This is sure to make your heart smile!

[Rosemary (Ro) and Enzo]

http://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/nation/2015/04/07/25425033/

[Jessica, Loki and Moose]

I love this!

[Pat, Mary & Cooper]

Love it! Great dog and brave little girl!

[Julie and Max]

what an awesome dog and a brave little girl and her parents

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

Ro, this is an old story, from 2012, and one that was quite controversial. The dog was not a true service dog, his "trainer" was an inexperienced 21 yr old who had never trained a dog for service before, he was barely trained in basic obedience, and he was being mishandled and actually abused by that small child, who was far too young to have a service dog of any kind. Did you notice the constant yanking and the prong collar?

There was a great public outcry about it at the the time, and just about every reputable trainer and service dog expert came out against it. Here's a link to some discussions about it: http://www.doodlekisses.com/forum/topics/link-for-anyone-interested...

http://www.doodlekisses.com/forum/topics/did-you-see-the-goldendood...

And a couple of good articles about it:

http://reisnervetbehavior.com/blog/2012/03/22/should-young-children...

 https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=973564422662232&a...

[Rosemary (Ro) and Enzo]

Wow! Thanks for the heads up. It was in USA Today, this morning.

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

That's so odd. In print or on-line?

Must have been a slow news day, lol. 

[Rosemary (Ro) and Enzo]

My husband saw it on line.

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

You know, I did a search, and I saw it on a few different news sites, too. Nothing different, nothing new, nothing added to the story, just like "remember this?". I think that family has a very good publicist, lol.

[Jessica, Loki and Moose]

Oh that's so frustrating! I was happy when I first read the story now I'm just mad that this horrible situation for this poor dog is being shown in such a misleading way.