Healing Beyond Medicine - Service Dogs
Clip: Season 23 Episode 2 | 4m 17sVideo has Closed Captions
Discover how service dogs help both physically and emotionally.
Darin Peets is a kindergarten teacher at Del Dayo Elementary school in Sacramento. He’s also a quadriplegic. To help Darin be more independent, he has a service dog assist him with daily physical tasks. Darin’s service dogs are from Canine Companions for Independence (CCI), a nonprofit organization raising and training assistance dogs for people living with disabilities.
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Healing Beyond Medicine - Service Dogs
Clip: Season 23 Episode 2 | 4m 17sVideo has Closed Captions
Darin Peets is a kindergarten teacher at Del Dayo Elementary school in Sacramento. He’s also a quadriplegic. To help Darin be more independent, he has a service dog assist him with daily physical tasks. Darin’s service dogs are from Canine Companions for Independence (CCI), a nonprofit organization raising and training assistance dogs for people living with disabilities.
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