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FEATURE Friday 14 June 2019
Sit. Study. Fetch a bachelor’s degree in dog training HEALTH

raise and train those dogs tion of programs that train DOCTOR ON DUTY
and the handlers they’ll and place service dogs. Oranjestad
work with. Pet owners are also seek-
The need for service dogs ing trainers to teach Bai- Hospital 7:00 pm / 10:00pm
trained to assist those with ley basic manners, to stop Tel. 527 4000
post-traumatic stress disor- Lucky from lunging on the San Nicolas
der or reduced mobility has leash and to generally en- IMSAN 24 Hours
also expanded as veterans sure successful adoptions Tel.524 8833
started returning from mul- for shelter dogs. Hof, who Women in Difficulties
tiple tours of duty in Iraq does in-home dog train- PHARMACY ON DUTY
and Afghanistan. There’s ing in Cincinnati, Ohio, said Oranjestad:
also a growing demand for demand increases every Dakota Tel. 588 7364
dogs trained to assist peo- year for professionals who San Nicolas:
ple with autism, seizure dis- charge up to $150 an hour Seroe Preto Tel. 584 4833
orders, diabetes, impaired to cultivate companion- Women in Difficulties
vision or hearing, and a able canines.q OTHER
In this May 7, 2019 photo, student Jessie Show works with Luna, range of other conditions, Dental Clinic 587 9850
a springer spaniel whom she has trained to sniff out a fungus Blood Bank Aruba 587 0002
sample placed in a scent box at the State University of New according to Assistance Urgent Care 586 0448
York, Cobleskill, in Cobleskill, N.Y. Dogs International, a coali- Walk-In Doctor’s Clinic
Associated Press +297 588 0539
By MARY ESCH ambitious in its scope. Women in Difficulties
Associated Press “I do believe this is the first EMERGENCY
COBLESKILL, N.Y. (AP) — of its kind of this caliber of Police 100
Luna the springer span- degree” at a major univer- Oranjestad 527 3140
iel is learning to sniff out a sity, said Nick Hof, chair- Noord 527 3200
troublesome golf course man of the Association of Sta. Cruz 527 2900
fungus in return for a tennis Professional Dog Trainers. San Nicolas 584 5000
Police Tipline
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ball while helping her han- Professor Stephen Mack- Ambulancia 911
dler fetch a new breed of enzie, who has trained mili- Fire Dept. 115
bachelor’s degree. tary and police dogs for 40 Red Cross 582 2219
The four-year program in years and authored pro-
“canine training and man- fessional manuals on the TAXI SERVICES
agement” officially launch- subject, said he developed Taxi Tas 587 5900
es this fall at the State Uni- Cobleskill’s Bachelor of Prof. Taxi 588 0035
Taxi D.T.S.
587 2300
versity of New York at Co- Technology degree partly Taxi Serv. Aruba 583 3232
bleskill amid a surge in de- in response to a height- A1 Taxi Serv. 280 2828
mand for specially trained ened demand for dogs Women in Difficulties
dogs to detect security capable of sniffing out ex- TRAVEL INFO
threats and assist veterans plosives in the aftermath of
in the wake of 9/11. Sept. 11. Aruba Airport 524 2424
While several institutions “The security and working American Airlines 582 2700
hand out training cer- dog industry really expand- Avianca 588 0059
Jet Blue
588 2244
tificates and at least one ed” following the attacks, Surinam 582 7896
small private college, Ber- Mackenzie said. Law en-
gin University of Canine forcement agencies also Women in Difficulties
Studies in Penngrove, Cali- need dogs that can fer- CRUISES
fornia, awards a bachelor’s ret out drugs or to assist in
in dog handling, the pro- search and rescue. And
gram at Cobleskill is more they need skilled people to

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