Jack Farrell: The Man Who Saved My Life

You are now equipped with some basic knowledge about dog psychology that will save your life and that of

This shows people love dogs! This can make people feel comforted in bad situations or just make anyone happy. Another thing Goldberg thinks is dogs are important and well trained. I know this because the author stated “Tara’s job is to find bombs,of course she doesn't know they are bombs; all she knows is that her human master wants her to find something that smells like plastic explosives, TNT, or a dozen other dangerous substances”. This shows that dogs can save hundreds of lives just from finding bombs or explosives. I know Goldberg thinks dogs are persevering. I know this because the text stated that they “released him for some doggie R&R, he ran straight from the tent and lept into the police car. I couldn't believe it, Christensen said I told him three times to get out and he just looked at me, so we went to work, we worked for seven hours”. This shoes in a bad situation Servus was calm and wanted to do him job so badly he just persevered and went to do his

Emotional support animals can take on a multitude of jobs that “may include reminding the handler to take medicine, providing safety checks or room searches, or turning on lights for persons with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, interrupting self-mutilation by persons with dissociative identity disorders, and keeping disoriented individuals from danger,” (Brennan). These animals are often considered pets but are actually so much more than that, emotional support animals have a very important role in protecting the mental health of their owners and keep them safe. Not only do these animals protect people’s mental health but they also give people a purpose. Taking care of one of these dogs or other animals gives people something to take care of and focus on. Knowing that there is another living thing that relies on them can be very grounding and keep people connected to something outside of themselves.

Murder and abuse cases never fail to startle society. Moral codes are flouted with unmatched rigorousness by these indubitable egregious crimes. Sufferers in these cases are often people. Nonetheless, these callous obscenities should not be seen as less important when animals are the victims. Animals undergo horrendous abuse due to barbaric individuals, greed, and unnecessary lab testing.

One of the biggest dog busts of the century was in 2007. The man in charge’s name was Michael Vick, a quarterback football player in the NFL. Under the name “Bad Newz Kennels”, dogs were beaten, murdered, and gambled on. The dogs found alive were some of the most damaged possible. Missing parts of their jaws, lost eyesight, or non existent limbs, one would wonder why they kept going, striving for acceptance from their owner. These dogs, to the public seemed dangerous, after all they had killed their entire lives. However, Best Friends Animal Sanctuary was willing to take up the task of these gorgeous animals, ultimately saving their lives. The sanctuary took in 22 dogs, 10 of them, now adopted and living in homes of their own.Through rehabilitation the dogs were taught how to trust, interact and most importantly what love truly is with different trainers daily. Even the dogs who can not be adopted out are by any means not dangerous. Meryl, had been one of the dogs found who was deemed dangerous by the state, meaning she could not be adopted out to a home. Nonetheless, when walking into her kennel, dangerous is the last word you would use to describe her. One of her trainers remarks, "She really doesn't mind new people…. She's very happy and loving. I feel totally comfortable with her. I can grab and kiss her." As she embraces Meryl, "I am building a relationship, ...She needed to see that when

When Christopher was eight years old, he didn’t know that he would be attacked and be scarred for life in less than a day. Christopher arrived at his friend's house. His friend told him to hold a stick and say fetch to the husky. Before Christopher could even throw the stick the dog viciously attacked him. His friend ran to get help. After that Chris had to have 1000 Stitches. Chris had very bad nightmares about the dog attacking him. That dog scarred him for a very long time. To this day he still has nightmares about that dog. There was more to come after this event.

In August of last year an Energex meter reader entered the Queensland property of Kevin and Chris Thomas. The man entered through the backyard to inspect the electricity meter at the back of the house. It was there that the family’s Bull Arab cross Bull Mastiff dog, known as Bruce, bit him. As a result of this attack, the man was hospitalised for several days. Later that month, the Ipswich City Council officers seized Bruce and was placed him in a pound for several months.

Background: Sue Visser contacted me several months ago and purchased several #K9HERO pups. She then went around to 50 different landmarks in Guelph and took photos with #K9HRERO to help promote our “Where is #K9HERO now” Twitter Social Media Campaign. She then brought me a thumb drive with the 50 pics for us to use. As we chatted she told me about Rohan, a 7 years old boy she knew and that one of the dogs she bought was going to be a gift when she went to Sick Kids the next day where he is being treated for leukemia. At that time he was very sick and had been hospitalized for a longtime. Sue told me Rohan’s dream was to grow up and be a race car driver or K9 officer.

