Courageous Companions

• Alberta group helps provide service dogs for veterans and first responders

  An Alberta organization that provides people with service dogs is getting some much-needed support from a Calgary veterans group.

  Health

  Feb 25, 2022
  
• Winnipeg in first place for accommodating service dogs

  Winnipeg took first place as the best city in Canada to live with a Service Dog.

  Dec 3, 2014
  
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• Manitoba expert warns: service dogs are not pets, they are working animals

  The rules around service animals, for the most part, is fairly simple. They should be treated like an extension of their owner's arm. They are not a pet; they are working.

  Features

  Sep 17, 2014
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• Pets & Pals: The training of a service dog

  WINNIPEG - Dogs can be adorable. Be they big, small, fluffy, furry, spotted, or those ones with a single white eye, you just want to pet them. Sometimes they are so cute, they cause people to approach one that clearly says “SERVICE ANIMAL”. That is an absolute no-no.

  Features

  Sep 17, 2014
• Pets and Pals: Courageous Companions help veterans overcome PTSD

  Courageous Companions is a made-in-Manitoba program that helps place highly trained service dogs with veterans and soldiers suffering from PTSD.

  Sep 15, 2014
• Animal therapy offers hope for veterans struggling with PTSD

  Canadian charities are hoping a wider acceptance of animal therapy becomes one of the keys to helping soldiers with mental health issues and PTSD.

  Canada

  May 21, 2014