Firefighter Saves Dog by Performing CPR
A firefighter performed CPR on a dog, saving its life after responding to a mobile home fire. Firefighter Stephen "Odie" Odom removed one of the dogs trapped in the home, he noticed he was not breathing. Odom began performing CPR on the dog, eventually saving him, the Associated Press reports.
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State Says Deaf Student May Take Service Dog to School
More than a year after the East Meadow School District in Nassau County, N.Y., barred a deaf high school student from taking his service dog to school, a state official ruled on Monday that the district had violated the state’s Human Rights Law, the New York Times reports.
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Tiny Dog Isn’t Tiniest, But He’s Plenty Talented
Chihuahua Tiny Dancer came close to grabbing a Guinness World Record as the world's smallest dog last year, but other dogs turned out to be even smaller than the 5-inch-tall Florida dog. Now, Dancer's owner has embarked on another quest: to have the teensy fellow named the world's smallest therapy dog, the Detroit Free Press reports.
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Miami K9 Officer Charged With Neglect in Dog’s Death
Rondal Brown, a K9 officer with the Miami Police Department, was charged Monday with allowing his Bloodhound to starve to death. Prosecutors say they filed two felony counts after investigators determined that Dynasty, 4, was extremely malnourished when she died in late November, USA Today reports.
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