Animal Service Dog Case Study

While Bryan Brown may not remember the moments before a van hit him on Eighth Street, he does know that he had kept asking a passerby about Oscar, his service dog. Brown continued to ask about Oscar because the dog had been his life. When asked about the incident, Brown responded, "Don't worry about me, just find my dog."

Oscar served as Brown's eyes, and he was a constant companion to him. When the 11-year-old German shepherd helped Brown, 39, across Eighth Street close to Airport Avenue, Brown heard the traffic approaching when he started to run. According to the police report, the van hit both Oscar and Brown, but Brown had to be rushed to the hospital in Marshfield. When the incident occurred, however, Oscar fled from the scene. He wound up in a parking lot on 1100 block of East Riverview Expressway, which is about a mile away from Eighth Street. The local police department gathered Oscar and took him to the Wisconsin Rapids Fire Station No. 1. …show more content…
Nevertheless, the paramedics struggled to determine how badly Oscar had been injured. When they looked at him, they could tell that he had internal bleeding issues and felt bad for him. They took him to the veterinarian's clinic where the dog received a diagnosis for a brain injury. One of Brown's friends stepped up to the table after the clinic said that they could help help Oscar unless there was a prepayment for his