Let’s put aside the rumors regarding the abuse of the use assistance animals and recall why they came into existence in the first place. Despite today’s climate of skepticism, it’s undeniable that service animals perform special tasks for their owners. Service animals are animals that are trained to help people affected with some form of disability. For example, a service animal owner can be at risk for collapsing but this can be prevented with the intervention of the animal.
This week, we heard of a report about a service dog that helped her owner for years in detecting drops in her blood pressure. The trained cardiac alert service dog is named Adele, a black labrador. Her owner, Marty Harris, is diagnosed with acute malignant neurocardiogenic vasovagal syncope. She faints many times because of this heart ailment and incurred many concussions. To make things worse, Harris was told by the doctor that there’s nothing much that can be done for her.
Canine Partners for Life, a non-profit organization that matches service dogs to disabled individuals, helped Harris by giving her Adele. Adele has a keen sense of smell that detects changes in Harris’ blood pressure and prompts Harris to sit down before she collapses. There was even a time when Adele caught Harris’ head using her torso to prevent it from hitting the ground. Harris said that since Adele came, she fainted only twice in 9 years.
This is just one of the many stories that show how meaningful service animals are.
Article source: ACDH.org
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