In honor of National Service Dog Month, cohost Christina McGleam and MOPD colleague Carly Englander share their experiences with their service dogs Jade and Hiden. What should people know about getting a service animal? Why do service dog owners also get trained along with their dogs? And how do the service dogs know when it’s time to stop working?
Later, Lauren and Christina talk to Rolando Zavala about how service animals support veterans like him. Rolando worked with K9s for Veterans to train his rescue dog Blue to serve as a neurological service dog, and he shares how service animal access is opening up important conversations about mental health needs in the veteran community.
Watch this episode with ASL interpretation and captions on YouTube.
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