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For veterans with PTSD, Illinois nonprofit's service dogs are a game changer

St. Louis on the Air

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How to Stop Anxiety Attacks With Service Dogs

The human body was never meant to be flooded with adreneline constantly. And so when it does, we develop all these chronic issues too. So the thing about petiisty service dogs, which is so cool, wat their service tasks. The biggest sense a dog has is smell. They can smell a drenelin, wow. But they also train them to notice generic things like foot tapping, hand ringing. We'll talk to a spouse or family member say, what did they do when they get upset? And they'll say, hey, sit down. I got a list. And we'll train the dogs to that list. This is really like individual level training, exactly.

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