Meet Commander Ike — a 5-year-old yellow lab helping U.S. Navy sailors stay mentally strong during long deployments at sea.

The Madison Police Department introduced its first trained therapy dog, Frost, to kick off Police Week. After more than a ...

Anxious patients are being coaxed into the chair at the dentist's office by a new kind of dental assistant — dental therapy ...

In October 2022, when U.S. Customs and Border Protection Supervisory CBP Officer Monica Williams and Izzy, the agency’s first ...

Kenobi's paws tap softly across the hospital tile. He pauses, tail swaying as a familiar nurse appears in the hall. He leans ...

Badger, Hey Zeus and Nito were making some new friends at UW-Eau Claire, but the trio weren’t exactly students themselves. They’re greyhounds, part of the McIntyre Library Therapy Dog ...

Therapy dog teams offer comfort, connection, and companionship in hospitals, schools, libraries, and other community settings. This volunteer job can be a gratifying way to serve your community and ...

Miami University is home to a robust therapy dog program that started in 2008. Some of the dogs, including Okie, Poppy, and Duck, have weekly office hours at the Clinical Health and Wellness Center on ...

Yellow Labs are one of those breeds that seem to arrive in the world already halfway committed to loving somebody with their ...

Jefferson University Hospital is introducing new therapy dogs, trained by Leashes of Valor, to support staff and students by ...

West Michigan Therapy Dogs, Inc. brings comfort and support by training and providing volunteer therapy dog and handler teams. Prospective volunteers are also able to train their own dogs to become ...