A Labrador guide dog has hit a heartwarming milestone in time for Mother's Day: becoming a great-grandmother. Connie, who retired from the Guide Dogs' breeding programme in 2017 following her fourth ...

Barbara "Barbie" Bielinski met the Ken of her dreams when she was paired with a Labrador retriever named Ken as her new guide dog Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...

What's better than an adorable Labrador puppy training to be a service dog? One that is also in the sweetest photoshoot ever — just like Timmy the lab puppy.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dogs who perform service work undergo extensive training. Because of their intelligence and desire to please, Labrador Retrievers ...

Floppy ears, big eyes, tender paws and earnest faces—puppies evoke an instant cuddle response in humans. But they can also change lives. That's the case for Katie McCoy, 33. Born with a genetic eye ...

Researchers found that DNA testing can slightly improve predictions about which puppies may become successful guide dogs.

Guide dogs help thousands of people with visual disabilities navigate daily life. While guide dogs provide tremendous benefits, the current training program faces serious inefficiencies, since a large ...

The Seeing Eye, a nonprofit based in New Jersey, relies on volunteers to raise puppies to become future guide dogs for people who are blind. A visit to a New Jersey fair decades ago proved ...