Canine help at hand for people with disabilities..

Dogs earned the sobriquet of a ‘faithful animal’ long time ago. But recently some very interesting experiments with them have yielded mind-boggling results. Until recently our commands for them only hovered around how to jump, sit, run and catch a ball. Times are changing and they are also adapting themselves exceedingly well to these changing times. It is being vigorously observed that they are very adept at picking up any commands you teach them. The list has multifarious varieties like bomb sniffing dogs, diabetes sniffing dogs, sewage sniffing dogs, and so on and so forth. But the latest ones to join the bandwagon include dogs which can help people with handicaps.

For the past two months, children from all over the River Valley have helped train South West dogs. In a public demonstration on Saturday, the organization displayed the newly acquired skills of our canine friends. They have picked up 80 new tricks, told the trainers. The rule is whoever applies for a service dog; it will be trained according to the needs of that person. Commands like opening and closing a door, putting clothes into a washing machine and dragging them out of the washing machine are only a minuscule portion of the many tasks they have been taught.