Your puppy’s brain is open for business right now. And the clock is ticking. Between 3 and 16 weeks of age, a puppy’s brain wires itself for life. Every person they meet, every surface they walk on, ...

Puppy raisers help socialize service dog hopefuls so they are prepared for their specialized training Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013, covering ...

Melissa Harrington considers herself a purpose-driven person. So when she retired as a commander in the Navy after 20 years of service, she was intrigued to learn the nonprofit Guide Dog Foundation ...

Using stiff collars to help a guide dog user communicate with their dog has been around since the 1800s. iStock They're all good dogs–but some are also vital to their owner's wellbeing and ...

There's power in the pup. Thanks to a recent grant from the Gracie Gagnet Memorial Fund (named for the fund owners' beloved family pet), Guide Dogs of the Desert (GDD) can address a growing need for ...

Service dogs are a gift to us all, and in a gorgeous new short from Tongal you can fall in love with real life service-dog-in-training Pip, who is the inspiration behind this beautiful underdog story.