When we hear about returning veterans, with scars both physical and emotional, being helped by dogs, it really drives home what many of us have come to believe: pets help us every bit as much as we help them. An animal connecting with a human always makes a touching...
Vets adopting dogs – or is it the other way around?
How do your state’s animal protection laws measure up?
Every year, the Animal Legal Defense Fund publishes a thorough review of each state’s animal protection laws. In anticipation of the 2018 report, which is due sometime early next year, we thought now was a good time to brush up on the existing laws that have been enacted and reflect...
5 tips for settling in with your new rescue
Anyone who has adopted or fostered a rescue dog knows just how daunting the first few weeks can be. The process of introducing and acclimating any new animal is complicated and requires extraordinary patience. And your new rescue will likely have unique circumstances that could complicate matters further. But...
Meet Chips, the only animal ever awarded a Silver Star
Here at Lynn Foundation, we love to discover stories of the extraordinary connections between dogs and humans. So when we came across the tale of Chips, a loyal German Shepherd-husky-collie mix from Pleasantville, NY, who fought for the U.S. military in World War II, we were intrigued. Officially, tens of thousands of dogs have...
