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Canine Companions trains different types of working dogs: service dogs (e.g., mobility assistance dogs, service dogs for veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder), skilled companions trained to work with an adult or child with a disability under the guidance of a facilitator, hearing dogs for the deaf and hard-of-hearing, and dogs for "facility teams."
It was founded in Columbus, Ohio, in 1981 by Sandy Maze, and is now based in St. Louis, Missouri. Overview ... Canine Companions for Independence; References
Bonita M. Bergin (also known as Bonnie Bergin) is an American canine researcher. She is the inventor of the concept of the service dog. [citation needed] She is the founder and president of the Bergin University of Canine Studies and the founder of Canine Companions for Independence and Paws for Purple Hearts.
Image credits: kopekvelisiii / Facebook The woman created a non-profit organization in the countryside, which now gives a second chance at life to over 800 dogs who get to explore and play happily
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Baer and Beans, short for Verbena, were at Starbucks for a Canine Companions for Independence meeting, the same group that paired the duo together after Baer lost much of his left leg to bone cancer.
2004: Canine Companions for Independence became the first assistance dog organization to place a facility dog (Ellie, a Labrador retriever mix) to work in a prosecutor’s office, in Seattle. [ 15 ] 2013: Rosie, a graduate facility dog from assistance dog organization ECAD, was placed with Poughkeepsie Children's Home to assist a child who had ...
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