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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 ...

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KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — After working at a crowded and dangerous internment camp in Iraq, Air Force Staff Sgt. Heather O’Brien brought home with her anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder. A ...

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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 ...

Training a service dog doesn’t just change the life of another veteran; it may help heal the trainer, too. A new study finds that volunteering with dogs could slow biological aging in female veterans ...

JUD -- It takes a special dog to meet the needs of the men and women who deal with post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, according to Annie Strickland, administrator for Service Dogs for America.

When Joe Moreno, a Navy veteran, panicked and took cover between two cars in a mall parking lot, suddenly transported back to his deployment during the 2003 invasion into Iraq, he knew he had to seek ...

Becky Flanagan works with service-dog-in-training Cam at Runnings of Rapid City. Flanagan, a U.S. Army veteran, has started Super Dogs for Super Heroes, a nonprofit that trains shelter dogs to be ...

Kris Watts, an accounting manager at Neal Land and Neighborhoods, is making a difference for veterans in Manatee and Sarasota counties through her passion for service dogs and commitment to giving ...