Posted on Jun 4, 2015
Prepare to feel good: County to launch service dog program for veterans
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"Our goal is to try to place three service dogs with three veterans in Franklin County," said Justin Slep, director of the county Department of Veterans Affairs. "We will try to make sure to place dogs with the veterans with the most needs."
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Dogs can ease the severity of post traumatic stress disorder. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs last year compensated nearly 740,000 U.S. military veterans for PTSD. By simply gazing into each others' eyes, dogs and their owners release in each other a hormone associated with increase relaxation and trust, according to an Azabu University study recently published in the magazine Science.
http://www.stripes.com/news/veterans/county-to-launch-service-dog-program-for-veterans-1.350537
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Dogs can ease the severity of post traumatic stress disorder. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs last year compensated nearly 740,000 U.S. military veterans for PTSD. By simply gazing into each others' eyes, dogs and their owners release in each other a hormone associated with increase relaxation and trust, according to an Azabu University study recently published in the magazine Science.
http://www.stripes.com/news/veterans/county-to-launch-service-dog-program-for-veterans-1.350537
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