Helping Paws has been in the spotlight since a moment of tragedy in June. Late House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman fostered for the nonprofit for several years before she was killed.

The nonprofit has long trained golden retrievers to work with people with disabilities and veterans with PTSD, but new this year, Helping Paws began a partnership with English Rose senior care homes.

Since the spring, Helping Paws volunteers have been bringing dogs to the Twin Cities senior care homes once a month. On Sunday, service dogs, Humphrey and Tenley, paid a visit to the English Rose - Oak Ridge senior assisted living home.

"Well, it's pretty special," said Elizabeth Plummer, one of the senior residents.

These service dogs not only have a loveable presence, Plummer says they're "fun

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