DEAR ABBY: I had a friend, “Mylene,” for many years. We swapped dog-sitting to offset the cost for each other. I helped her ...

If you've ever lost a dog or cat, you know just how heartbreaking it can be. So why don't we have any rituals for pet loss, like we do for people? One man decided to create his own, and it's become a ...

A curious dog had mourners howling at a funeral in New Zealand after somehow slipping and falling in the freshly dug grave. Paul Graham captured the moment his 13-year-old dog Cochise ended up six ...

Sometimes, the consolation needed during someone’s most difficult time — the death of a loved one — can come simply from petting a dog. Barbara Juchniewicz of Allentown visits occasionally at Kohut ...

FRANKLIN, N.C. - In an effort to better comfort its grieving families, a funeral home in North Carolina added a four-legged, furry friend to its staff. Tori McKay, an office administrator at Macon ...

FORT SMITH, Ark. — Never underestimate the healing power of a dog. An Arkansas woman on a jog with her dog helped comfort a 6-year-old girl who was at a funeral home grieving the death of her father.

FRANKLIN, N.C. (CBS Local)-- An adorable Bernese Mountain Dog is training to become a licensed therapy dog to comfort grieving families at a North Carolina funeral home. The Macon Funeral Home in ...