This article (excerpts below) is quite touching. From what I heard on the radio, these dogs could even figure out which children were in the most need of help and make their way to those children.
Amazing animals.
Amazing animals.
Article: Service Dogs Comfort Newtown Survivors (link)
Golden retrievers have been sent to Newtown, Conn., as therapy dogs.
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A team of specially trained service dogs has been dispatched from the Chicago area to Newtown, Conn., to comfort the survivors of last week's mass shooting.
K-9 Comfort Dogs, a charitable organization from Addison, Ill., is run by Lutheran Church Charities and has in the past visited people hard-hit by natural disasters like Hurricane Sandy and the Joplin, Mo., tornado, the Chicago Tribune reports.
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Service animals have been shown to reduce stress in children with autism, and research has shown that seniors and people who had recently undergone surgery had better treatment responses and faster recovery rates if they had contact with a therapy dog or other service animal.
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CREDIT: Joop Snijder Jr. | Shutterstock
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A team of specially trained service dogs has been dispatched from the Chicago area to Newtown, Conn., to comfort the survivors of last week's mass shooting.
K-9 Comfort Dogs, a charitable organization from Addison, Ill., is run by Lutheran Church Charities and has in the past visited people hard-hit by natural disasters like Hurricane Sandy and the Joplin, Mo., tornado, the Chicago Tribune reports.
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Service animals have been shown to reduce stress in children with autism, and research has shown that seniors and people who had recently undergone surgery had better treatment responses and faster recovery rates if they had contact with a therapy dog or other service animal.
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