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Service dogs help Veterans with PTSD

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Service dogs help Veterans with PTSD
Service dogs help Veterans with PTSD

At Guide Dogs of America, canines are trained to help those who are blind, and this year the organization partnered with Tender Loving Canines to also give people with Autism and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) access to service dogs.

The trained animals are given to those who qualify for free, so officials said fundraising and donations are important.

Especially because training on average is $60,000 per dog.

Despite setbacks due to the pandemic, the group is continuing to train the dogs as well as volunteers and the soon to be owners of the dog because they said they know how much of an impact they have on people's lives.

Luis Pingarron was in the Navy and suffers from PTSD, but when he was pair...

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