Though any animal can make a contribution to its owner’s physical and mental health, service dogs usually are trained to help with specific tasks like guiding and balance. For some of them, however, improving their owners’ mental health is the service they provide.
Since the 1990s, dogs have been trained to help people with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. They wake their owners out of nightmares, nudge them if they start to drive too fast, look out for them in crowded rooms, or warn them if someone behind them gets too close. Dogs’ sensitivity to the moods of humans – something that’s
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Dogs Prove Themselves, at Home and Overseas
by Jane Wangersky November 16th, 2009 | Dogs
Sabi, a black Labrador military working dog with the Australian forces, was recently found 14 months after being declared “missing in action” in Afghanistan. (She’d been separated from her human comrades during an ambush.)
First Muffy – the mongrel who got home from Melbourne after nine years and a journey of hundreds of miles – and now this. There seems to be something special about Australian dogs.
Sabi’s homecoming began when an American soldier saw her with an Afghan man and discovered she understood English commands. (more...)
First Muffy – the mongrel who got home from Melbourne after nine years and a journey of hundreds of miles – and now this. There seems to be something special about Australian dogs.
Sabi’s homecoming began when an American soldier saw her with an Afghan man and discovered she understood English commands. (more...)
