(Source: Washington Capitals @capitals / WashingtonCaps.com)
ARLINGTON, Va. – America’s VetDogs service dog in training Captain has completed training and been placed with retired U.S. Marine Corps Master Sgt. Mark Gwathmey. The Capitals partnered with America’s VetDogs, a New York based non-profit that provides service dogs to veterans and first responders with disabilities, to raise and train service dog Captain in 2019.
Captain has been trained to assist Gwathmey, a St. Leonard, MD., resident, with several tasks and cues to help mitigate his veteran’s disability including retrieving dropped items, counterbalance, summoning assistance, seizure response, positional cues to extend personal space, and PTSD cues such as rest, nightmare interruption and shake. Continue reading here…
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