Posted: 17 Dec 2010 10:10 PM PST

Over half of Canadian pet owners think their animals are more reliable than people as nearly all of them talk to their pets on a regular basis, and some even confess their deepest, darkest secrets to their four legged friends.

Pets make for good medicine at area hospitals

Posted: 17 Dec 2010 08:31 PM PST

HOUSTON -- Have you ever noticed that the older you get, the more quickly time passes? Maybe too quickly. But tell that to an 11-year-old boy who's been hospitalized at Texas Children's for more than a week now, watching the seconds slowly tick by. "Hours feel like days at this hospital," said Brandon Galvan. "That's what he's been telling me," says his mother, Deloris Galvan. "He's like, 'I ...

Pets are for life - Epping RSPCA

Posted: 17 Dec 2010 01:08 PM PST

THERE are heartbreaking stories behind the gates of the Epping RSPCA shelter.

Pets help relieve stress during exams

Posted: 17 Dec 2010 07:39 AM PST

MEDFORD, Mass. - Tufts University is throwing stressed-out students a bone: therapy dogs to play with during their final exams.