Gilbert was humanely euthanized after being gravely injured in the shooting that killed Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, ...

Gilbert, the family dog of Minn. state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark, had to be euthanized following Saturday's ...

Melissa and Mark Hortman’s golden retriever, Gilbert, was a former service dog trainee who proved too “happy-go-lucky” for ...

In her last interview with the Pioneer Press, just days before she and her husband were fatally shot, state Rep. Melissa ...

The Hortmans ended up keeping the last dog they trained, Gilbert, after he flunked out because he was too friendly.

Helping Paws, an Eden Prairie-based service dog nonprofit, says the golden retriever was a service dog in training before the ...

Only days after a gunman shot and killed Minnesota state lawmaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, the family’s rescue dog Gilbert had to be euthanized. Vance Boelter allegedly shot Gilbert ...

"Gilbert wasn't going to survive. Melissa loved that dog," Koegel said. "She trained him as a service dog. He flunked out of school and she was so happy he failed so he could stay! She needed him ...