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Program Uses Assistance Dog Training to Help at-Risk Teens — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 02:38:29 +0000

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Program Uses Assistance Dog Training to Help at-Risk Teens | The Dog Blog — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 02:06:22 +0000

[...] October this blog covered a program in which veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder trained service dogs. The veterans [...]

By: Helen

Helen — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:59:54 +0000

I think this is wonderful. As someone myself who is a vet and I do suffer from PTSD from military service. I’m a firm believer in Pet Therapy. I don’t have as severe case as many who have recently returned from Iraq or Afghanistan but what I experienced related to another conflict. I have a tendency to be on hyper alert mode and highly sensitive to excessive noise like fireworks, gunfire and loud car stereos. I’m the one who needs a sedative, not the dogs… It’s funny to say that but it’s not funny when I have those moments. Having dogs surrounding me gives me the strength to cope with it during the worst time of the year for me which is the 4th of July. People around here are fireworks crazy. I cannot leave my house. But I see those loving eyes and they snuggle next to me and the world is right again. I just hang out in the basement and noone sees me on that day.
But anything that helps our returning veterans, I’m all for it.

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» Program Uses Assistance Dog Training to Help at-Risk Teens — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:33:40 +0000

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By: Tabby

Tabby — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 07:10:59 +0000

I agree with Christine. My human mom and I go visiting to places (I’m in training to be a therapy cat) and it’s wonderful the people who come up and are glad to pet me. I love making a difference in people’s lives.

By: Christine

Christine — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 02:54:22 +0000

I think this is a fantastic idea! I’m currently working with my kitten and training him to be able to go into nursing home and hospital situations to provide a bit of companionship for the patients. I’m not a veteran or anything, but I did (and really, still do) suffer from severe social anxiety disorder..but when I’m out with Riley..everyone sees a cat on a leash and wants to play with him and all…

I would be interested to see if vets training cats would yield different results than when they train dogs…There are successful kitten “socialization” classes which help train the kittens for sit, stay, shake…that sort of thing. Nothing (in my book, anyway) is more comforting than a kitty falling asleep next to you purring. If only dogs could do that!

By: dog checks

dog checks — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 23:53:15 +0000

excellent program idea