At the K-9 PTSD Research Center in Seekonk, Massachusetts, retired police and military dogs are finding healing thanks to ...

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Many of our military personnel returning from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have been traumatized by their experiences in the warzones. While the majority struggle with their experiences, most will ...

Anyone who has spent enough time around a service dog can tell you just how conscientious, caring, and patient these animals ...

Vivid imprinting of memories of psychologically traumatizing events occurs in animals ranging from mice to humans. Mice subjected to inescapable foot shock or rats immobilized and then exposed to cats ...

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In 2024, a group of researchers published a paper in the journal JAMA Network Open that sought to answer a potentially life-changing question for many people: can trained service dogs improve the ...

A nonprofit that trains service dogs for disabled veterans in the Phoenix area is set to soon open a training facility in ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The PAWS Act was signed into law by President Joe Biden on Wednesday. The legislation directs the Department of Veterans Affairs to establish a program to provide service dogs and ...

Hank Ford never expected a dog to be his hero — but when a 30-pound service dog bounded into his life, he was rescued from PTSD and a potentially fatal medical crisis! Here, he shares his story with ...