What Is A Psychiatric Service Dog?
Psychiatric service dogs are specially trained animals that are certified by private service dog organizations such as: Golden Kimba Service Dogs, NEADS(North East Assistance Dog Society, located in MA), and others that can be found on the Web at Assistance Dogs International(http://www.adionline.org) Puppies Behind Bars (New York City) is one of the organizations that trains and places these dogs with injured Iraq and Afghan war veterans. This organization uses Labrador Retriever puppies that are paired with carefully selected prisoners who are taught to raise and train the dogs from eight weeks to fifteen months of age. The dogs are bred and selected for their calm temperament and are trained by the prisoners to do such things as: Physical Disabilities: 1. Walk alongside a wheel chair. 2. Open a refrigerator door and pull bagged lunches out and bring to the disabled veteran. 3. Help the veteran undress by pulling sox off his feet. 4. Jump up and push the light switch on. 5. Bring the
