In short order, Teddy -- a bright-eyed and bushy-tailed 3-year-old yellow Lab -- punched a wall button with his nose, yanked a rope to open a kitchen cabinet door and tugged a walker across the floor.

DELAND - For nine years Allison Leffler felt helpless when her autistic daughter had sensory meltdowns. But recently she watched in awe as her sensory-overloaded daughter found comfort and calm in the ...

Dogs really do help people feel better and science now proves it. When time is spent with dogs the brain changes in ways that makes others feel calm and happy. Even just petting a dog makes the mind ...

Why does your dog rush to "help" when you are searching for something, while your cat seems… eh, less concerned? New research suggests that this difference may stem from deep evolutionary roots—and ...