distinct roles.

Kea Grace
Published October 6, 2018

Allergen-Detection Dogs: Assistance Has Limits

Some dogs are trained to indicate a target allergen scent or to help a person carry out an allergy-related response.

Kea Grace
Published September 28, 2018

Hearing Assistance for a Person With Diabetes

Diabetes can be associated with hearing loss. If you notice difficulty following conversations, frequent requests for repetition or changes in hearing, discuss an…

Bev Thompson
Published August 31, 2018

Respecting People With Visible or Invisible Disabilities

This list reflects the writer’s perspective on respectful interactions.

Lisa A Faulkner
Published August 24, 2018

Teaching a Comfortable Nose Target

Targeting means voluntarily touching a chosen point. A nose target can help teach positioning or an appropriate button task, but it does not make every pushing or…

Kea Grace
Published August 23, 2018

New Facility Will Enable Semper K9 to Reach More Veterans, Rescue More Dogs

This is the original 2018 announcement. Its projected spring 2019 completion date, lodging arrangements, staffing and view counts are historical.

Kea Grace
Published August 13, 2018

What Search-and-Rescue Dogs Do

Search-and-rescue dogs work with trained handlers as part of an organized response.

Kea Grace
Published August 11, 2018