Dan Beck talks with Kenneth Knabenshue, Founder of Working Dogs For Vets in Lawrenceburg, TN. 'Dogs' provides trained dogs for veterans with disabilities from PTST on up to multiple amputees in wheelchairs, to help them with a variety of tasks and needs. A properly trained service do can alert their partner to medical needs, alert to dangers, provide companionship and even help make the bed. Working Dogs For Vets provides these dogs at no charge to the veteran, and certification and continuing training each year. Their phone number is 84-d-o-g-s-h-e-l-p. 843-647-4357. (workingdogsforvets.org)
Original Airdate: WLWB 11/7/2021
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