Most people know that an assistance dog helps someone with a disability – but beyond that, many false assumptions surround ...

“I’m grateful for her beyond words, and that I love her with all my heart.” Rho Miller says that's what she'd tell her beloved dog Lyra if she could explain how much the Labrador means to her. Lyra is ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. They have been eyes for the blind and therapeutic for children with autism. Now assistance dogs are enriching the lives of people with ...

Rho Miller was diagnosed with autism in 2019, and says that she “struggled immensely” with going out on her own. But all of that changed when she got Lyra, a Labrador who is trained to help her owner ...

Dog owners tell their vets that Labrador retrievers are always interested in food, and new work shows there might be a biological truth to the claim. A May 3 study in Cell Metabolism links a gene ...

Samuel Hastie was two-years-old before he could sit up by himself. It was a milestone that should have been notched up when the now-6-year-old was a baby. His parents, Angela and Vincent, knew ...