Martina Marchand's 6 year old pit bull named Tina Marie, died in March of kidney failure. Tina Marie was Marchand's service dog and she wants to get a new service dog, but her landlord is threatening to evict her if she does. “I’m lost. I physically need the dog,” Marchand said during an interview … [Read more...]
TSA Training Puppies to Sniff Out Explosives / Pet Bloggers Blog Hop
July 23, 2011 by
Transportation Security Administration (TSA_ have created a Puppy Program at Lackland AFB. The program trains the puppies so that when they are old enough they can go out in the field and protect us as we travel on planes. The puppies are named in honor of 9-11 and war victims and are raised with … [Read more...]
Fast Food Manager Punches Woman with Service Dog
July 21, 2011 by
On July 12 a mother with her Autistic children and service dog entered McDonalds in Marietta Georgia. She was verbally attacked at the door by an off duty manager of the restaurant and even after explaining that the dog was a properly trained and certified therapy dog and was allowed in the … [Read more...]
Service Dog Trainer Who Stole Puppy Turns Dog Over to Police
July 20, 2011 by
Christmas the Golden Retriever Service Dog that we posted about here https://twolittlecavaliers.com/2011/07/service-dog-trainer-stole-puppy-saying-it-went-missing.html on Monday was turned over to police on Tuesday. Christmas a puppy in training for 4 Paws for Ability was supposed to go to … [Read more...]
Service Dog Trainer Stole Puppy Saying it Went Missing
July 18, 2011 by
Authorities said a Pennsylvania woman who was a puppy trainer for 4 Paws for Ability the organization that gives dogs to Autism Spectrum children so they can live a more independent life reported the young service dog missing. Only authorities now know the dog never went missing and the … [Read more...]
Bomb Sniffing Dogs vs TSA Who Is Going to Win?
July 14, 2011 by
Whenever we travel we all know we need to leave the house with hours to spare in order to get through the lines at airport security. From taking off our shoes to pulling our laptops out of the bag and then waiting for our turn to go through the X-ray machine or full body scanner. The … [Read more...]
Sniffer Dogs Out in Full Force in Mumbai After Terror Attack
July 13, 2011 by
It was a regular day in Mumbai on Wednesday until work ended and terrorists struck. In a city still healing from the wounds inflicted on it in 2008 by terrorist attacks killing 166 people the three bombs that went off during rush hour traffic had people in a complete panic. Twenty-one people were … [Read more...]
Agriculture Pest Detection Dogs – Meet Linus
July 12, 2011 by
The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Miami-Dade County, launched the “Don’t Pack a Pest” public awareness campaign today, with … [Read more...]
Determining ROI on Drug and Firearm Detection Dogs
July 8, 2011 by
How do you determine the return on an investment in Police drug and firearm detection dogs? let's start off with saying they have a 100% accuracy rate when they are certified which means that if they don't find something there was nothing to find as they will even alert to someone who had … [Read more...]
RCMP Says Dog Specially Trained to be Left in Hot Car for 2 Hours in the Summer
July 7, 2011 by
As if the multiple stories already in the news this summer of police dogs left in hot cars to die has not been enough there is yet another one to tell you all about. This one more shocking then any of the others put together. An off duty RCMP officer went out fishing and left the police dog in the … [Read more...]
