The Underdogs: children, dogs, and the power of unconditional love
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[2016]
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Karen Shirk, felled at age twenty-four by a neuromuscular disease and facing life as a ventilator-dependent, immobile patient, was turned down by every service dog agency in the country because she was “too disabled.” Her nurse encouraged her to tone down the suicidal thoughts, find a puppy, and raise her own service dog. Karen did this, and Ben, a German shepherd, dragged her back into life. “How many people are stranded like I was,” she wondered, “who would lead productive lives if only they had a dog?” A thousand state-of-the-art dogs later, Karen Shirk’s service dog academy, 4 Paws for Ability, is restoring broken children and their families to life. Author Melissa Fay Greene weaves the latest scientific discoveries about our co-evolution with dogs with Karen’s story and a few exquisitely rendered stories of suffering children and their heartbroken families. The book is a compassionate exploration into our attachment to dogs, what constitutes a productive life, and what can be accomplished with unconditional love. - Publisher
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Animals as aids for people with disabilities
Biography
Children and animals
Children with disabilities
Dogs
Dogs -- Therapeutic use
Human-animal relationships
Human-animal relationships -- Psychological aspects
Pets
Pets -- Social aspects
Psychological aspects
Service dogs
Service dogs -- Training
Shirk, Karen
Social aspects
Therapeutic use
Training
Biography
Children and animals
Children with disabilities
Dogs
Dogs -- Therapeutic use
Human-animal relationships
Human-animal relationships -- Psychological aspects
Pets
Pets -- Social aspects
Psychological aspects
Service dogs
Service dogs -- Training
Shirk, Karen
Social aspects
Therapeutic use
Training
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Biography
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Children with disabilities
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Human-animal relationships -- Psychological aspects
Pets -- Social aspects
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Service dogs -- Training
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Children with disabilities
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Human-animal relationships -- Psychological aspects
Pets -- Social aspects
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Service dogs -- Training
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Biography
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Dogs
Human-animal relationships
Pets
Psychological aspects
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Children with disabilities
Dogs
Human-animal relationships
Pets
Psychological aspects
Service dogs
Shirk, Karen
Social aspects
Therapeutic use
Training
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