January 2022
Actress Selma Blair, diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2018, recently announced she has a service dog named Scout, an English Fox Red Labrador.
Has your pooch gotten some sticky sap in his coat somehow? Try rubbing some olive oil or smooth peanut butter on the affected spot, let it sit for a few minutes, and then use your fingers and a wide-toothed comb to carefully and slowly work the sap out of the fur.
Early Alert Canines, located in Concord, California, has begun a pilot program to train dogs to detect COVID by sniffing old socks.
According to Kennel Club UK, the following dog breeds are the easiest to train: Border Collie, Poodle, German Shepherd, Papillon, Labrador Retriever, Golden Retriever, Doberman Pinscher, Shetland Sheepdog, Australian Cattle Dog, and Rottweiler.
Researchers at the University of California, Davis have found that dogs may be stressed by noises such as humming from appliances (low frequency) and battery warnings from smoke detectors (high frequency).