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Honoring a special Amerman Family Foundation Dog Therapy Program member who has dedicated 10 years of his life to making people smile.

"For the first time, the boy was eagerly engaged in something—adoring Copper."

Q&A with a dog therapy volunteer at Children's Hospital Los Angeles.

Dog therapy visits at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles helped 11-year-old Connor cope with repeated stays at the hospital.

You might say that 13-year-old Erika Daniels has a serious case of puppy love. “I looove dogs,” she gushes. Of course, her favorite four-legged friend is her own dog, an adorable cocker spaniel named

In May 2011, at her grandmother’s birthday party, Viviana Flores did something nearly unheard of for a 6 year old: She turned down a piece of cake. She and her mom, Diana Hernandez, had just come from

Twelve-year-old Justin Ybarra likes to joke around, and he likes to have fun. Very rarely does he take life too seriously—even though there have been plenty of things in his life that have been plenty

During the COVID-19 crisis, CHLA’s Amerman Family Foundation Dog Therapy Program goes virtual to provide much needed stress relief for patients, families and staff.

“She knows where to go, she knows the nurses, she knows the routine and sees other kids going through the same things,” says Trish Manzanedo. “She feels at home here.” Trish is referring to her 6-year