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Fall Leaves, a New Little Brother and a Milestone!
The Canine Advocates have been having a blast playing in the leaves and sniffing all the pumpkins this fall! Canine Advocate Cooper has a new little brother! His name is Mac and he is a German...
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Introducing Intern Macmac and Community Outreach
We have a new addition to the team! We would like to introduce our Newest Canine Advocate Intern Macaw, we call him Macmac. He is an 8 month old German Shepherd Dog. He has been with us for the...
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Welcome Diane!
We would like to introduce our newest Canine Advocacy team member: Diane! Diane has been partnered with Canine Advocate Nelly. Nelly’s former handler Vanessa left us to go to a different job and we...
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Victims’ Rights Week and The Child Maltreatment Conference
Our Canine Advocates had a busy week! The entire week of April 24-28 was National Crime Victims’ Rights Week. Canine Advocates Jewel-Lee and Nelly along with their handlers went to the 5K Walk...
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Wrapping up a Busy Summer
All of our Center for Victims Canine Teams made history this August! They became the First Canine Advocacy Program (of any kind) allowed to accompany victims during a trial in the Federal Court...
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Canine Advocate Jewel-Lee’s Birthday and Our DV Shelter Open House
Canine Advocate Jewel-Lee is celebrating her 6th Birthday on the 21st of September! Wish her a Happy Birthday if you see her out and about! Earlier this month we got to celebrate the opening of Center...
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Community Support for Our Friends in Squirrel Hill
The Canine Advocacy teams have been providing community support over the last 5 years to our friends in Squirrel Hill every October. In 2018 there was a very bad and scary attack that happened in...
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Canine Advocate Training is for a lifetime!
We talk a lot about dog training on our socials. That is because dog training is the heart and soul of our program; it is how we connect with people, mitigate trauma and start the healing process....
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National Crime Vicitims’ Rights Week and UPMC Child Maltreatment Conference
April is a fun month because there are a lot of events happening! It is springtime and it is also National Crime Victims’ Rights Week and the UPMC Children’s Hospital Child Maltreatment Conference....
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Summer Fun
Summertime Fun!Canine Advocates do not get a summer vacation, but they do get to enjoy the sun and outdoors! They play outside with their friends and their toys. We make sure they get plenty of...
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National Crime Vicitims’ Rights Week and UPMC Child Maltreatment Conference
April is a fun month because there are a lot of events happening! It is springtime and it is also National Crime Victims’ Rights Week and the UPMC Children’s Hospital Child Maltreatment Conference. Our...
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Remembering Canine Advocate Cooper
We are heartbroken to announce the sudden, unexpected, and peaceful passing on Thursday, November 21st of our beloved Canine Advocate, Cooper.Cooper was instrumental in helping thousands of children,...
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