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Let's "Paws" to Consider the Possibility: Using Support Dogs with Victims of Crime
Today, a service dog helping an individual with sight limitations is accepted and relatively common. There are other trained dogs including those who serve individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing and those who serve individuals with mobility limitations. Provincial, territorial, and federal...
VA provides service dog benefits to Veterans with mental health disorders (August 18, 2016)
VA announced that the "veterinary health benefit" program for service dogs (provides veterinary well-being and medical/surgical insurance plus some other reimbursements for travel and equipment) will be expanded to include veterans who have mobility impairments due...
Livestock Guarding Dogs
In the late 1970’s, there began a resurgence in the use of an ancient form of sheep protection, the guarding dog. Several factors contributed to this phenomenon, including Federal restrictions on the use of substances to kill predators, the relative inability of existing techniques to provide...
Animal-assisted therapy in counseling and school settings. ERIC/CASS Digest.
Contributor(s):: Cynthia Chandler
Recent research and experience has demonstrated that the use of dogs as "co-therapists" may be of assistance to counselors in counseling with withdrawn and non-communicative counselees. The use of animal-assisted therapy (AAT) and animal-assisted activity (AAA) may be another useful...
Fireworks and animals
Every year thousands of animals will suffer as a result of fireworks being letoff. Blue Cross animal hospitals across the country see a marked rise in petsrequiring medication during such stressful times, and many animals arebrought into Blue Cross adoption centres having run away from...
