Assistance dogs

among the veterans that do have animals that their stress and suicide rates are incredibly lower. Also, while most times the animals are dogs, sometimes cats and other animals are trained to help these people just in case the person taking in the animal is allergic to dogs. “I couldn’t show affection, couldn’t hug my kids” says Soliz (Collins), before taking in a dog, which now he says helps him throughout everyday, whether it be at home or in public. In the end, however, it’s the programs that…

A review of current evidence on therapy dogs for children with autism by Berry, Borgi, Francia, Alleva, and Cirulli (2013) found that numerous studies report improvements in the child’s social functioning, motor skills, calmness, and language after the introduction of the therapy dog. They reported that several of the studies found that children were more likely to communicate with other children and adults when the dog was present. The authors conclude that these findings are…

Dog is man’s best friend; they are kind, they are loyal, and they never laugh when they see you practicing your new dance moves. Dog owners across this country, however, deem it fair to have their “best friends” undergo unnecessary, painful surgeries. Ear cropping and tail docking, the process of cutting off the ears and tails of dogs to look a certain way, is wrong and cruel to our pets. Tail docking, when done by a veterinarian, is a procedure in which a puppy, only a few days old at the time,…

law forbidding discrimination against handicapped air travelers made sure that physically disabled people could travel with service animals”. However, many non-disabled pet owners took advantage of this law, and began to travel with their untrained dogs, disguised as service animals. This is partly because many airlines do not require proof of medical need, in order for a passenger to fly with a service animal. Therefore, by claiming their family pets as service animals, “people could bring an…

A retrospective study of a training program this time concentrating on Seizure Response Dogs by Kirton et al. [91] reported similar benefits in QOL. Records on animals' details, training programs, response and alerting signals, reliability and effect on seizures’ frequency were obtained. Twenty-two patients took part in the study, all with an established diagnosis of epilepsy validated by a neurologist and with 87% having a childhood-onset epilepsy. In average there were 36 seizures/ month with…

him and his best friend Marley who is a dog. The article states that “ A person can learn a lot from a dog, even a loopy one like ours (Grogan, pg 150, pp 13).” Marley was a dog who was not the best but he also taught the author many things about life. He was a dog who had a huge impact on him by teaching him to live life to the fullest. Marley was a great dog but he was not the only animal who did something amazing for the author.…

Candy had with his dog had boundaries beyond other workers on the field; his dog acted as a permanent companion, served with complete devotion and adherence to tasks on the ranch. Loneliness, being a major theme, attributed to the Candy’s need for a companion as most ranch hands did not converse with people of his age and his disability. Through the interdependence between Candy and the dog, Candy had the responsibility of taking care of the dog during the time it required assistance. John…

Family pets may not walk, talk, and eat the way humans do; however, these little companions have made their way into many Americans’ hearts. In many cases, an emotional bond has been created between pets and their owners, which has caused some to perceive their pets as family members. In fact, studies have shown 81% of Americans regard their pet as full members of the family (Peters). Since Americans view their pets as family, impacts to society have been made, changing the way society treats…

Many things influenced the way that the modern wolf looks, functions, and behaves. Over the years this animal has adapted, evolved, and learned to fit its environment. Wolves are animals similar to what we know today as the domestic dog. They travel in packs, live for six to eight years in the wild, and are currently an endangered species (National Geographic). Natural selection has picked the wolves that live in the wild today based on which are the most fit to their environment, leaving the…

kick is a dog. Dogs can have many jobs ranging from: K9, explosive detection dogs, narcotics dogs, detection dogs, live person search dogs, cadaver search dogs, patrol dogs, and even therapy dogs. All of these dogs work with humans to make their lives easier by using superior senses. For example, after a jewelry robbery, a team of search dogs was let loose in a field to find one of the missing rings after it had been missing for eleven days (James-Mesloh & Mesloh, 2006, pp. 534-539). Dogs are…