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Canine Assistants
This is a wonderful place that breeds, trains, and then places lovable
and smart dogs with people that happen to have to
 some
disadvantages. The dogs help them with physical things such as opening
doors, turning on lights, and picking up items from the ground. In
addition, and probably more importantly, these dogs "make the
wheelchairs that many of these people have - disappear". What
does that mean? Well, it means that these dogs are as much about helping
people out socially as they are physically. It is truly a magical
place when you see people from all over the country visit this place
in Alpharetta, Georgia and go home with a new friend. It is truly
a life-changing event, not only for the candidates receiving the dogs,
but for onlookers like myself that see all of this unfold over a 2-week
period every other month. What an incredible service to mankind!
Here are some pictures that I took while volunteering for a film crew
run by David Scott. Excuse the poor quality, but these are all "action
shots" in the midst of all the chaos of candidates trying out
each of the dogs to make sure that the match is the best it can be.
The pictures are bigger than normal (50k-95k), and definitely bigger
than what I teach my web classes, but I wanted to concentrate on picture
quality for this site.
You can check out Canine Assistants' official site at:
--> www.canineassistance.com
Yes, there are spelling differences between the web address and their
name. I'm labeling them as these good people do.
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