Seeing the need for a new way to heal, the Lockwood Animal Rescue Center in California offers a private place for veterans only. They call the program Warriors and Wolves. They have over forty animals at the facility. They’ve rescued wolves off chains in Alaska and dogs from a backyard breeder in San Diego. In their calm, nature setting, they’re giving veterans an opportunity to heal. One animal picks one veteran and that animal never shows anyone else that same affection. Having a companion and being apart of the pack helps them to heal. The wolves have been through trauma too, just like the veterans, so they have that connection. “There are things I’ve seen that I can’t unsee. There are things I’ve done that I cannot undo. Just saying that, well, I did in the name of my country doesn`t help you sleep at night. But what does help you sleep is having a companion,” says Matthew Simmons, the co-founder of Warriors and Wolves and veteran.

Brett Duval, a veteran bomb dog handler contracted to the United States Army, returned home after serving two tours in Iraq with the diagnosis of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) (Duval, 2016). After witnessing her son’s difficulty adjusting back to civilian life, Shari Duval began extensive research on animal-assisted therapy for the maintenance and treatment of disorders such as PTSD and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). In 2011, Duval created K9s For Warriors (K9s), a non-profit organization dedicated to providing trained service dogs to active duty service members and veterans to assist in regaining comfort and independence in the civilian sector. Their overarching mission is to “...provide service canines to warriors suffering from Post-traumatic stress disability, traumatic brain injury and/or military sexual trauma as a result of military service post 9/11. [With the ultimate goal] to empower them to return to civilian life with dignity and independence.” (K9s for Warriors Handbook, 2016). Duval established this agency with the desire to grow the conservative therapies provided to service members now to non-traditional alternatives and to combat the significant consequences of untreated psychological trauma plaguing the military today.

Service dogs and their handlers have an unbreakable bond. "Man and dog bonded right away, like they were made for each other." When Jose and Zenit began training together they formed an everlasting bond that would never break. When Zenit found an IED Jose let out a silent whoop because he was so proud of Zenit. Jose attended to the dog’s every need, from grooming to making sure Zenit didn’t get dehydrated. Just the two of them working together in the dusty, desert otherworld of Afghanistan. Jose said "you train your dog to do your job, leave the rest

Many of the people still in Mathew's life wanted to do something to help him. So A few people including me worked to get him a service dog named Frits. Frits is a dog trained to calm PTSD patients and help stop a flashback episode. When i brought Frits to Mathew, he didnt know what to do with him. Mathew had never had a dog and feared that if he had an episode, that he would hurt Frits. He was later proven wrong as Frits had kept Mathew from having a PTSD episode as Mathew and I were at a mall. A kid was running around popping a cap gun behind us which was causing Mathew to freak out. Frits hopped into action (literaly hopping) licking and push Mathew to get his attention. Mathew stopped freaking out and focused on Frits starting to calm down. Frits had started to give Mathew his life back away from the grip of his PTSD. Mathew was able to not worry so much on his PTSD with Frits around and with Frits's help he moved forward with his

Bobby’s elation and excitement about the outcome brought him to tears. Even though the masks are usually used in fire rescue situations, this water-related incident might have been fatal, if not for his mission. Bobby chalks it up to irony, but grateful pet owners and animal-welfare advocates, in general, know that irony has very little to do with his gift to communities across Maine.

Meet Max. He's a rescue dog who was on the verge of being euthanized. Unfortunately, the shelter (where he resided for 4 months) labeled him as an aggressive dog.

One view that is taken upon animals is that they cannot feel anything, so therefore, it does not hurt the animal but more the owner—in the view of pets. (E, p. 533) He explains that the owner of the pet feels more pain about the injured pet then that of the animals injury, and continues to explain that this viewpoint is irrelevant because pain is where it is felt, physiologically. The only reason that the belief is held is because the owner of the pet has a moral obligation to ensure the pets safety, and that the owner can actually do something about it—this is the subconscious view of the owner. He then tries to give some points on how animals should be treated. He argues that there is this “cruelty-kindness view” in that he states “…we have a direct duty to be kind to animals and a direct duty not to be cruel to them.” (E, p. 536) This view seems to have a valid argument but his argument begins to fail as he blurs the lines of human and animal interests during his argument to support this. However, Peter Singer has some level of agreement but takes a different stance.