And the winners are...

The votes are in, and you've chosen a winner of our Dogs Change Lives contest. Congratulations to Michele and Grizzly, the winners of the Audience Choice Award!

Grizzly is a companion dog for Michele's son Collin, who was diagnosed with autism at age four. Since Grizzly has joined their lives, they have seen so many positive changes in Collin's life. Read the full story about Grizzly.

Our judges have been reading all of the stories and they have selected a winner of the Life-Changer Award. This award goes to the most compelling story of the impact a dog has made in a person's life. Congratulations to Dana and Lex! Read the story about Lex, the Newfoundland that changed Dana's life.

We would also like to congratulate our ten runners up. Each of these incredible stories received a Susquehanna Service Dog stuffed toy. Read these stories.

Congratulations to all of our winners! And thank you to everyone who submitted stories and voted! All of your stories are wonderful tributes to the amazing way dogs change our lives.