Excellent new CBS News video today with Canine Companions for Independence graduate teams of Frank Sciaretta with Service Dog Bastien, and Linda and Mark Cummins with Skilled Companion Dog Meesha, as well as CCI Northeast Region Executive Director Debbie Dougherty.

If you wanna be smarter about service dogs than 99% of the population (including a number of celebrities and politicians – big surprise there, huh?), gimme 2 1/2 minutes and watch it.

Watch the images, but pay close attention to the words, too, because they hit all the high points and very quickly. Bottom line: whenever you hear or read anything about service dogs, rack it up against what you see here.

Tons more I could say, but I’ll just add that the video will also give you a very good feel for why I have the attitude I do and what’s behind a lot of what you see me say here.



“Canine Companions Give Help, Hope to the Disabled”