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Mother to Mother
Mother to Mother July 4, 2016
San Diego, California.
Mavis H. MacDowell
Sources for this article are; Scientific American Mind May/ June 2015 ‘Why we love pets and why they love us,
the science behind the bond.’ Neurology
Now; February/ March 2016 ‘Healing Tails’ Scientific American 2016 ‘ Cross Species Bonding’ and ‘How Dogs
Think’ by Immanuel Birmelin plus
articles from the Las Vegas Review
Journal.
Some
things I have learned while trying to train
a puppy for my son with TBI
include how unique this relationship is between an uncomplicated
brain and one that injuries have given limitations to. It’s difficult to detect
the nuances of emotion a human face tries to hide for someone who has been
injured. Having a relationship the veteran can understand and rely on can make
all the difference.
The
trainer may need to emphasize how the dog shows, fear, aggressiveness, hunger,
thirst, excitement, jealousy and bonding. Also the dogs partner will have to be
taught all the things he needs to do
for his/her dog. Proper nutrition and grooming are only part
of it. We have 1 dog afraid of storms and fireworks. She has to be wrapped in a
‘thunder coat’ and held inside. The
other dog happily runs around in the noise and flashes.
The
Review Journal had an article recently about a vet who had been deployed to Afganistan 12 times and had multiple TBIs.
He had a dog but couldn’t pull his life
together until he trained a dog for another veteran. Another article by Steve
Dale talked about rescue dogs being paired with veterans with PTSD. According
to the VA 22 veterans a day commit suicide. Veterans with a service dog having much lower suicide rates. Tracy Libby is
the author of; Reporting for Duty: True Stories of Wounded Veterans and their Service
Dogs . Another RJ article featured therapy dogs brought into the VA hospital in Las Vegas. And
the positive effect on the chronically stressed staff as well as the veterans.
I wish
to differ with the trainers who want you to start taking
your puppy to classes at 6 to 8 weeks old. For my Doberman puppies and I it was a waste
of time to start too early. The trainers
made money but the puppies were confused and I was frustrated. Socialize the
puppies early but don’t start formal classes for anything until there are about
six months old. Walk them, love them, take them for a rides, play with them
teach them what you can at home.
Our
puppy is now a year and a half, for treats she will sit, Leave it, speak,
fetch, give it, stay, go to bed, lay down, and shake. She
instinctively watches and knows when one of us needs a hug. She doesn’t walk
perfectly with us. She is not a barker or
aggressive and she only pointed to the snake that came to my back door. So I’m pretty happy
with her behaviors that were mostly
taught from an old woman who didn’t know what she was doing only that
she wanted a service dog for her son.
Sunday, June 12, 2016
Benefit Car Show
Ed Bozarth Mark Miller Chevrolet hosted a benefit car show for the Veterans Art Center.
Sunday, May 29, 2016
This is how you are helping!
The Veterans Day Art and Music Extravaganza 2016 at the Historic Avalon Theater promises to be even more successful than last year. Veterans Art will be on display in the Encore room, and we will have Veterans story telling, live entertainment, an afternoon variety show in the theater, kids art table, information and resources of area veterans organizations, silent and live auctions and an evening concert with a surprise headliner. Fun and activities from 1 pm to 9:30 pm on Veterans Day, November 11th. All free in honor of those who have served.
Sponsorship is needed to pull this off and here is how far we have come with meeting our budget:
We have made it easy for you to help out. You can send or drop off a donation at the Veterans Art Center but you are also able to contribute online. Just go to our online campaign at https://www.crowdrise.com/veterans-arts-and-music-extravaganza/
Sponsor on our Veterans Charity Challenge page and we might even win one of the weekly prizes. You can also pick a team member to support!! If you want to join the team to help us out click the Join Team' button and a fundraising page will be created for you instantly.
We have several special perks for donors and sponsors at $250 and over. Contact us at events@operationrevamp.org.
Sponsorship is needed to pull this off and here is how far we have come with meeting our budget:
We have made it easy for you to help out. You can send or drop off a donation at the Veterans Art Center but you are also able to contribute online. Just go to our online campaign at https://www.crowdrise.com/veterans-arts-and-music-extravaganza/
Sponsor on our Veterans Charity Challenge page and we might even win one of the weekly prizes. You can also pick a team member to support!! If you want to join the team to help us out click the Join Team' button and a fundraising page will be created for you instantly.
We have several special perks for donors and sponsors at $250 and over. Contact us at events@operationrevamp.org.
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