Dog Stories

Who doesn’t love a Labrador Retriever? With its intelligent and alert eyes, smiling face, and loyal and loving disposition, it’s no wonder that the Labrador has a secure hold on its title of most popular dog in the United States.

Due to their intellect, gentleness, steady temperaments, adaptability, and eagerness to please, Labs excel as both family and working dogs. Part of the American Kennel Club®’s Sporting Group, they have long been favored hunting companions, but are also widely used as guide and assistance dogs, therapy dogs, search-and-rescue dogs, and in narcotics detection and other law enforcement work.
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It takes a special kind of person to allow themselves to love something deeply while knowing that they will have to let it go. That’s exactly what a dog foster parent does each time they release one of their foster dogs to its new forever home. Their sadness, however, is tempered by the knowledge that the dog has a wonderful life ahead of it, with all the joys and treats and affection a dog should have, and the knowledge that without them, it wouldn’t be possible.
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Curling up with a canine companion is definitely one of life’s purest and most simple pleasures. How many times have you wished you could bottle that wonderful feeling of comfort and peace that comes from petting a dog so you could open it up and have that feeling again when things get rough? That’s the basic premise behind therapy dogs: dogs that are trained to be well-behaved and provide comfort and affection to those in need of it.
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So far this month, we’ve brought you several posts on dogs that are frequently overlooked when it is time to add a canine member to your family. These dogs represent only a portion of the dogs desperately in need of forever homes across the country; that’s right, we’re talking about shelter dogs!
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