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Can a dog still help you reconnect with the world around you?
Making the world a better place for dogs.
Making the world a better place for dogs.
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.
James Tessneer prayed for a service dog that would free him from the power of PTSD
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
PTSD is devastating to veterans like Nick Bennett. But with the help of his service dog, he can feel "like I've never been injured before."