{"id":234,"date":"2012-02-07T17:16:22","date_gmt":"2012-02-07T22:16:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/lemonstolemonade\/?p=234"},"modified":"2012-02-07T17:16:22","modified_gmt":"2012-02-07T22:16:22","slug":"uplifting-news-the-wonder-dog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lemonstolemonade\/2012\/02\/07\/uplifting-news-the-wonder-dog\/","title":{"rendered":"Uplifting News: The “Wonder Dog”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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When most people think of service dogs, we think of two kinds: dogs that assist blind individuals, and dogs that sniff out bombs and\/or cocaine (and I think of the one time in high school that a drug sniffing dog memorably sniffed out a rotten bologna sandwich in a student’s locker). But over the last 10-15 years, the practice of using service dogs has expanded greatly. This past Sunday, the New York Times Magazine ran a wonderful and inspiring story <\/a>about an individual family’s experience with a service dog from the organization 4 Paws for Ability<\/a> in Xenia, Ohio. Their child, a sufferer of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, found a great deal of comfort with the dog. Check out the story, or watch the video<\/a> on the front page.<\/p>\n

Whether being used as companion animals for children with FAS and other disabilities, or as a way to relieve stress during final exam time for college kids as students at Indiana University have found<\/a>, one thing’s for sure–dogs truly are man’s best friend!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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