Note: Ann is taking a break and Verona, the guide dog, is helping out.
This week we found two interesting articles on the human/canine partnership. The first one focuses on how dogs are helping people with dementia and early stage Alzheimer’s disease.
Two dogs were trained and matched with people in Scotland. One dog is a golden retriever and the other a yellow Labrador.
According to an article posted in the BBC news, dementia dogs can be trained to remind their owners where their clothes are, which medicines they should take, and even raise an alarm in case of an emergency.
“Dogs love routine. They love that predictability,†said Helen McCain of Dogs for the Disabled in an interview with BBC News. “By using that hook, we can then teach the dog to actually sort of remind people by the sound of an alarm to go and get the medication at the allotted time of the day.â€
To read more, go to:
http://www.mnn.com/health/fitness-well-being/blogs/dementia-dogs-give-patients-back-their-lives
The next article is about a hang-gliding dog, yes, you read that correctly. His name is Shadow and he is a psychiatric service dog. If you visit Utah’s Eagles Nest Hang Gliding, you might just see Shadow and his owner leap and catch an updraft. Now, that’s ten times more exciting than catching a Frisbee.
To read more, go to:
http://www.mnn.co/family/pets/stories/hang-gliding-service-dog-takes-to-the-skies#main
That’s it for this week. If you want Verona to write more articles about dogs in the news, tell her and Ann in the Reader’s Forum.
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