We humans share a lot of similarities with dogs, such as personal preferences, social behaviors, facial expressions, and 80 percent of our DNA. We also have many diseases in common, including epilepsy ...

Seizure alert dogs are working partners trained to notice subtle shifts in scent, movement, or behavior that often happen minutes before a seizure. That warning can give someone time to sit down, take ...

It was back in the early 1990s that people who studied dogs were surprised by a number of reports about dogs like Harley, a golden retriever owned by Victoria Doroshenko. Victoria has epilepsy, and ...

At a recent adoption event, Sienna - a 3-year-old lab and pit bull mix - made a beeline for a man she’d never met and gently placed her paw on his leg. “She saw him, and she started pulling on the ...

A routine pet adoption event at a Virginia church took an extraordinary turn when one of the foster dogs instinctively reacted to an oncoming medical crisis in a stranger — and in doing so, rescued ...

A dog with medical issues has found a home just in time for Christmas after being returned to a shelter a few weeks after being adopted. Taffy the Boston terrier came into the care of rescue Boston ...