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and funding to a resource that has demonstrated significant positive results for those who suffer? The Crats, including the CMO are truly clueless when it comes to Service Dogs. Some may say that judgment is both harsh and untrue. If I concede the point that they do understand (and I am not) then their heel dragging becomes willful obstruction of the provision of a viable adjunct to Veterans. This same group of Crats will fund inpatient treatment for 10 weeks to the tune of $70,000, have no recidivism or relapse numbers and will hammer you full of pharmaceuticals for life yet cannot understand that the 24/7/365 presence of a well-trained Service Dog is beneficial.
I have Thai, my Service Dog, who I got in August of 2012. She was trained by CARES (Canine Assistance Rehabilitation Education and Services) — Concordia Kansas. Thai is on me like white on rice whenever I escalate, have anxiety attacks or panic attacks, and whenever I disassociate. The other night I had a hellacious go with my night terrors. These things are brutal, ugly and draining. Thai had her "'A' game mojo" going and she really helped haul both my arse and my headspace out of the depths of darkness. Thai is the most un-retrieving Retriever you have ever seen. If you throw the ball twice, she will go and get it. But if you throw it a third time, she will look at you like "I don't think so." Reason being that she already got it twice and she has no intention of going and getting it a third time. The one thing that will get her into trouble is her nose. Because of all of her work is very scent related, she has been a very strong sniffer all of her life. So, if we take her to the beach, for instance, and throw the ball twice, after the second throw she will be off sniffing the sand trying to find anything interesting scent wise. Whenever she is off-duty, she will always have her nose to the ground, trying to smell something. That's just her and the way she is.
Munich and Thai are pretty solid little buddies. They have daily wrestling matches and just hang out together. We do try to limit our dog’s exposure to other dogs because, if they get sick,
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