Facility Dog Becomes First Non-Human To Receive Volunteer Service Award

You really gotta wade through this article (and there are definitely some inaccuracies in it, too) to find it, but here’s the key point of the story:

Canine Companions for Independence Facility Dog Dart at Holmes Regional Medical Center in Melbourne, FL just became the first dog to ever receive the Rainbow Award from the Brevard Association of Human Services – it’s always been given to humans before.

Canine Companions for Independence Facility Dog Dart with human partner Karen Hersing, LCSW.

“Brevard therapy dog wins humanitarian honor”

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