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In Their Debt: Having a Ball While Saving the World

Features, In Their Debt, May June 2020, Online-only, Online-only Content, Service

Rescued Labs protect wildlife and wild places  through Working Dogs for Conservation...
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In Their Debt: A Life-Saving Lab

Features, In Their Debt, January February 2020, Online-only, Online-only Content, Service

Detection dog at Laguna Treatment Hospital helps people in recovery stay sober dropcapA/dropcapround the time James Cocco celebrated two...
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Citizen Lab: Teaching Hold and Delivery to Hand

Citizen Lab, January February 2020, Online-only, Online-only Content, Training

Part I This article continues my discussion of getting a Lab to retrieve without force-fetching, focusing on the final steps – holding...
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In Their Debt: Hockey Dogs

In Their Debt, March April 2020, Online-only, Online-only Content, Service

NHL teams raise Labs as future service dogs – and spread a whole lot of cute along the way...
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Little Parts, Big Problems

Features, Health, May June 2013

Just like a small nail in a tire can sideline several tons of powerful steel, a problem with one of the smallest parts of the canine...
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Learn to Save Your Lab’s LIFE

Features, Health, July August 2013

First aid tip: To check for a pulse, the simpllest way is to position your Lab on its side and place your hand in the area where the hind...
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In Their Debt: Friends to First Responders

In Their Debt, November December 2021, Service

Labs trained by the nonprofit Service Dogs, Inc. help our heroes When a yellow Lab named Lady...
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Capturing Calmness

Behavior, Features, November December 2021, Training

Murphy is a thundering black English Lab who has made it his business to chill. He may be 85 pounds and almost two years old, which some...
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2021 Holiday Gift Guide

Features, General Interest, November December 2021, Online-only

Stocking Stuffers Ultra-Durable Pipe Wrench Chew Toy sodapup.com The Pipe Wrench ultra-durable nylon dog chew toy was selected as a 2019...
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It’s All About Al(pha) – or Is It? 

Behavior, Features, Online-only Content, September October 2021

by Steve Smith  If we’ve heard it once, we’ve heard it a zillion times: Dogs respect a leader...
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