Assistance dogs are best known for their ability to help those who are visually impaired. However, did you know there are several additional tasks they’re trained for? Here are seven surprising jobs ...

Imagine a loyal partner by your side, ready to open doors, pick up dropped keys, or even alert you to a hidden medical danger. For many people, this is their daily reality, thanks to an assistance dog ...

Eight-year-old Chance Ogden dressed to the nines for an interview with his potential assistance dog. He knew the dog’s trainer liked Michael Jackson, so Chance wore a clip-on bow tie and gloves. He ...

Scooby was trained by the Assistance Dogs NI organisation. According to Gary Jordan from Assistance Dogs NI, Scooby and other ...

Clancy the dog can open doors and retrieve items. He knows how to pull an alarm to call for help and how to pick up dropped ...

I recently published a pair of articles about a new variety of assistance dog designed to help people with Alzheimer's disease, dementia or other forms of memory impairment (to see these click here or ...

The range of services provided by assistance and therapy dogs has steadily increased over the past few decades and it now appears that these canine service providers can add Alzheimer's and dementia ...

Forget Shark Week, it’s Bark Week on Mashable. Join us as we celebrate all the good dogs, which we humans do not deserve. Recently, I noticed a person about to cross the street — right into the path ...

Patient Leader, Writer, Speaker, Charity Ambassador and Blogger. Appointed MBE in 2016 age 22. Owner of Dog A.I.D. Assistance Dog Molly. Patient Leader, Writer, Speaker, Charity Ambassador and Blogger ...

A woman says she was left feeling "dehumanised" after being turned away from a Wetherspoons because she was with her medical assistance dog. Naimh MacLoughlin said she went to The Society Rooms in ...