Carefully planned therapy dog visits help reduce anxiety, support rehab, and make hospitals less frightening for young ...

Incarcerated trainers in the Helping PAWS program at Logan Correctional Center raise puppies that will later work as mobility ...

Craig Dixon, a nurse in the ICU at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, pets therapy dogs with the Buckeye Paws Program. Dixon says a visit from the certified dog-handler teams not only ...

In June, Jennifer Pegram got her “sidekick” Leonard, a service dog, to assist with her mobility. She has cerebral palsy, a disorder that affects her movement, balance and coordination. In the just ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Nationwide Children’s Hospital has announced plans to expand its Butterfly PAWS program. In a press release, the hospital stated that its facility and therapy dog program ...

BELMONT COUNTY, Ohio — Several organizations in and around Belmont County have partnered for years with the Belmont Correctional Institution to give dogs a second chance, not unlike the hopes of the ...

Hannah Kliger joined the CBS News New York team as a reporter in May 2022, focusing her coverage in Brooklyn. A native New Yorker, Hannah has received several awards for her investigative journalism ...

The Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Office is temporarily suspending its Jail Dogs program as part of a renovation of the jail facility. The program, a partnership between the sheriff’s office and the ...

Police departments say they can be more creative in their approach to law enforcement when there is a dog on their squad. They also need to be creative when figuring out how to pay for it. Donations ...

FORSYTH COUNTY, N.C. — A New Leash on Life is a program not just changing the outcome for dogs in North Carolina, but also the inmates who train them. It's a state prison dog-training program where ...