by Spot on November 24, 2009
By KEVIN DIAZ, Star Tribune
Last update: November 24, 2009 - 5:59 AM
A disabled veteran who inspired Sen. Al Franken’s first legislative victory — a service dog program for disabled veterans — is suing McDonald’s for $10 million after allegedly being harassed, beaten, and told that he couldn’t take his service dog inside a fast food restaurant in New York City.
Luis Carlos Montalvan, a former Army captain who was wounded in Iraq, said he was confronted by restaurant workers on two separate visits, and beaten with garbage can lids on a third when he returned with a camera in hand.
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by Spot on October 3, 2009
The beneficial effects of pets on people has been examined a lot of late, but never quite like this. Many soldiers returning from combat suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD. And a new study by the Department of Defense is looking into whether these soldiers will benefit from being paired with specially trained service dogs.
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Service dogs for service members - DVM 360
by Spot on September 3, 2009
by Spot on September 2, 2009
Gloria Gilbert Stoga is the founder of Puppies Behind Bars, a canine training program that partners puppies with prison inmates. At the end of their training, the dogs are placed in the outside world, either as bomb-sniffing animals or as service dogs, providing daily assistance to wounded veterans.
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Putting Puppies Behind Bars (For A Go… - NPR
by Spot on August 20, 2009
Here’s a follow-up to the original article we posted earlier here Service Dog in School.
WATERLOO — An Illinois school district will have to at least temporarily allow a service dog into one of its special education classrooms, but not in time for his partner’s first day of school.
Monroe County Circuit Court Judge Dennis Doyle granted a preliminary injunction against the Columbia Community School District, which told the parents of a 5-year-old autistic boy in June that he would not be allowed to bring his new service dog to school.
The judge set another hearing for Monday for both sides to discuss ways the district can safely accommodate the dog, a bouvier named Corbin, as well as other children in Carter Kalbfleisch’s pre-kindergarten special education class. Carter, who got the dog last month, is scheduled to begin school Monday, but Doyle said it would be unfair for the district to take on the dog by Monday without further discussion between both parties. He set no deadline for the dog to enter the classroom.
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Judge rules on service dog - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
by Spot on August 15, 2009
Kandoll wanted to adopt a military working dog ever since November 2000 when then-President Bill Clinton signed into law a bill allowing the dogs to be adopted rather than euthanized when they are no longer able to serve.
Law says military working dogs no longer have to be mandatorily euthanized. They can take an adoption suitability test, and, if they are approved, be adopted by law enforcement, their handlers or qualified civilians.
Kandoll’s husband, Mike, was in the Air Force at the time and received orders to deploy, so Debbie asked if she could adopt a military working dog to keep her company. But because he was close to retirement, the Air Force deployed him to Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C.
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Woman works to adopt out retired military dogs - The Durango Herald
