Surf Dog Ricochet partnered with Paws’itive Teams to have veterans with PTSD socialize puppies in training as a way to reduce their own social anxiety.
Service dogs are making great strides within all communities. Originally they have been used to help with physical disabilities such as blindness and deafness. More recently service dogs have been used experimentally with sexual assault victims suffering from PTSD.
Sometimes as human beings, we are the ones who need rescuing, and that's just what these service dogs are trained to do! Erick Scott suffers from severe PTSD, so he was paired with a special service dog to help him combat his anxiety. Watch here to see how his dog, Gumbo, reacts when he starts feeling the immense stress of reliving his memories