As the old saying goes, dogs are a man's best friend. But to those affected by the Orlando nightclub shooting, a pack of 12 golden retrievers have become the true companions to a broken community -- ...

Tim Hetzner—Lutheran Church Charities (LCC) President/CEO and founder of the K-9 Ministry, which deploys Comfort Dogs to the sites of an array of disasters, to provide solace to victims, survivors, ...

A team of golden retrievers made an 800-mile journey from the Chicago area to Newtown, Conn., over the weekend to comfort those affected by the recent school massacre. Lutheran Church Charities ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When we hear of a disaster like Wednesday’s shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., most of us wish we ...

HOUSTON – For more than a decade ‘Comfort Dogs’ have quietly brought compassion and grace to some of our country’s worst tragedies. The animals are trained and deployed by Lutheran Church Charities.

CHICAGO -- The Chicago area is trying to help people in Orlando deal with this tragedy by sending teams of comfort dogs. Golden retrievers from suburban Northbrook left O'Hare Monday morning to bring ...

Sasha, Jacob and Tobias are just three of the uniquely trained golden retrievers who are lending comfort and a calming presence to the greater Parkland, Florida, community in the wake of the Marjory ...

(CBS) -- Five friendly retrievers are now in Boston trying to help ease the pain inflicted by the Marathon Bombing. Pastor Ingo Dutzmann says the five comfort dogs arrived from the Chicago area to ...