Sunday, November 30, 2014

Battle Buddy

I was surfing the cyber-paw space this week and stumbled on an article titled "They Showed His Dog Leaning Against A Door, And Then It All Made Sense To Me."  As we read the article, I could see Dog Dad nodding his head in agreement.  The article was about Service Dogs for Military Veterans.
Sherman With A Special Report 
As we explored further, we found the site for the "Battle Buddy Foundation."  We read the information on the site and I noticed Dog Dad smiling at me.  We know lots of veterans and Dad could easily relate to the article from the people he knows.  We both think it was a pawtastic idea.  Dad knows that a regular dog like me helps him a lot, and he could imagine what trained dog could do for a person with PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder).

We don't remember reading about this in any of our cyber-paw pals blogs.  We hope you enjoy reading about Battle Buddy and find this to be as interesting as Dog Dad and I.

Dog Speed,

Sherman & Dog Dad

4 comments:

Cowspotdog said...

there is actually quite a few groups out there training service dogs for vets - we saw a wonderful story on the news last night about a beautiful sheltie that has been trained as a service dog for a Vet who suffer with epilepsy after being wounded in Afghanistan. The dog can warn her the seizure is coming - that is amazing!

Dianne SS said...

We've seen some articles about this too, including up here in Canada. It's a wonderful idea.

Dianne, Duffy, and Lanny

Sheltie Times said...

There have been some wonderful stories about the benefits of service dogs for vets.

I am also very grateful to hear more stories about seizure dogs for vets and non-vets. It has taken the news a while to get out, but their values is so important to children and adults.

Dawn said...

What a great idea!