When Kellenberg Memorial High School opened in 1987, the school's leaders brought their beloved dogs along. Decades later, ...

Therapy dogs—not to be confused with service dogs—typically accompany their owners in environments like schools, hospitals, and nursing homes to provide comfort and support to individuals on a ...

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 ...

The Tremonton Fire Department introduced Rosie, a 5-month-old Sheepadoodle who joined the department as a therapy dog to ...

Champ, a 10-year-old Yorkie mix from Cohoes, N.Y., is the champion of PEOPLE’s World’s Cutest Rescue Dog Contest Presented by the PEDIGREE® Brand ...

College students who spent a little bit of free time each week interacting with therapy dogs on campus during their first semester experienced fewer signs of stress and depression than those who did ...

Researchers found that emergency room patients who spent 10 minutes with a therapy dog reported less pain than before the animal's visit A new study has found that dogs can help ease the suffering of ...

College students who spent a little bit of free time each week interacting with therapy dogs on campus during their first semester experienced fewer signs of stress and depression than those who did ...

Older age is a familiar marker for human retirement, so it’s tempting to extend the same logic to therapy animals. In practice, however, there is no clear cutoff or evidence-based guideline telling ...

Howard County Public Schools have welcomed four-legged volunteers into school buildings this year. Under a new partnership with nonprofit Fidos For Freedom, therapy dogs come with their owners most ...

Fairmont Elementary’s social and emotional support programs have gotten a boost from an out-of-the-box source, a dog named ...

It may sound odd at first, but agreeing to bring a pack of dogs on as staff in Hopewell Valley Regional School District was the easiest decision then-Superintendent Thomas Smith ever made. And he’s ...