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Meet ‘Kilo’ the service dog helping former soldier heal | 60 Minutes Australia
03 Friday Jul 2020
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01 Wednesday Jul 2020
Therapy Dog Gets Honorary Degree
29 Friday May 2020
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From the Huffpost:
He’s got a Ph.D. in being a very good boy.
Well, technically it’s an honorary doctorate in veterinary medicine, but either way, Moose is a very accomplished dog.
The 8-year-old Labrador retriever has worked as a therapy dog at Virginia Tech’s Cook Counseling Center since 2014. Now, his years of service to students are being celebrated with an honorary degree from the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, which is operated by Virginia Tech and the University of Maryland at College Park. Moose was granted the degree at a virtual commencement ceremony on Friday.
See entire article at Huffpost.
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22 Friday May 2020
5 Things To Know Before You Adopt A Dog | Life Kit | NPR
15 Friday May 2020
Study to determine if Dogs could be trained to detect COVID-19 through scent
01 Friday May 2020
From CNET: “Dogs could potentially be used to sniff out COVID-19. The University of Pennsylvania’s School of Veterinary Medicine said Tuesday that it’s launching a research initiative using scent detection dogs to differentiate between samples from COVID-19 positive and negative patients. ” See full article at CNET
