Local service dogs win national honors

Animal Tales

Published
August 4, 2020

Local service dogs win national honors

Aura and Dolly Pawton will appear on a Hallmark Channel special this fall.
Published
July 20, 2020

Animal Tales: The dogs do it all at Merrill’s Detector Dog Services in Readfield

At Merrill's Detector Dog Services, the most sought after employees have fur and four paws.
Published
July 14, 2020

Animal Tales: Dogs on the job

At Merrill's Detector Dog Services, the most sought after employees have fur and four paws.
Published
June 21, 2020

Animal Tales: Two service dogs from Maine in national spotlight

Dolly Pawton and Aura are both semifinalists for a hero dog award.
Published
May 24, 2020

Animal Tales: At Lewiston funeral home, a dog is a comfort

Sophie is Albert& Burpee's unofficial greeter — or was until the pandemic.
Published
April 26, 2020

Animal Tales: Pets must deal with having owners home

Endless games of fetch. Popping in on Zoom classes. Annoying kids being annoying. It's a dog's (and cat's and lizard's) life when the family is home all day, every day.
Published
February 16, 2020

Animal Tales: The cat whisperer of GAHS

At 24, Morgan Adams has spent a chunk of her life helping cats at the Greater Androscoggin Humane Society.
Published
January 19, 2020

Animal Tales: Lewiston woman keeps pets in style

Allyson Beaule's handmade bandannas are proving pupular, thanks in part to her very good model.
Published
November 17, 2019

Animal Tales: A school of fish for classroom of kids

At the Libby-Tozier School in Litchfield, Cheryl Woodard's prekindergartners learn from the class pets.
Published
November 17, 2019

Animal Tales: A school of fish for classroom of kids

At the Libby-Tozier School in Litchfield, Cheryl Woodard's prekindergartners learn from the class pets.