Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. Mehlberg's two dogs then were Dodge, a 10-year-old yellow lab, who will turn 11 in April and Teddy, who was 9.

Hudson, the new therapy dog at Chatham High, works hand-in-paw with his owner, ... as well as having Hudson with her all day, led to the idea of him as a school therapy dog.

Some of Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211’s newest therapists come with four paws. Thanks to a partnership with Comfort Dog Ministry — a care initiative launched in 2008 with golden ...