BY MEGAN MAY Morning News mmay@florencenews.com FLORENCE, S.C. – The Bannings have had a life-changing addition to their family of four: a dog. Benjie and Shannan Banning have purchased Normandy, a two-year-old hound/Great Dane/Labrador mix from Canine Angels Service Dogs for their four-year-old daughter, Lena Wrenn. Lena Wrenn has autism, epilepsy and various other neurological…
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Meadowlands Celebrates 20th Anniversary with Canine Angels
Join us on Sept. 20! Meadowlands Golf Club in Calabash will celebrate its 20th birthday with nine-hole rounds, lunch, hole-in-one prizes and more. Non-members are invited to the afternoon competition. $50 per golfer. Registration forms are available at the pro shop, 910-287-7529
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Operation S.A.V.E to the rescue
[mp_row] [mp_span col="12"] Our friends at Pawleys Island Community Church will host a wonderful event for CASD on Oct. 4 to help our mission. Please come meet the pups and some of our veterans and their service dogs. You'll find terrific food, live music and lots of prizes at our fundraiser. We have applicants waiting and…
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Summerville Flowertown Festival blesses Canine Angels
SUMMERVILLE, S.C. (WCIV) — A local man and his ten service dogs are attracting hundreds of people this weekend at the Flowertown Festival in Summerville. He's collecting money to help disabled veterans get service dogs -- but the way he's collecting money is a bit different. Richard Kaplan started his nonprofit called Canine Angels six…
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Size Matters – Choosing the ideal dog
Since 2011, we have trained hundreds of dogs and all of them came from shelters. Every service dog we’ve successfully trained and placed was once a misunderstood shelter resident that someone gave up on. Rescuing is only half the battle. The other half is training. When you’re ready for a dog, do an objective self-assessment…
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