Article: DOGS TAKE THE DISABLED ``BEYOND LIMITS'.(Lifestyles/Spotlight)(Colorado Critters Page)

Article: Canine pals more than pets: Service dogs vital for ...
Columbia Daily Tribune (Columbia, MO);  August 20, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... said she has trained 20 to 30 service dogs in the past 10 years. Two years ... the exact number of people with service dogs in the community, Richards said ... so important: They represent freedom. Service dogs can do everything from picking ...

Article: Canine pals more than pets Service dogs vital for ...
Columbia Daily Tribune;  August 20, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... said she has trained 20 to 30 service dogs in the past 10 years. Two years ... the exact number of people with service dogs in the community, Richards said ... so important: They represent freedom. Service dogs can do everything from picking ...

Article: CAN 600,000 MUTTS BECOME SERVICE DOGS? NATIONAL ...
Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  May 29, 1997 ;     625 words ... ... million. One recent study shows service dogs can save a severely disabled person ... there are only about 16,000 service dogs in the nation, trained at fewer ... head of the Lakewood-based Freedom Service Dogs and president of Service Dogs ...

Article: From puppy to service dog: Raising service dogs for ...
Rehabilitation Nursing;  January 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ...Service dogs, also known as assistance dogs, are ... provide references and Web sites about service dogs. As healthcare professionals become ... support persons with disabilities who have service dogs. Terminology Service dogs were originally ...

Article: Service dogs as interventions: State of the science
Rehabilitation Nursing;  November 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... service dog Currently, the supply of service dogs is limited. Of the more than 49 million ... information about obtaining or training service dogs-receives thousands of calls from people ... the current research into the use of service dogs and/or animal-assisted therapy ...

Article: At your service; National Service Dogs is growing ...
The Record (Kitchener, Ontario);  August 9, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... drawings mounted on the walls at National Service Dogs west of Cambridge. These drawings represent ... every year. The organization trains service dogs for children with autism and with 80 ... conducted in collaboration with National Service Dogs, identified autism as a major public ...

Article: Service dogs aid many folks with ...
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  July 19, 1998 ;     700+ words ...Service dogs help many people, not just the blind ... year training program with volunteers. Service dogs do such activities as opening doors ... people do not understand the role of service dogs. She's been told several times in ...