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Greene, Melissa Fay.
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Shirk, Karen.
Psychiatric service dogs.
Service dogs.
Animals as aids for people with disabilities.
Dogs -- Therapeutic use
Dogs -- Social aspects
Human-animal relationships.
Animal heroes.
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Greene, Melissa Fay.
Shirk, Karen.
Psychiatric service dogs.
Service dogs.
Animals as aids for people with disabilities.
Dogs -- Therapeutic use
Dogs -- Social aspects
Human-animal relationships.
Animal heroes.
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The underdogs : children, dogs, and the power of unconditional love / Melissa Fay Greene.
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Greene, Melissa Fay.
Call #:
362
.40483
G811u
Subjects
Shirk, Karen.
Psychiatric service dogs.
Service dogs.
Animals as aids for people with disabilities.
Dogs -- Therapeutic use
Dogs -- Social aspects
Human-animal relationships.
Animal heroes.
ISBN:
9780062218513 (hc.)
Alternate title:
Under dogs : children, dogs, and the power of unconditional love
Description:
344 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents:
Juke -- 4 paws for ability -- Connor -- Karen & Piper -- Lucy -- Casey & Connor -- Karen & Ben -- Logan -- Hero dogs -- Iyal -- Shelter dogs -- Prison dogs -- Lucy & Jolly -- Casey & Connor II -- Logan & Juke -- Eddie Hill & Timber & Dante & Keeper & Jiminy -- Micha & Casey -- Iyal & Chancer.
Summary:
"Dogs on the front lines, rescuing both children and adults from the trenches of grief, emotional, physical, and cognitive disability, and post-traumatic stress disorder. The story of Karen Shirk, felled at age twenty-four by a neuromuscular disease and facing life as a ventilator-dependent, immobile patient, who was turned down by every service dog agency because she was "too disabled." Her nurse encouraged her to tone down the suicidal thoughts, find a puppy, and raise her own service dog. Karen did this, and Ben, a German shepherd, dragged her back into life. "How many people are stranded like I was," she wondered, "who would lead productive lives if only they had a dog?" A thousand dogs later, Karen Shirk's service dog academy is restoring broken children and their families to life. Often referred to as "Man’s Best Friend" almost patronizingly, dogs are finally paid respectful attention by a new generation of neuroscientists and animal behaviorists. A penetrating, compassionate exploration of our attachment to dogs, what constitutes a productive life, and what can be accomplished with unconditional love. Born in Macon, Georgia, Melissa Fay Greene lives in Atlanta. Her book Last Man Out (2002) tells the story of the 1958 Springhill, Nova Scotia mining disaster"--Provided by publisher.
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