Training Puppies News

Everett couple give puppies their first lessons to becoming guide dogs for the blind

Rubina, a 15-week old yellow Labrador puppy, rests on Rebecca Menelga's shoes as 6-month-old Viviane (behind) gets a pet from a stranger after a busy day of training at the Everett Mall on Friday. Rubina and Viviane are guide puppies in training.

NEADS seeking help training puppies

NEADS, Dogs for Deaf and Disabled Americans (www.neads.org) is looking for weekend foster parents to help socialize and train puppies currently being trained by inmate handlers in the Norfolk prisons for use as service dogs for people with disabilities.

Army’s Automated Dog Whisperer Will Train Puppies of War

The military wants its next breed of bomb-sniffing dogs to be trained by a computer.

Developmentally Disabled Shelter Volunteer Beats Puppies

Shelter says he didn't know what he was doing A developmentally disabled volunteer at an animal shelter beat two puppies so badly that they had to be put down.

Public outraged by tortured puppies abandoned in Youngstown

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – On Tuesday night animal lovers gathered for a vigil to support House Bill 108 which would make animal abuse a felony in Ohio. They're outraged about the cruel abuse of two puppies earlier this week.