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Greene, Melissa Fay. author.
Subjects
Shirk, Karen.
Service dogs.
Service dogs -- Training.
Animals as aids for people with disabilities.
Human-animal relationships -- Psychological aspects.
Children and animals.
Pets -- Social aspects.
Dogs -- Therapeutic use.
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The underdogs : chil...
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The underdogs : children,
dogs
, and the power of unconditional love / Melissa Fay Greene.
by
Greene, Melissa Fay. author.
Subjects
Shirk, Karen.
Service
dogs
.
Service
dogs
--
Training
.
Animals as aids for people with disabilities.
Human-animal relationships
--
Psychological aspects.
Children and animals.
Pets
--
Social aspects.
Dogs
--
Therapeutic use.
Publisher Info:
New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2016]
©2016
Edition:
First edition.
Description:
344 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
RDA Types:
text
unmediated
volume
ISBN:
9780062218513
0062218514
Contents:
Juke
--
4 paws for ability
--
Connor
--
Karen & Piper
--
Lucy
--
Casey & Connor
--
Karen & Ben
--
Logan
--
Hero
dogs
--
Iyal
--
Shelter
dogs
--
Prison
dogs
--
Lucy & Jolly
--
Casey & Connor II
--
Logan & Juke
--
Eddie Hill & Timber & Dante & Keeper & Jiminy
--
Micha & Casey
--
Iyal & Chancer.
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Summary:
Karen Shirk, felled at age twenty-four by a neuromuscular disease and facing life as a ventilator-dependent, immobile patient, was turned down by every
service
dog agency in the country because she was "too disabled." Her nurse encouraged her to tone down the suicidal thoughts, find a puppy, and raise her own
service
dog. Karen did this, and Ben, a German shepherd, dragged her back into life. "How many people are stranded like I was," she wondered, "who would lead productive lives if only they had a dog?" A thousand state-of-the-art
dogs
later, Karen Shirk's
service
dog academy, 4 Paws for Ability, is restoring broken children and their families to life. Long shunned by scientists as a manmade, synthetic species, and oft-referred to as "Man's Best Friend" almost patronizingly,
dogs
are finally paid respectful attention by a new generation of neuroscientists and animal behaviorists. Melissa Fay Greene weaves the latest scientific discoveries about our co-evolution with
dogs
with Karen's story and a few stories of suffering children and their heartbroken families.
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