Animal helpers for the disabled

By Kent, Deborah

Publishers Summary:
Explores the history of guide dogs, service animals, and assistance dogs, and discusses the process of training them to help people who have physical disabilities.

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ISBN
978-0-53116-663-5
Publisher
New York : Franklin Watts, c2003.


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School Library Journal

Reviewed on September 1, 2003

Gr 4-7 A clear, easy-to-read book on dogs that help people. Kent defines many dog guides: assistance dogs (for the disabled), companion dogs (for the old), hearing dogs (for the deaf), and therapy dogs (for the emotionally disturbed). She describes the first school in the U.S. to train dog guides in 1929 in Nashv...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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