Third Canine Companions Facility Dog Coming To Chattanooga Area Schools
Posted on | March 14, 2010 | No Comments
Nice story and audio in this morning’s Chattanooga paper about three Canine Companions for Independence Facility Dogs in the Chattanooga area schools – Reebee II, Zorro II, and a third yet to be chosen that’s been approved and is on the way. Kay Gaither, the teacher getting the third dog, says she hopes to attend the May Team Training at CCI’s Southeast Regional Center in Orlando.
Stone Creek Elementary To Get Walker’s Third Facility Dog
I always like reading about Facility Dogs, because I think they’re the Rodney Dangerfield among the four types of CCI assistance dogs.
Until people learn about them, that is. Once they read about what Facility Dogs are trained to do (all but three commands that Service and Skilled Companion Dogs learn) and how they are integrated into school, hospital, and other institutional programs, then that attitude changes. I know about that one firsthand because I made the same mistake.
There’s a tremendous untapped potential for Facility Dogs, particularly in the active duty military and Department of Veterans Affairs hospital and clinic environment. I’m convinced if more occupational and physical therapists knew what the dogs are capable of and offer to them, they’d be knocking down CCI’s doors trying to get one.
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