I’m also a professional dog trainer, it won’t surprise you that I love to see a sniffer dog working at the airport.

Forget those old timey paintings of Dalmations riding to fires on horse drawn carriages, their ears flapping in the breeze. Modern canines have a much more important role in today’s fire service.

In the last days of December 2017, California firefighters faced not just the unrelenting exhaustion of fighting the state’s largest-ever wildfire for weeks without a break, but the grief of losing one of their own.

Skilled medical-alert service dogs can make a profound difference in the lives of people with diabetes - sometimes the difference between life or death.

Imagine not being able to pick up a set of keys, open a door, or carry a bag of groceries without asking for help from family, friends, or paid caregivers.