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Beth

9/5/2016

 
"He's in training to become an Assistance Dog. We got him at 8 weeks and will have him until he's 18 months old. Our job is to teach him to follow commands, to sit, stay, heel, and remain calm whatever is going on around him. He has to learn how to handle noises and distractions and to be loving and supportive of the person he's paired with. He's our second one to train. Once his time with us is up, he'll go off to 'college', that is, back to the organization to learn the hard stuff. Their training is rigorous and specific, but the hope is that one day he will be a seeing eye dog for someone who is blind. Or an assistance dog for a veteran who may have PTSD or some other issue."
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America's VetDogs:  http://www.vetdogs.org/
Guide Dog Foundation:  http://www.guidedog.org/

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