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AMC Remembers 9/11 Twenty Years Later

A search and rescue dog and its handler at Ground Zero
My memories of 9/11 match those represented at the 9/11 Memorial and Museum. For me, the most poignant object displayed at the museum is an art installation entitled “Trying to Remember the Color of the Sky on that September Morning.” Each blue square in the artwork is a different shade, one for each life lost

Working Dogs Show Off at Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital

Recently, some of my colleagues from The Animal Medical Center and I participated in the second annual Working Dog Expo at Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital in upper Manhattan. This unique event, sponsored by Angel On A Leash, brings working dogs into the children’s hospital for demonstrations and petting by hospitalized children, their parents, and other

Soldier Dogs

The Wall Street Journal recently published an essay that caught my eye. It is an excerpt from the new book Soldier Dogs by Maria Goodavage. Touted as a tour of military working dogs’ extraordinary training, heroic accomplishments, and the lasting impact they have on those who work with them, the book will be released March