Author: Juba

Dog owners can take heart from new research about the possible health benefits of having a dog. According to two new studies by the American Heart Association, owning a dog is associated with an increased likelihood of living longer, especially among people who’ve previously had a heart attack or stroke. The findings are published in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, a journal of the American Heart Association. In a study of dog-owning and non-dog owning survivors of heart attacks or strokes,…

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Vietnam veteran Joe Tasby was admitted to a Nevada hospital in March with his guide dog, Cupid, by his side. When the hospital went into lockdown due to the coronavirus crisis and visitors couldn’t stop by to care for Cupid, he needed help. That’s when nurse Barbara Borbeck stepped in to care for them both. Tasby, who is blind, went to HCA Healthcare’s Southern Hills Hospital in Las Vegas in the middle of March, thinking he would…

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Police in Concord, California are asking for the public’s help in finding a puppy that was stolen from a family’s home. The dog belonged to an ER nurse, who said the 11-week-old Mlinois was taken from her house around 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. The Concord Police Department posted about the dog, Max, on Facebook, writing “Warning, you are about to get really mad.” The post included security footage of the suspect in the homeowner’s driveway,…

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Hadley Jo Lange has epilepsy and relies on her beloved service dog, Ariel, to keep her safe wherever she goes. Last week, the 7-year-old’s school surprised her and her family by including Ariel’s photo next to Lange in the kindergarten yearbook. Lange was diagnosed with epilepsy when she was 2 years old and has had Ariel since the dog was a puppy, her mother Heather DeVore Lange told CBS News. The 4-year-old service dog accompanies…

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When Colton Michael got home from work last Wednesday he found a dog on his front porch. It was as if the yellow lab-border collie mix was waiting for Michael to arrive, he told CBS News via email on Tuesday. The dog wasn’t his — but it seemed like she felt at home. That’s because in a way, she was. The dog, later identified as Cleo, had previously lived at the house in Lawson, Missouri,…

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Palm Coast, Florida — Robbie Gay loves an underdog. If you bring the 9-year-old to the Flagler County Humane Society in Palm Coast, Florida, and ask him to find a favorite, he will seek out the oldest, mangiest, least-adoptable mutt of the lot. “There’s something about old dogs that I just like,” Robbie said. That’s because he sees himself in them. “He knows what it feels like not to be loved and cared for. He’s the…

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On a 100-degree day in El Paso, a Texas terrier named Tumble is enjoying a bit of fresh air while trying to beat the heat. However, most of Tumble’s time is spent inside a cage at El Paso Animal Services. She was brought to the shelter after she was found on the street, her head trapped in a fence. “Usually in any given year, we have 25,000-30,000 animals come through the door,” said Kyla White,…

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Michigan couple Steve and Debra Mejeur received a very special Christmas surprise this year. The pair said they were reunited with their beloved black Lab mix, Lola, who went missing over three years ago. In October 2017, the couple and then 5-year-old Lola were visiting a friend in Elk Grove Village, Illinois — about three hours from their home in Kalamazoo — when their world turned upside down. Somehow, the pup escaped from the fenced-in…

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In January 2021, the American Kennel Club, the premiere association for purebred dogs, welcomed a new breed to its ranks: the Biewer terrier. Pronounced like “beaver,” this beguiling little toy pup went through quite a journey to achieve AKC recognition. Every would-be AKC breed must start out with its own national club, with at least 100 active members. There also must be least 300 to 400 dogs of pedigree standard in at least 20 states. From there, aspiring AKC breeds…

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Scientists said Wednesday they had discovered the oldest remains of a domestic dog in the Americas dating back more than 10,000 years. That suggests the animals accompanied the first waves of human settlers. Humans are thought to have migrated to North America from Siberia over what is today the Bering Strait at the end of the last Ice Age — between 30,000 and 11,000 years ago. The history of dogs has been intertwined with man…

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